(updated 6/22, 3:30pm)
**my updates will become less frequent as more places are offering this information and my energy is needed elsewhere. Will only be updating through emails starting june 30th**
This document includes the following information on places to donate locally in Minnesota that have been brought to our attention more prominently by the recent Black Lives Matter protests for George Floyd. Compiled mainly through research, but now also taking submissions (see below). There’s only two of us working on this so please be patient! Thank you for all of your support, we encourage you to make a monthly donation!
Sections (click to be taken directly to each one):
Immediate Need
Organizations and Groups
Individual Funds
Local Business Support
Lawyer Information
George Floyd Family Fund
Darnella Frazier Healing Fund
National List
Everything is listed in the order it was received, except for immediate need. Scroll lower for places that may be newer & need more aid!
please send any updates or additions to unitedcrushzine@gmail.com
*notes*
- do not include “BLM” in your payment note, some are getting blocked.
If you’re looking for places to show up physically:
MAP OF TWIN CITIES LOCAL SUPPLY AND DONATION SITES, UPDATED REGULARLY
SPREADSHEET OF TWIN CITIES LOCAL SUPPLY AND DONATION SITES, UPDATED REGULARLY
Immediate Need/On the Ground:
- LIST OF FRONTLINE YOUTH OF COLOR NEEDING FUNDS
- LIST OF LOCAL BLACK FOLKS REQUESTING FUNDS
Listed on 6/14 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- @Liliahnaharris on venmo, $LiliahnaHarris on cashapp, paypal.me/LiliahnaHarris (Queer Black youth in need of funds for medical bills and survival expenses such as rent and utilities) -- also listed in “individual funds”
- @Lucina-Kayee on venmo, $LucinaBKayee on cashapp, PayPal.me/LucinaBkayee (create space to conduct a healing retreat for youth, and seeking “names of accountants, tax specialist, or anyone that would be willing to teach a workshop on this!”)
Listed on 6/3 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- @Isak-Douah on venmo, $Isakdouah on cashapp, isak.douah@gmail.com on PayPal (buying gas masks for protestors)
Listed on 6/2 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- @vanessa-gadberry on venmo, $vanessaGadberry on cashapp, vannylaine@gmail.com on paypal (supplies and protective gear for protestors)
- @Fadumo_Ali on venmo, $saintfadumo on cashapp, fatuma_ali24@yahoo.com on PayPal (protective gear for small group of organizers/activists, all excess funds will go to bail fund)
Listed on 6/1 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- $rlaw9898 on cashapp (medical supplies)
- @danez-smith on venmo, https://www.paypal.me/danezsmith (food, supplies, toys for kids, etc. North mpls -- extra is being redistributed)
- @claire-fallon-1 (supplies, groceries, etc., any additional funds will be donated to femme empowerment project)
Listed on 5/31 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- @Vanessa-Anyanso on venmo or $VanessaAnyanso on cashapp (buying and delivering supplies to protestors and organizers)
- @mgriffin92 on venmo, $MrsGuy11 on cashapp, mlgriffin92@gmail.com on PayPal (accepting donations for Northsiders)
- @maiya-Hartman on venmo, $MaiyaLea on cashapp, PayPal.me/MaiyaHartman26 on PayPal (meal kits to families and extra money to be distributed amongst organizations)
- @asha-Hassan-2 on venmo, $ashahamdi on cashapp, hassan209@umn.edu on Paypal (to purchase and distribute food, medical supplies, and other necessities for families temporarily and indefinitely living in a food desert here in Minneapolis)
Listed on 5/30 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- zelle number: 6125989366, $yhaante on cashapp (on the ground, supplies/first aid)
- @cypress-kenney on venmo (warm meals for organizers and frontliners)
Organizations and Groups (consider making monthly donations!!):
Those highlighted in red are requesting that immediate funding go to other organizations that need it more and have suggestions of where to donate!
- Minnesota Freedom Fund (bail funds)
- Reclaim the Block (organizing)
- Black Visions Collective (organizing and mutual aid)
- Northstar Health Collective (medical donation)
- MN Healing Justice Network / Spiral Collective (long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Unicorn Riot (on the ground independent media)
- Women for Political Change Mutual Aid Fund (mutual aid and resource coordination)
- Women for Political Change Frontline Fund (protestor supplies and redistributed funds to direct protestors)
- Minnesota Youth Collective (organizing and space)
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha, CTUL_TC (organizing and space)
- Twin Cities Recovery Project (Grief and trauma support, long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Twin Cities DSA (groceries for meals for community members)
- Little Earth Residents Association (Food and safety needs for residents of Little Earth of United Tribes.)
- Black Immigrant Collective (amplifies and makes visible the voices of Black immigrants in Minnesota.)
- Black Table Arts (Gathering Black communities through the arts, towards better black futures.)
- Powwow Grounds - send via paypal to angelswann2021@gmail.com - Native-run cafe, currently providing meals to elders, protectors and community, purchasing medical supplies, fire supplies, cooking supplies.
- Southside Harm Reduction (works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances.)
- Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center (promotes holistic wellbeing through indigenous arts, traditions, and culture. CURRENTLY: taking donations for food, supplies, and products for local families)
- Black Lotus Mother - send via cashapp $blacklotusmother2020 (Radical Black doula fund)
- Femme Empowerment Project - send via venmo @femmeempowermentproject (QTIBIPOC skillshares, medic trainings, and medic kits for POC)
- Can’t Forget the Kids - @cantforgetthekids on venmo, $ChrystalO on cashapp, paypal.me/ChrystalOtundo (art kits for kids and supplies for mural painting around minneapolis)
- El Colegio High School - send via venmo @el-colegio (supplies and groceries and more for families)
- The People's Laundry Service (send to anyone looking for help with laundry or looking to help!)
- Support the Minneapolis Sanctuary Hotel (housing for displaced and houseless folks)
- Black Women Speak (Gathering Black Women in Minnesota to share our experiences in order to heal, find joy and move toward liberation on our own terms)
- Isuroon (grassroots nonprofit organization working to promote the well-being and empowerment of Somali women in Minnesota and beyond)
- Division of Indian Work (provides support to American-Indian workers in a variety of ways, most recently relevant is a food shelf)
- Oasis of Love (Northside-based domestic violence aid organization)
- Until We Are All Free (nonprofit working towards the liberation of incarcerated folks)
- Renter's Support Fund (Powderhorn park neighborhood association, leave note in donation to donate to the renter’s support fund)
- Rebellion Relief Fund (all funds go directly to local mothers and children, various other ways to donated listed on this page, run by Holistic Heaux)
Individual Funds:
- list of frontline youth of color needing funds
- list of local Black community members in comments
- another list of local Black community members requesting funds
- @gabisoglam on venmo, $sapphireluxxe on cashapp (Black trans woman in need of funds for medical attention w/out insurance coverage and housing/car rental)
- $notmuna on cashapp, https://www.paypal.me/munaahmed (Black woman protester in need of funds)
- Funds to support queer ex Muslim. (funds to support queer Black woman experiencing homelessness during this time)
- @Sumaya-MoAllin on venmo or $SumayaMo on cashapp (pay Black people’s rent, if more funds than needed for rent will send them out)
- @Ariesfirebomb on venmo or $Ariesfirebomb on cashapp (for hard work and educating on injustices done for free during this time)
- $jemarmxchael on cashapp (for hard work and educating on injustices done for free during this time)
- @billlietconaway on venmo (for hard work and educating on injustices done for free during this time)
- @laurahugomusic on venmo (Navajo community member, organizing resources: direct support and medic stations)
- @AriEver on venmo (local indigenous leader holding space for community)
- @SarahWhiteBlack on venmo (local Black leader holding space for community)
- @NadirahMcgill on venmo (local Black leader holding space for community)
- @Liliahnaharris on venmo, $LiliahnaHarris on cashapp, paypal.me/LiliahnaHarris (Queer Black youth in need of funds for medical bills and survival expenses such as rent and utilities)
- community healer training fund led by kima (help kima start a yoga teacher training)
- Homegoing Services for Daniel Mack (financial support for Daniel’s homegoing, rest in peace Daniel)
- $afrorat on cashapp (support a Black woman that lost job due to involvement in protests, can also support in others ways here)
- SouthSide Supply and Slide (4S) (group of young Black men fundraising to make supply runs for groceries and household necessities)
Lawyer Information:
- BEST # FOR PROTESTORS TO WRITE ON THEIR BODY: 612-444-2654 National Lawyers Guild MN Chapter: https://nlgmn.org/, https://www.facebook.com/nlgminnesota, contact is Michelle Gross nlgminn@gmail.com
- Noah M. Johnson “I am willing to give free legal advice to anyone associated with tonight’s protests”: noah@uptownlawyer.com , 612-827-6781 (office), 763-213-9068 (cell)
- T. Zathras “If anyone is in need of legal representation due to their participation in tonight’s protests, DM me. I may not have criminal law experience but I will represent you for free”: contact on twitter
- Criminal and Juvenile Defense Clinic at University of St. Thomas is offering free legal representation, probably will have to leave message but team will respond quickly: 651-962-4960
- Legal Rights Center: 612-337-0030, AFTER HOURS: 612-444-2654 (Nat’l Lawyers Guild)
- Rachel Crane “IMMIGRATION SPECIFIC - Not an attorney, but work with many immigration attorneys. I can put people in touch with attorneys who will do pro bono immigration work for those whose participation in these protests has an impact on immigration status”: 805-815-6209 or rachelleahcrane@gmail.com
- Martine Law “If any peaceful protestors were wrongfully arrested and need pro bono representation please invite them to call” 612-208-8076
- Nico Ratkowski “If any protestors in Minneapolis or St. Paul need pro bono representation after getting arrested, get at me.”: 651-771-0019, call and ask for free consult, can also message on twitter
Darnella Frazier Healing Fund:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/peace-and-healing-for-darnella?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
NATIONAL LIST:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1fpdRY5fwoyt04Il6y9bToWjv4wUaIoMAQERoE2A140U/htmlview?usp=sharing&pru=AAABcqmvDo4*skM0e1pm251cf_7HPHdYtg
https://linktr.ee/nationalresourceslist