Defund the Police: A Playlist & Resources

Photo credit: Alisha DeCou

For the June edition of the monthly collaborative blog, the T&E collective created a "defund the police" playlist, and accompanied it with a list of educational resources and petitions so you can take action while you listen.

Additional Resources

LITERATURE

What are we talking about when we talk about “a police-free future?” - MPD150 (this article contains many links to further reading too)
Blues People by Amiri Baraka (Also Ralph Ellison's essay reply "Blues People") 
“What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy” by Robin DiAngelo
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness” by Michelle Anderson
“So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo

List of Black-owned bookstores you can order from: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/list.php

MEDIA
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13th (film) - A 2016 documentary exploring the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. Available to stream on Netflix.
 Rhyme & Reason (film) - A 1997 documentary featuring interviews 80 prominent rappers, and discusses rap as a response to systemic racism.
Celebrating Black Lives Through Music and Protest (podcast) - A new KEXP podcast series hosted by  musician, community organizer and KEXP DJ, Gabriel Teodros


​PETITIONS TO SIGN

Justice for Breonna Taylor
www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor

Justice for Robert Fuller
www.change.org/p/palmdale-pd-robert-fuller

Justice for Tamala Horsford
www.change.org/p/state-of-georgia

Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau
https://www.change.org/p/tallahassee-police-department-justice-for-toyin

Justice for Jalil Muntaqim
https://www.change.org/p/tina-m-stanford-release


 ORGANIZATIONS TO DONATE TO

Reclaim the Block -  organizes Minneapolis community and city council members to move money from the police department into other areas of the city’s budget that truly promote community health and safety.
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home

The Okra Project - a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.    
https://www.theokraproject.com/

National Police Accountability Project - PAP was created as a non-profit to protect the human and civil rights of individuals in their encounters with law enforcement and detention facility personnel. The central mission of NPAP is to promote the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
https://www.nlg-npap.org/

Photos from rallies in Phoenix, Arizona by Alisha DeCou. Follow her work here.
(Note: She acquired permission from everyone she took portraits of.)

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Playlist and resources compiled by Adam, Kurt, Parisa, Alisha, Alex, Will, Mike and Ray S.