Services for the Black Community
The Center is committed to standing up against the atrocities perpetrated on Black people, to fight white supremacy and the system that protects white lives while devaluing Black lives, and with our collective voice, say Black Lives Matter. See below for resources and ways to engage, learn, and give to support Black Lives.
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The Center’s Black LGBTQ Community Advisory Committee – Group Description and Priorities
COMMUNICATIONS & UPDATES:
Combatting overpolicing and collectively increasing community safety in our region is core to The Center’s advocacy work. Read the The Center’s Op-Ed of November 30, 2020 in The San Diego Union-Tribune by CEO Cara Dessert and Board Chairs Kafele J. Khalfani, Ed.D. and Lisa Sanders – an important step in informing the public and stopping these practices.
Combatting anti-Black racism October 2020
The Center has signed on to LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence
READ THE CENTER’S ENEWS ON BLACK LIVES:
- Black Womxn Deserve Mutual Aid Fund by March for Black Womxn San Diego
- Donate to Bail Funds: The Bail Project, Minnesota Freedom Fund, and San Diego/La Mesa Bail Fund- DeDe McClure Bail Fund
- San Diego Black LGBT Coalition
- Black Lives Matter
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- List of organizations:
- Gender Phluid Collective
- NAACP Coronavirus Resources
- Black Lives Matter San Diego
- March for Black Womxn SD
- Know Your Rights to Protest from The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties