Who to follow: Chicago Area BLM
- BLM Chi
@BLMChi
Abolition! #JusticeForFamilies - Brave Space Alliance
@bravespacealliance
Brave Space Alliance is a Black-led, Trans-led LGBTQ Center working on the South Side of Chicago
Resources
- Black Lives Matter Chicago"Black Lives Matter Chicago is an intersectional vehicle that values Black people and our right to self-determination. We fight for justice with families most impacted, while working to create just and equitable systems."
- Chicago CredA non-profit organization based in Chicago that aims to prevent gun violence in the city by developing relationships and providing a presence within the community to defuse potential violence before it happens rather than by relying on police to intervene or respond. Founded in 2016 by Arne Duncan, a former U.S. Secretary of Education and CEO of Chicago Public Schools, and Laurene Powell Jobs, the founder and president of Emerson Collective.
- Showing Up for Racial Justice- ChicagoThrough community organizing, mobilizing, training, and action, SURJ Chicago empowers people to participate in a multiracial coalition organizing people to show up for racial justice in solidarity with those most affected.
- Where Banks Don't LendIn Chicago, lenders have invested more in a single white neighborhood than all the black neighborhoods combined. Call it modern-day redlining.
By Linda Lutton, WBEZ; Andrew Fan, City Bureau; Alden Loury, WBEZ
Published June 3, 2020