NEIPJC acknowledges that this nation was built in such a way that stripped people from their homelands, disallowed individuals equal access to land, to vote, to personal freedom, and to even be considered fully human. NEIPJC acknowledges that these inequalities built right into the system have and continue to cause damage.
NEIPJC stands in solidarity with Black, Brown and Indigenous people. We see you. We want to amplify your voice. We want to leverage our privilege to get into the mess and dismantle what has been built to perpetuate our privilege.
NEIPJC also acknowledges that our organization’s leadership is all white and there is much to learn. You may feel the same way. Here are links to resources for this work. Do you have a resource you’d like to recommend? Let us know so we can add it to the site.
Resources
Black Lives Matter Children's Reading Room
Here’s a fabulous virtual Black Lives Matter children’s reading room. Click everywhere to read the books on the shelves and learn about the individuals in the photographs. Heck, you can even click on the rug, chair and boombox!
New York Times: These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids
These books can help explain racism and protest to children.
New York Times: An Antiracist Reading List
An Antiracist reading list. Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.
Antiracism Resources for White People
Antiracism resources for white people. Articles, podcasts, films, books, and more.
Show Your Support
Wish to display your allyship in this work? Let us fill our neighborhoods with visual acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter. Signs are free with a $20 donation to NEIPJC. NEIPJC seeks to be the avenue to access these signs, but not to keep the money. All proceeds, after covering the costs of printing, will be sent to Redeemer Center for Life in North Minneapolis.
Redeemer Center for Life (RCFL) is a nonprofit committed to youth training, attainable housing, and workforce development in the Harrison neighborhood of North Minneapolis. Since 1998, this place-based organization has celebrated and reinforced the diversity of Minneapolis’ Northside through social action as well as financial and programmatic investment in its people, ideas, and enterprises.
Link to Redeemer’s website: https://www.redeemercenter.org
Add the donation item to your cart and proceed through the checkout to request your yard sign.
Pickup/shipping instructions: In an effort to maximize our donations, signs are available for pick-up at NEIPJC’s office and in-person delivery only. Leave a message at 563.382.5337 to schedule.
Get to know a bit of the neighborhood of North Minneapolis through this documentary: