BLM Resources

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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color: Ruby Hamad

This Book is Anti-Racist: Tiffany Jule

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower: Dr. Brittney Cooper

How to be an Antiracist: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

Me and White Supremacy: Layla F. Saad

So You Want to Talk About Race: Ijeoma Oluo

The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander

White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Race: Robin Diangelo

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots: Morgan Jerkins 

Such a Fun Age: Kiley Reid

Homie: Danez Smith

I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce: Michael Arceneaux

Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You: 

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

Thick: And Other Essays: Tressie McMillan Cottom

Don't Call Us Dead: Danez Smith

The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas

When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir: Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

This Will Be My Undoing: Morgan Jerkins

Justice For Regis

Black Lives Matter Toronto 

The Bail Project

Unicorn Riot

Supports journalists on the front line.

Say Her Name

A campaign that calls attention to police violence against Black women, girls, and femmes.

Across Boundaries

This Toronto non-profit provides mental-health services and support for racialized communities.

The Black Business And Professional Association

For 37 years, the BBPA has been offering programs, scholarships, mentorships and more for Black professionals and businesses in Canada.

Go Fund Me – Black Emergency Support Fund

COVID-19 disproportionately affects Black people; this campaign, organized by BLM Toronto, seeks to provide support to those most at-risk. 

Black Women In Motion

This Toronto-based organization supports advancement of black womxn via workshops, education, and community outreach.

Black Legal Action Centre

This not-for-profit legal clinic provides free legal advice for low- and no-income Black residents of Ontario.

Black Health Alliance

This registered charity’s goal is to improve the health of Canada’s Black communities.

Afro-Indigenous Rising

A group Currently we are occupying Nathan Phillips Square in protest of police brutality. The goal is to strengthen Afro & Indigenous communities across Tkaronto and Turtle Island. 

The Okra Project

is a collective that brings home-cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals to Black trans people. Based on individual donations, The Okra Project pays Black trans chefs to go into the homes of other Black transgender people and cook them a meal free of charge.

The Black Trans Travel Fund

A mutual aid fund that provides Black transgender women in New York and New Jersey with financial resources to pay for car services in both states. 

The Trans Women of Color Survival Fund

Assists with a range of financial needs for trans women of color including food, car fare, hygiene products, clothing, and more.

For The Gworls

Raises money to assist with Black transgender people’s rent and gender affirming surgeries.