Vector would like to express our solidarity with the anti-racism protests currently occurring in the USA, UK, and around the world. The BSFA Chair will be doing the same, in the newsletter this week, on behalf of the BSFA.
For those of us in the UK who would like to find out more ways of offering practical support, but don’t know where to start, a few useful resources relating to anti-racism, policing, courts, and prisons are:
- Black Lives Matter (US)
- Black Lives Matter UK GoFundMe (UK)
- ActBlue bail fund donations (US)
- Inquest (UK)
- Racial Justice Network (UK)
- London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (UK)
- Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (UK)
- Y-Stop (UK)
- StopWatch (UK)
- Advocate (UK)
- United Friends & Family Campaign (UK)
- ROTA (UK)
- The Empty Cages Collective (UK)
- Community Action on Prison Expansion (UK) — see also webinar on Saturday
- A Twitter thread by Elle Osili-Wood with further links, resources, and ideas for actions you can take
See also: #BlackOutTuesday