We Who Believe In Freedom Cannot Rest
We are grateful to our grassroots grantee partners and other community leaders who are on the ground, interrupting violence, and helping to keep our communities safe from *everybody*.
We see you.
We need healing NOW more than ever...join Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation-Chicago and sign up now for the upcoming month of racial healing circles, and share the link far and wide: https://bit.ly/304EroO. Visit the TRHT-Chicago website for more information, and join the movement to eradicate racism.
Update: Movement Building for Racial Justice Fund
Because of all that is going on in our country and our city, and our acknowledgment that many of you are on the front lines of participating and/or planning much of the direct action occurring in the city, we have decided to adjust the timeline for the applications to the Fund. We want to be mindful that your attention is appropriately on the current uprising and also want to make sure you have the time to plan and apply for the Fund.
Below is the new timeline. We will also post this on our website:
NEW Deadline for applications — July 27
Review of applications — July 28 - August 7
Begin scheduling Zoom meetings — August 10
Zoom meetings w/applicants — August 12 - August 21
Decision — September 24
Social Movement Technologies
Social Movement Technologies provides free resources during this time of moving solidarity, action and resistance in the face of ongoing systemic racism and in defense of Black lives.
1. Free recorded on-demand trainings (all captioned in 7 languages - Arabic, Bahasa, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish)
-Organizing during physical isolation
-Transitioning to a remote team
-Tools4All Tool Demonstrations
-Top Online Organizing Tools training
-Snapchat for Organizing
-Twitter: Why Every Campaigner Should Use it
2. Online communities for campaigners and activists
3. Free guidance on CRMs
Some COVID-19 Related Resources
Get your stimulus check. Get help at GetMyPaymentIL.org
Do you need to get tested? Find a list of COVID-19 testing sites here: www.dph.illinois.gov/testing
Resources from educators for families: www.ctulocal1.org/covid19/resources/
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What we're reading (and watching, and listening to...)
A Call for White People to Take Action to Defeat Racism, José Rico and Pilar Audain Reed
Under the Blacklight, a podcast by the African American Policy Forum
CAAIP Series on COVID-19, Chicago African Americans In Philanthropy
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
Stepping Into the Change: The Cornonavirus as an Opening for Transformative Change, Grassroots Policy Project
My Time Among the Whites, Jennine Capo Crucet
Migrating to Prison, Cesar Cuauhtecmoc Garcia Hernandez
ICYMI: Congratulations to Southwest Organizing Project and Logan Square Neighborhood Association for the Parent Engagement Institute, winners of the CNDA
Woods Fund Power of Community Award
How to Produce a Virtual Grassroots Fundraiser: A Webinar
Amid a shelter-in-place order due to COVID19 in mid-March, Crossroads Fund’s annual Spring benefit went virtual. The week-long celebration included a LIVE DJ set, online silent auction, and awards presentation. Crossroads fund staff hosted a Virtual Grassroots Fundraising Webinar, where they shared lessons learned and best practices. You can access the webinar recording here.
Forefront is replacing their traditional Annual Luncheon with a Virtual Summit, Solidarity & Resilience, on Wednesday, June 24. Leaders in the social impact sector will share how they are working to actively shape our shared future, and how each of us can work to empower ourselves and boost our own resilience. Register here.