General Resource Guides
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This guide mainly offers resources specific to protest safety, digital privacy issues, and knowing your rights. However, we've also included a few resource guides that deal with the broader issues underlying this current moment, including COVID-19, police brutality, and movements for racial justice more generally.
- Digital Resources for Combating Police ViolenceCompiled by the digital art organization Rhizome, this resource provides information on web archiving, documenting protest, digital self-defense, as well as more general resources related to self-education and financial support.
- COVID-19: Racial Equity and Social Justice ResourcesAn expansive resource created by the Racial Equity Institute, this document analyzes COVID-19's disproportionate impact on Black communities and offers tools and resources for organizing and healing our communities.
- The Radical DatabaseA vast directory of mutual aid funds, petitions, grassroots collectives, and initiatives and projects related to the Movement for Black Lives.
Informed Protest: What to Do Before, During, and After You've Hit the Streets
- From Beirut to Minneapolis: A Protest Guide in SolidarityCreated by activists in Lebanon in support of the protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, this guide offers a wealth of advice on protest safety, responding to non-lethal police force, and protecting your privacy.
- For Protestors Risking Exposure to COVID-19As a protester participating in direct action during COVID-19, how can you help to ensure that you don't spread the virus to vulnerable communities? And mutually, how can the chronically ill / disabled community provide aid from home? This guide addresses these and related questions.
- How to Protest Safely: What to Do, What to Bring, and What to AvoidAn outline of essential supplies, actions, and considerations to take before taking to the streets in support of Black lives.
- Street Medic Guide by Paper Revolution CollectiveStreet or action medics are volunteers with varying degrees of medical training who attend protests and demonstrations to provide medical care. Learn about the rich history of street medical care and prepare yourself to treat tear gas, pepper spray, heat illness, and other common protest-related injuries. Note: This guide is not a replacement for first aid or street medic training.
- Riot Medicine: A Free Manual for Practicing Insurrectionary MedicineThis eBook provides an overview of the knowledge needed to provide basic medical care during protests and civil unrest. Note: This resource is not a substitute for professional medical training; readers are strongly encouraged to supplement the knowledge from this book with outside resources and in consultation with trusted local experts.
- Caring for Ourselves as Political WarfareA collection of best practices, spiritual grounding exercises, and practical reminders to bring with you before, during, and after you hit the streets. "An offering of practices to restore us to ourselves."