For the past couple of the days the BLM movement has turned into an unrest of wanting equality. Many people do not understand the movement because they fail to realize the privilege they have. Seeing several articles on how to stay in involved and what type of media you should be consuming so you are much more aware of what is going on. Here are a couple of lists of media I have seen that can help someone understand.

10 movies/shows you can watch that speak on these issues are...

1. When They See Us (Netflix)
2. 13th (Netflix)
3. American Son (Netflix)
4. See You Yesterday (Netflix)
5. Dear White People (Netflix)
6. Freedom Writers (Netflix)
7. The Hate U Give (Hulu)
8. If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu)
9. 16 Shots (Hulu)
10. Hidden Figures (Hulu)

10 Children Book that speak about race...

1. Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Be Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz
2. Let it Shine Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, Andrea Davis Pinkney
3. Something Happened in Our Town A Child's Story About Racial Injustice, Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, and Marietta Collins
4. My Hair is a Garden, Cozbi A. Cabrera
5. My Family Divided, Diane Guerrero
6. Lailuh's Lunchbox, Reem Faruqi
7. Moses: When Harriett Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, Carole Boston WeaherFord
8.  Happy In Our Skin, Fran Manushkin
9. Little Leaders Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison
10. A is for Activists, Innosanto Nagara

10 Petitions you can sign...

1. Arrest Jared Campbell who maced little girl: http://chng.it/wGPvrnB98T
2. Justice for Sandra Bland: http://chng.it/gMHfz8gsdc
3. Justice for Breonna Taylor: http://chng.it/2LnHYJnrYK
4. Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: http://chng.it/mMgKzRTq9w
5. Implement Mandatory "I can't Breathe" Training to All Police Academies: http://chng.it/ZLqM5kDbF9
6. Justice for Sean Reed: http://chng.it/VpdQYqxqkR
7. Justice for Emerald Black: http://chng.it/XfMbjGmKGq
8. Mandate Police force to take "Racial Biased Test": http://chng.it/MJLzvm8zbm
9. "Hands Up Act": http://chng.it/xy4GvHDxfS
10. Justice for George Floyd: http://chng.it/Rsns9HGJPp

10 Organizations you can donate to...

1. Brooklyn Bail Fund: https://brooklynbailfund.org/
2. Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
3. This YouTube Video was created to donate if you don't have money. If you click on the link it will take you to the video and ads will play do not skip the ads and that money will be donated to different BLM organizations.
4. Bail Fund: https://bailproject.org/
5. Black Lives Matter Foundation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
6. People's City Council Freedom Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/peoples-city-council-ticket-fund
7. Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
8. Black Vision Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
9. Liberty Fund: https://www.libertyfund.org/
10. Higher Heights Leadership Fund: https://www.higherheightsleadershipfund.org/donate/

10 Podcast to listen to...

1. 1619- NY Times
2. About Race
3. Seeing White
4. Code Switch
5. The Diversity Gap
6. Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
7. The Combahee River collective
8. Pod Save the People
9. Pod for the Cause
10. Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw

Yaritza Montiel

My name is Yaritza Montiel, I am 18 years old and my pronouns are she/hers. I am a current senior attending The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. Fall of 2020 I will be going to Cornell University majoring in Information Sciences. My family is Latinx and especially Mexican American. I have an older sister and a younger sister making me a middle child, born and raised in the Bronx.