ACTION STEPS
Lastly, we offer a list of action steps for our white supporters to take, guiding you toward how to get more involved in this movement. Thank you for reading, and for getting involved!
READ
White Supremacy Culture https://www.cacgrants.org/assets/ce/Documents/2019/WhiteDominantCulture.pdf
DONATE
Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): https://m4bl.org/
JOIN
Your local SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) chapter: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
CALL
White voters and urge them to support racial justice and hold elected leaders accountable:
SHOW UP
To local actions that are organized and led by BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) organizers and community members.
LETTER FROM YOUTH PASSAGEWAYS
Our prayer at Youth Passageways is a world where all young people are supported on the path to adulthood. Right now, today, young people are in the streets and on their devices. We see you taking your courage, and you are truly making the world a better place with your bold action. Thank you for continuing the struggles of our ancestors.
Our work as a network is to “lovingly add young people to the hearth of community,” to paraphrase an African proverb. We know that this is impossible when siblings, parents, friends, relatives are being killed by police, and when the threat of violence, from the state and from those initiated into hate, looms daily. We call on our partners in emboldened and sustained action in defense of Black Lives. In equal measure, we call on our partners as sources of refuge, healing, and meaning-making as we move into an unknown future.
As a network, we uplift the policy demands of the Movement for Black Lives. We commit to strengthening our work around divesting from law enforcement and the criminal injustice system and toward youth development, and further amplifying and centering our partners hard at work in communities deeply impacted by police violence. We remain vigilant toward the true threats to our unity.
The current systems of power are not built for cultures rooted in trust, reciprocity, and care. As we call forth the world we want to live in, we must rely on each other, and the power we share in connection with one another, our ancestors, and the Earth we share with all Life.
In love and rage,
the Youth Passageways Leadership Circle (Marisa, Kruti, Dane, and Darcy)
P.S. We are a network of care. Those of us holding the center of Youth Passageways are here to share resources, build connections and do our part to respond to the calls of our partners. We know this is what strengthens and uplifts us all. Please ask for what you need and offer what you can, whether that is through our survey, social media, or via phone call.
