We Demand Justice

Every system that governs us — education, policing, transportation, housing, health care, and more — needs accountability. And until Black people can go for a walk, bird watch, live their lives, or protest the violence against the Black community without the fear of violence, until the systems of racialized oppression and dehumanization are transformed, Black people won't be free. And if Black people aren't free, none of us are.

Support for Black Folks

Take action in your communities

We must fight and speak out to bring injustice to light. If you are unsure where to put your passion and your power, here are some ways to get involved.

Education Resources for White People & Non-Black People of Color

Kansas City

Join on-the-ground actions with One Struggle KC
Support Uzazi Village, a community-based agency working to reduce Black maternal mortality in KC
Join SURJ KC, an organization moving white people to dismantle white supremacy
Join MORE2, the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity
Support and follow The Urban League of Greater Kansas City

Mid-Missouri

Follow Como for Progress

Southeast Missouri

Take action with One City
St. James AME Church

Southwest Missouri

Follow Springfield NAACP for marches, vigils and broader advocacy for Black people in Southwest Missouri

St. Louis

Lift up Action St. Louis
Join Expect US at protests across the region
Support Jamaa Birth Village, which provides midwifery, doula and maternal health care to Black women with the goal of reducing Black maternal and infant mortality
Join the Organization for Black Struggle
Donate to A Red Circle

Nationwide

Join the Movement for Black Lives: Visit their site to get resources, messaging and tactics.

Urge Congress to take action: Find your representative in the U.S. House and tell them to support Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Barbara Lee, and Karen Bass's resolution to condemn police brutality, racial profiling, and use of excessive force.
Support local bail funds: Support protesters in your city by finding local bail funds or donate to this charity to have your donation divided between cities across the country.
Support Black Voters Matter: Support the voter registration efforts of Black Voters Matter.
Increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities: Support BVM Capacity Building Institute and help provide training and support for community‑based organizations.

From Planned Parenthood Leadership

If we do not have the right to bodily autonomy to live our lives — or to protest the violence against our lives — without the fear of violence, we can never achieve justice, let alone reproductive freedom.

- Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO

Dismantling the systems of oppression that invade the communities we serve requires that we demand justice, hold offenders accountable, and have difficult conversations inside and outside our organization.

- Yamelsie Rodríguez, Advocates of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri President and CEO

We stand with #BlackLivesMatter and the protestors throughout the country who are demanding an end to a public health crisis: police brutality.

- Dr. Brandon Hill, Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes President and CEO