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George Floyd

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Breonna Taylor

Dion Johnson

Rayshard Brooks

Robert Fuller

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David McAtee

Vanessa Guillen

Support a Black Business in Arizona

Each week the Asian Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the Black Chamber of Arizona, CO+HOOTS Phoenix, Local First Arizona, Prestamos CDFI, and CoupleyFit to select a business to highlight via a social media promotional video. We will also purchase gift cards to giveaway to help bring awareness to the business selected #AmplifyBlackVoices

Stand for Unity T-Shirt collaboration with @statefortyeight + @blacklustreco!

Total Contribution to ICAN: $5,400

Did you know 8 out of 10 youths who live in the Downtown Chandler area will be using drugs or alcohol to cope with the harsh realities of the streets?

ICAN is very near and dear to our hearts; we have volunteered at their Health and Wellness Fair for the past three years and it has been nothing short of inspirational. These youths need someone in their corner to teach them real-life skills including goal setting, positive decision making and how to avoid the risky behaviors that are prevalent within the Downtown Chandler community.

1. $50 provides a month’s worth of supplies to run our community garden at ICAN, where youth learn how to work together as a team and see a project from start to finish

2. $100 provides a week’s worth of supplies and activities to power ICAN’s academic support and homework help sessions

3. $200 provides a month’s worth of supplies to deliver our life skills programming after school to 200 youth 

2018 ICAN Health and Wellness Fair

You can help make a difference with us.

Together, we can use our voices (and actions) as a force for good.

Help us to create a world that collaborates on building stronger communities.

NAACP

The NAACP is at the forefront of the movement to build political power and ensure the wellbeing of communities of color. Underscoring the advocacy of our 2,200 local units across the country, we empower our communities to make democracy work for them.

Black Lives Matter at School

What you can do to continue taking action now!

1. Sign Petitions 

• Change.org is the HUB for BLM petitions for you to sign

• Categorize the KKK as a terrorist organization

• 30 petitions you should sign right now!

2. ONGOING Donations To Support

• Here are 137 ways you can donate to help black lives and minorities. You choose where you want to support!

• YMCAs across the country are providing emergency services for communities in need, including childcare for health care workers and first responders; food for kids without access to school meals; shelter to at-risk populations; and outreach to isolated seniors.

3. Social Media Activism 

• You could check to see if your local Black Lives Matter group is hosting an event or search for other social justice organizations in your area. Some are even providing virtual ways to make a statement.

4. VOTE!

• Find election dates and deadlines in your state

5. Support Those Fighting In The Courtroom

• Consider volunteering for local organizations who are sorting through these cases or attending their events as they organize support.

6. Know Your Rights And Use Them

• The First Amendment lays out a lot of these rights, but the ACLU explains how they apply in various situations from on-campus demonstrations to how to record police conduct.

• Arizona Civil Rights Law

7. Contact State And Local Leaders

• Contact the local officials in your state by clicking here

9. Black Lives Matter: Movies and TV shows that put racism in the spotlight!

• When They See Us (Highly recommend!)

• Fruitville Station

• The Hate U Give

• Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

• 13th (This changed us; highly recommend!)

• BlacKkKlansman

• Moonlight (Fan Favorite! 2017 Oscar winner for Best Picture)

• The Last Man in San Francisco

• Teach Us All (Dee’s Favorite!)

• Disclosure

• Black Lives Matter Collection on Netflix

What you can
do if you live in Arizona

Did you know that Arizona has four of the top 10 cities in the United States for officer-involved shootings?

Or that Phoenix PD has a history of aggression and issued a travel advisory for minorities in 2018 in response to police violence in the city?

One way you can start to take action is by checking our Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro

Here is a map of the 2020 police-involved shootings in Arizona. Are you near any hotspots?

Nonprofits we love!

Tiger Mountain Foundation

Challenged Communities need help, especially with areas where there is increased incarceration and poor health choices. The Tiger Mountain Foundation reverses that problem through our community gardens and landscaping initiatives. These initiatives teach practical life skills to kids, adults and seniors, keeping them out of jail, and improving their lives and community.

OYLA

The Omega Youth Leadership Academy is a comprehensive community based youth development program designed to effectively empower and educate males of color in 5th – 12th grades on how to face, navigate through, and overcome today’s social and personal challenges.
 
OYLA offers a year-long curriculum that includes bi-monthly seminars and workshops, in addition to providing culturally competent educational enrichment and personal growth activities including: service learning projects, local and national college tours and civic engagement programs.

ICAN

ICAN Health & Wellness Fair

ICAN is a free youth center in the East Valley that offers programming for youth, teens, families and the community. ICAN’s nationally-recognized prevention programming teaches disadvantaged youth real-life skills including goal setting, positive decision making and how to avoid the risky behaviors that are prevalent in the community ICAN serves. ICAN’s evidence-based programming equips youth to achieve personal and academic success. Parenting classes and substance abuse education complete ICAN’s programming, impacting the entire community.