Race, Policing, and Protest: A Resource Guide

A campaign to change eight use-of-force policies to reduce police violence.

"we hope to build toward a society without police or prisons, where communities are equipped to provide for their safety and well-being."

"The comprehensive platform of research-based policy solutions to end police brutality in America."

"EJI works to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality."

"Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We are working to (re)build the Black liberation movement." Includes a tumblr, a blog, and photos. Also has a list of chapters throughout the U.S.

"created as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary in order to achieve key policy, cultural and political wins, convene organizational leadership in order to debate and co-create a shared movement wide strategy."

This is the Salem/Keizer chapter of the NAACP, whose mission is "to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons."

"America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans."

"The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. ... We were founded both as a response to the murders of BLACK trans women and women of color and how that is connected to our exclusion from social justice issues, namely racial, gender, and reproductive justice, as well as gun violence."

"ColorOfChange.org exists to strengthen Black America's political voice. Our goal is to empower our members - Black Americans and our allies - to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone."

A national network of groups and individuals organizing White people for racial justice.

A directory of organizations "working within the field of racial equity and on a variety of issues and topics. These organizations range from grassroots organizations, to academic institutions, to national advocacy organizations and more."