What you can do as a white woman entrepreneur to support the black community right now.

Watch this:

• Watch 13th, please.
• Watch these shows and documentaries on Netflix.
• Watch Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.

Read these

• Start here – 75 things white people can do for racial justice.
• Read up. Grab a list of anti-racial reading from the New York Times here.
• See How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality here.
• Read up on this comprehensive package of urgent policy solutions – informed by data, research and human rights principles – can change the way police serve our communities.

Stay Updated

• Stay updated, follow people like Shaun King (on twitter, facebook, or instagram)
• Follow Ally Henry on Facebook.
• Follow Black Lives matter on Instagram.
• Follow NAACP on Instagram.
• Follow Color of Change on Instagram.
• Follow Civil Rights Org on Instagram.

Donate

• Donate to bail funds to support the protesters. Find your local fund here.
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund here.
• Black Lives Matter here.
• Color of Change here.
• The Innocence Project here.

Sign

• Justice for George Floyd.
• Justice for Breonna Taylor.
• Justice for Ahmaud Arbery.

Take Action

• SPEAK UP when you see injustice.
• HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS. If you’re not speaking up because it’s uncomfortable or awkward, then examine why you’re uncomfortable.
• For parents, check out this list on what you can do.
• Hire black team members.
• Invite black women to participate in summits and conferences for your audience.
• Open your community to black women to share their stories.
• Search black owned businesses in your community and support them with your business.
• Open your ears and heart and just listen.

Look at your own business

• There’s a lot here.
• Check yourself with Moniqu Melton.
• Get this workshop replay for white coaches with Trudi Lebron.
• Explore activism with Andrea Ranae.
• Build a diverse and inclusive organization with Dr. Tee Williams.
• Learn about culturally responsive leadership.

Thanks to everyone in No-BS Branding for ideas on what we can do.

*I’ll be adding to this as I see resources.