WCG and Black Lives Matter Movement

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WCG and Black Lives Matter Movement

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WCG stands with the Black Lives Matter movement. Like many of you, we are deeply saddened and appalled by the events of the past week and by the history of lopsided justice and violence perpetuated on black and brown bodies that has led us to this moment.

Barack Obama released a call for us to “make this moment a turning point for real change”. There is no reason why WCG should stand on the sidelines while others do the work. For this reason, the board is in active discussion about concrete measures we can incorporate in the way WCG operates that will nurture diversity and equity not only within our ranks but also with our relationships with our surrounding community. We want these changes to be a permanent part of who we are.

WCG is working to outline concrete actions to promote diversity and equity, to be discussed at the July board meeting and implemented during our 2020-2021 session. We urge you to join in the discussion. Please email us or post to our social media your thoughts about what those changes should look like. WCG is committed to being an Anti Racism organization.

In the meantime, some of our board members have compiled a list of resources for actions we can take at an individual level, with a focus on our community in the DMV.

Black Lives Matter Resources for the DMV

All resources are crowd-sourced and have not been thoroughly vetted. Use your discretion.

Peaceful Protests

Supporting BLM

Donate

Call Your Representatives in the DMV (more specific contact info at end of document)

Sign Petitions

Data, Facts, and Figures (learn, donate, and volunteer)

Legal Resources (to which you can donate)

Conversations About Race

Books – If you can, please avoid Amazon. Instead, support local bookstores.

Local Black Owned Bookshops

On Being Anti-Racist

Conservation Resources

Ethics on Documenting Protests and Social Media Movements

Emergency Response for Collections

Other Compiled Resources

Local Black Owned Restaurants

Local Charities

My Sister’s Place D.C. Domestic Violence assistance

Aspire! Afterschool Learning Through afterschool programs and an intensive summer camp, Aspire seeks to improve language and literacy skills of more than 1,000 struggling Arlington students.

Borromeo Housing This group-housing program in Northern Virginia gives homeless teen parents a place to live while they attend school or work. It also offers classes on sex education, money management, and child development.

CASA for Children D.C. Foster kids and those in the District’s child-welfare system often lack a stable presence in their lives. This charity matches young people in need with trained volunteers who attend court hearings and offer other support.

D.C. Doors This bilingual, 18-month program provides a place to live, plus parenting classes and job training, for homeless women and children—85 percent of whom are Latino—as they transition to permanent housing.

DC Youth Orchestra  A program offering discounted music education to more than 600 children, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, who might not otherwise learn to play an instrument.

Horton’s Kids This community center in DC’s Wellington Park dishes out healthy meals, homework help, and mentoring for 500 children.

Main Street Child Development Center Provides preschool education for low-income families in Fairfax—including, where needed, special education

Britepaths Britepaths clients are mainly single parents juggling several jobs and earning $22,000 or less a year in Fairfax County. When they hit a rough patch, this charity steps in with short-term grocery assistance as well as budgeting classes and mentoring.

Calvary Women’s Services Of the District’s 7,000 homeless, most are women. Calvary provides them with housing, healthy meals, education, and mental health and addiction services.

Charlie’s Place Serves hot breakfast daily to homeless and low-income people in Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle while offering access to bilingual health care, legal support, housing, haircuts, and job referrals

The Father McKenna Center Provides showers, laundry facilities, computer access, and more for homeless men, as well as a food pantry serving 200-plus families in DC’s Ward 6.

More Educational Resources

Books

  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson
  • How to Be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi
  • So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Eddo-Lodge
  • The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
  • Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
  • The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
  • Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
  • Body and Soul: the Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination, Free Complete Ebook

Syllabi

Podcasts

  • “1619,” NYT
  • “About Race,” Co-discussants Anna Holmes, Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda and Tanner Colby
  • “Code Switch,” NPR
  • “Intersectionality Matters!,” Kimberle Chrenshaw
  • “Pod for the Cause,” Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
  • “Pod Save the People,” Crooked Media

To Watch

  • 13th (2016) (Netflix)
  • American Son (Netflix)
  • Dear White People (Netflix)
  • When They See Us (Netflix)
  • If Beale St. Could Talk (Hulu)
  • King in the Wilderness (HBO)
  • See You Yesterday (Netflix)
  • Dark Girls (Prime)
  • Slavery by Another Name (PBS)
  • Let the Fire Burn (Kanopy)
  • Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 (Netflix)
  • Whose Streets? (2017) (Hulu/Kanopy)
  • Copwatch (2017) (Prime)
  • 16 Shots (2019) (Showtime)
  • Do Not Resist (2016) (purchase via Amazon, itunes, etc.)
  • The Force (2017) (Netflix)
  • Crime + Punishment (2018) (Hulu)
  • The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) (Netflix)
  • I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (Prime)

Elected Officials

D.C.

Mayor Muriel Bowser 202-727-2643, eom@dc.gov
Chairman Phil Mendelson 202-724-8032, pmendelson@dccouncil.us
At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds202-724-8064, abonds@dccouncil.us
At-Large Councilmember David Grosso 202-724-8105, dgrosso@dccouncil.us
At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman 202-724-7772, esilverman@dccouncil.us
At-Large Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. 202-724-8174, rwhite@dccouncil.us
Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau 202-724-8181, bnadeau@dccouncil.us
Ward 2 Councilmember Vacant
Ward 3 Councilmember Mary M. Cheh 202-724-8062, mcheh@dccouncil.us
Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon T. Todd 202-724-8052, btodd@dccouncil.us
Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 202-724-8028, kmcduffie@dccouncil.us
Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen 202-724-8072, callen@dccouncil.us
Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent C. Gray 202-724-8068, vgray@dccouncil.us
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 202-724-8045, twhite@dccouncil.us
Attorney General Karl A. Racine 202-727-3400, oag@dc.gov; karl.racine@dc.gov
U.S. Senator Michael D. Brown (202) 741-5019
U.S. Senator Paul Strauss (202) 727-7890
U.S. Representative Franklin Garcia (202) 727-7290

Montgomery County, MD

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Elections/Resources/Files/pdfs/operations/electedofficials/2019_ElectedOfficialsList_120419.pdf

Prince George’s County, MD
County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks 301-952-4131
At-Large Councilmember Mel Franklin 301-952-2638, BLLaster@co.pg.md.us
At-Large Councilmember Calvin S. Hawkins, II 301 952-2195, GPKonohia@co.pg.md.us
District 1 Councilmember Thomas E. Dernoga 301-952-3887, Councildistrict1@co.pg.md.us
District 2 Councilmember Deni Taveras 301-952-4436, DLTaveras@co.pg.md.us
District 3 Councilmember Dannielle M. Glaros 301 952-3060 dmglaros@co.pg.md.us
District 4 Councilmember, Chair Todd M. Turner 301-952-3094, District4@co.pg.md.us
District 5 Councilmember Jolene Ivey 301-952-3864, councildistrict5@co.pg.md.us
District 6 Councilmember Derrick Leon Davis 301-952-3426, councildistrict6@co.pg.md.us
District 7 Councilmember Rodney C. Streeter 301-952-3690, CouncilDistrict7@co.pg.md.us
District 8 Councilmember Monique Anderson-Walker 301-952-3860, councildistrict8@co.pg.md.us
District 9 Councilmember Sydney J. Harrison 301-952-3820, councildistrict9@co.pg.md.us
Sheriff Melvin C. High 301-780-8600; sheriffinfo@co.pg.md.us
State’s Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy 301-952-3500

Maryland National Officials

U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (202) 224-4524, https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/contact/email
U.S. Rep., 4th District Anthony Brown (202) 224-4654, https://anthonybrown.house.gov/contact/
U.S. Rep., 5th District Steny H. Hoyer (202) 225-8699; (202) 225-4131, https://hoyer.house.gov/help/contact 

Maryland State Senators & Delegates by County
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/07leg/html/gaco.html

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