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If you are feeling any COVID symptoms STAY HOME and keep your fellow freedom fighters healthy!Tips below on how to safely protest and how to find out where actions are being taken around Atlanta
A protest with police involvement is a parade/propaganda at best, and a trap at worst.
Research WHO is organizing the protest and always take new information with a grain of salt. Stay vigilant against misinformation & rumors - follow trusted sources and double check information you share or act on.Protect yourself and your other protesters by sharing on social media responsibly and as anonymously as possible - both white supremacist groups and police are known to seek revenge against protesters. (Screenshot pics to erase metadata)
Additional Protesting Tips/Myths
Never go alone! Always go with a friend or create a pod of trusted comrades you can trust to watch your back
If you see someone getting arrested, get them to tell you their name and birthdate before they are taken away so that people can locate and bail them out
Don't dance/kneel/march/collaborate with cops - you are helping them create propaganda and you're literally protesting them, they're not your friend and they will tear gas you after
Stay out of centennial park - it is easiest for cops to surround and kettle (trap) you
Check seals on any bottled drink or packaged food - there have been reports of protesters being poisoned
Water in a strong squirt bottle is much better for tear gas in your eyes than milk
Additional Sources of Information & Resources
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| @whereprotest via Twitter | Aggregate of daily actions in the city - unclear how information is vetted. |
| @jail_support via Twitter | Works with the ATL Solidarity fund to provide aid to protestors who have been arrested. Visit their website for resources for reporting an arrest, or getting support during/after an arrest. Reach out if you are planning direct action so they can be ready! |
| @atlradicalart via Twitter + IG | A community of local (ATL) artists are committed to the creation of a radical and artistic counterculture in response to the social and political climate of our time. Website |
| @fkaLuna_ via Twitter / [email protected] | Asia Parks is with the Georgia Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild - contact them to get legal observers present at your protests and learn more about Street Law Clinics |
| @songatlanta via IG & Twitter | Atlanta chapter of Southerners On New Ground |
| @southbendcommons via IG | Community center organizing supplies and aid for protesters as well as supporting mutual aid projects around the city |
| @murmur_media via IG | Art gallery space providing aid and support to protestors |
| @atlantaiwoc via IG & Twitter | ATL chapter of Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee - organizes Jail Support and bails protestors out of jail from atlsolidarity.org funds. Another way to help on the ground is to help with jail support |
| @tpratlanta_ via IG & Twitter | Grassroots collective of organizers created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic |
You can also help with jail support outside the ACDC or Fulton County jail!
This is a crucial part of caring for protesters - sometimes they release people in the middle of the night, with no phone, none of their belongings, to walk to the MARTA station and just wait for it to open.
I'm still building this part out! Please DM me on Twitter @atlanta_action if you would like to help or have information to contribute.
This page seeks to highlight local grassroots organizations and mutual aid networks led by folks who are a part of the community they serve - meaning, I will not post any national resources that don't have an ATL specific chapter or organizing group. DM me if you have more to add!
| Organization | Mission | Contact/Website |
|---|---|---|
| Access Reproductive Care - Southeast | "We help Southerners and their families navigate the pathways to access safe, compassionate, and affordable reproductive care by providing financial and logistical support and building power in our communities through advocacy, education, and leadership development." | Website / Twitter / Instagram |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAAJ-A's mission is to protect and promote the civil and human rights of AAPIs in Georgia and the Southeast through policy advocacy, legal services, organizing & civic engagement, and impact litigation. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| Asian American Advocacy Fund | The AAAF's mission is to advocate for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians in Georgia. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| Black Alliance for Just Immigration - ATL Chapter (BAJI) | BAJI educates and engages African American and black immigrant communities to organize and advocate for racial, social and economic justice. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| BYP100 - Mecca/Atlanta Chapter | This Chapter is brand new - BYP100 is National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. | Website / Email: atl.chapter@ byp100.org |
| Racial Justice Action Center | RJAC's mission is to engage in transformative organizing to build the grassroots leadership, power, and capacity of marginalized communities to win political, economic, and social transformation in the Atlanta Metro Area. | Website / Facebook |
| Southerners on New Ground - Atlanta | SONG is an LGBTQ+ organization that organizes for racial and economic justice in the South - IG is the main online portal for the ATL chapter | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| SNAP 4 Freedom - Solutions not Punishments Collaborative | A Black, trans-led, broad based collaborative to restore an Atlanta where every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive without facing unfair barriers, especially from the criminal legal system. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| Southern Fried Queer Pride (SFQP) | An Atlanta-based non-profit organization empowering Black queer and QTPOC centered communities in the South through the arts. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| SisterSong | SisterSong is a Southern based, national membership organization seeking to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities. | Website / Instagram / Twitter |
| Street Groomers | Patrol group dedicated to creating safer communities as an alternative to police (as well as watching out and protecting communities from police brutality). Also does community outreach, gentrification education, and inmate advocacy | Website |
I'm still building this part out! Please DM me on Twitter @atlanta_action if you would like to help or have information to contribute.
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Real change happens right here in our communities. Resources for local politics around Metro Atlanta:
I'm still building this part out! Please DM me on Twitter @atlanta_action if you would like to help or have information to contribute.
We are still in the middle of a global pandemic. For many reasons, some of us may not be able to leave home, but that doesn't mean that you can't get involved.Here are some ways to get involved and help from home:
Ways to redistribute your wealth in ways that matter:
Do not donate to Shaun King. He is a scam artist that profits off of Black trauma.
Donate to LOCAL community-based organizations that are directly working for change
In addition to bail funds, consider donating to mutual aid networks that are directly helping within your community.If you are interested in setting up a neighborhood mutual aid group, this site has some great resources.
Atlanta Solidarity Fund
Bail fund for protesters - also provides support for other financial burdens incurred as a result of being arrested
Atlanta Trans Housing Project
Provides direct assistance/resources for individuals experiencing homelessness. Services are majority centered towards those who are transgender and gender non-conforming.
COVID-19 Post-Release Support Services
This fund provides crucial support to people released from ICE custody. Run by Black Alliance for Just Immigration Georgia.
Formerly Incarcerated Small Business Fund
Formerly incarcerated small business owners were excluded from COVID-19 government relief packages, leaving them even more vulnerable to this crisis. This fund seeks to provide aid as well as help establish a support network between these businesses.
Gangsters to Growers Youth Program
Gangstas to Growers is a program focused on empowering at-risk youth and our formerly incarcerated through agriculture, employment, and entrepreneurship.
Homeless Black Trans Women's Fund
This is fund for the community of Black Trans women that live in Atlanta and are sex workers and/or homeless.
Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid (MAMA) Fund
A mutual aid fund to support marginalized communities impacted by COVID-19
The People's Response ATL Supplies Fund
Fund for TPR to buy and provide crucial supplies to the community like PPE, food & water, street medic supplies, and more
The Taking Care of Our Own Fund
The TCOOO Fund provides direct financial support for trans folks navigating personal emergencies. Run by the Solutions not Punishment Collaborative.
Housing & Land for TGNC people in Georgia
TRANScending Barriers is raising $450,000 to secure buildings for emergency housing in Atlanta and to buy land that will provide permanent space for long-term housing, farming healthy food, and gathering for community healing.
please DM @atlanta_action via Twitter if you have more resources to add!
Voice your support & demand change and justice by signing petitions.
Participate in a Letter Writing Program
Build solidarity by getting connected with someone in prision to write letters to regularly - please only consider this if you can commit to a sustained, long-term effort.
If you can't pressure city officials by confronting them on the streets, you can pressure and overwhelm their offices by calling, emailing, and tweeting at them.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
email: [email protected]
phone: (404) 330-6049
Twitter: @KeishaBottoms
Instagram: @KeishaBottoms
There are many ways to get involved, even if you're staying home!One way is to use social media to signal boost and spread (vetted) information! It doesn't matter if you have 25 followers or 1,000 - all it takes is one person to make a change.
Food4Life Mutual Aid
Volunteer to help with logistics, marketing, volunteer recruitment, or dispatch. This is a mutual aid group created in response to Covid-19 to offer free grocery delivery to make sure no one goes hungry during this crisis.
HJL Covid-19 Hotline
Volunteer to help with the Covid-19 (English & Español) hotline. You can help your neighbors fight housing discrimination/eviction and connect them to various community resources.
Participate in a Letter Writing Program
Build solidarity by getting connected with someone in prision to write letters to regularly - please only consider this if you can commit to a sustained, long-term effort.
I'm still building this part out! Please DM me on Twitter @atlanta_action if you would like to help or have information to contribute.
