Black lives matter.
Our flower auction raised $275! 100% of proceeds benefited the George Floyd Memorial Fund + Massachusetts Bail Fund.
Our message to the black community, our family and friends:
We stand with you. We stand against racism. We stand against discrimination in all forms. We see you, we hear you. We are listening.
Actions will always speak louder than words. Melon Rose Flower Co. will take it upon ourselves as a company to do the work—to donate, to research, to self-educate, to stand against hate and racism. We as a community must never again fall silent. We must work together to speak out, because #BlackLivesMatter now and forever.
Doing our part.
Flowers to raise funds.
100% of proceeds went directly to the George Floyd Memorial Fund + Massachusetts Bail Fund.
We designed two (2) arrangements to raise funds to support these organizations that fight against racism and help bail out protestors in MA.
Donations
Donate through ActBlue.
If you’re able to make a monetary donation at this time, we suggest using ActBlue to streamline yours donation by supporting multiple groups at once.
ActBlue will disperse all funds evenly or allocate as you wish to the following:
Black Lives Matter Global Network
Reclaim the Block
National Bail Out
Black Visions Collective
NAACP Legal Defense/Educational Fund
The National Police Accountability Project
Color of Change Education Fund
Unicorn Riot
Campaign Zero
Advancement Project
The Marshall Project
Massachusetts Bail Funds
The Massachusetts Bail Fund posts bails of up to $2000 in Essex & Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts. Help support their work by donating today at massbailfund.org.
For bail out funds by states, please visit Community Justice Exchange
Read
Articles
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us”
by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
(Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant”
by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)The 1619 Project (all the articles)
The New York Times Magazine“The Intersectionality Wars”
by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups
developed by Craig Elliott PhD”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?”
by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Books
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Watch + listen.
Films + TV
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Videos
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives
Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion"
Peggy McIntosh at TEDx Timberlane Schools (18:26)
Podcasts to subscribe
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Pod For The Cause
from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Social.
Organizations to follow
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook