The following list of resources is non-exhaustive and will be updated over time. Not all organizations have been verified by the Federal Bar Association.
Programming Resources
Pro Bono and Legal Resources
- Atlanta Legal Aid
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- First Amendment Strike Force
- Georgia Innocence Project
- Law for Black Lives – Law for Black Lives is coordinating lawyers to volunteer as “protest watchers” to help document police conduct.
- Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
- Pro Bono Center – DC Bar
- Rocky Mountain Innocence Center – Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC) works to correct and prevent the wrongful conviction of innocent people in Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. RMIC is the Innocence Network affiliate of the Innocence Project for this region.
- Saint Paul Small Business – This is a city program that helps to refer Black-owned small businesses to pro bono counsel who can provide advice on insurance claims.
- Pro Bono Attorney Sign-up for Non-Violent Protesters Florida
- The Innocence Project
- We the Action Task Force – We the Action is a nonprofit organization that connects lawyers to pro bono opportunities is launching a task force to support organizations that are advocating for systemic change.
- Volunteer Lawyers Network
- Voting Rights Hotline – The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law runs the nation’s largest non-partisan voting rights hotline
Resources for Learning
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Ally Guide:Women of Color for Progress – Our guide to being an ally
- Ally Guide: 5 initial ways you can be a better ally to people of color
- Anti-Racism Resources
- Bias Worksheet: Understand How Bias Affects You
- Bias Worksheet: Shield Against Bias Coming Your Way
- Book: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
- Building Back Better: Toward a Disability-Inclusive, Accessible, and Sustainable Post-COVID World
- CBS News video:How to be an “ally” to the black community
- Commentary: To my white friends and colleagues, here’s how to be an ally to the black community
- Could the Lessons of the Pandemic be a Boon to Workers with Disabilities?
- Court Access for individuals Who Are Deaf and hard of Hearing
- Effective Communications Requirements are More Than Just a Matter of ADA Compliance: They are Now a Matter of Legal Ethics Too
- Inclusion Guide: Cultivating Inclusion During Crisis, Including Working Remotely
- Mapping Our Social Change Roles in Times of Crisis
- No Judgment, Just Empathy: How to Approach Disabilities in a Post-COVID Era
Resources for Coping and Healing
Resources for Volunteering and Donating
- African Economic Development Solutionshas set up a Business Relief fund for the needs of local African businesses.
- Carniceria La Huazteca
- Central Neighborhood Development Association
- Circle of Discipline
- HandsOn Twin Cities Rebuilding our Community
- Lake Street Council / We Love Lake Street
- Longfellow Community Councilis raising money for the rebuilding of their community for food security, safety & security, and business restoration.
- Martha’s Table
- MIGIZI – Monetary donation for Native youth center destroyed near Lake Street
- MN Freedom Fund
- MN Rapid Response Coalition
- Neighbors United Funding Collaborative / Midway United Fund
- NEON Business(Northside Economic Opportunity Network) is an organization that helps low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs in North Minneapolis.
- Seward Pharmacy
- Support the Cities
- West Broadway Business & Area Coalition
Resources for Being Proactive to Influence Positive Change
- Atlanta Legal Aid
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- Georgia Innocence Project
- LegalCORPS serves small businesses and nonprofits with free transactional business law services, largely through the services of pro bono attorneys. In partnership with Volunteer Lawyers Network, they will be launching an intake line for small business owners and nonprofits to request assistance. LegalCORPS will match with attorneys for either brief advice by phone or full legal representation. They anticipate that businesses and nonprofits will need assistance in the areas of insurance policy review and claims, contract review, landlord/tenant or other real estate issues, employee relations, financing issues, dissolution/bankruptcy/workout matters, and navigating the requirements of any state or federal assistance that might become available. Those interested in serving clients through LegalCORPS should complete this application. Once screened, they are eligible to be placed with clients and are covered by LegalCORPS’ malpractice insurance policy. Contact Sarah Lewis, LegalCORPS Program Coordinator, at 651-583-5980 or slewis@legalcorps.org with questions.
- Legal Rights Center, Minnesota National Lawyers Guild and Minnesota Freedom Fund are working together to help people arrested for protesting. Contact the National Lawyers Guild at 612-444-2654 to volunteer.
- Law for Black Lives – Law for Black Lives is coordinating lawyers to volunteer as “protest watchers” to help document police conduct.
- Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
- Rocky Mountain Innocence Center – Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC) works to correct and prevent the wrongful conviction of innocent people in Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. RMIC is the Innocence Network affiliate of the Innocence Project for this region.
- Saint Paul Small Business – This is a city program that helps to refer Black-owned small businesses to pro bono counsel who can provide advice on insurance claims.
- St. Thomas Law School Criminal Defense Clinic is seeking attorneys to provide supervision of law students representing individuals charged with some offenses while protesting. Call Rachel Moran at 651-962-4810 to volunteer.
- The Innocence Project
- We the Action Task Force – We the Action is a nonprofit organization that connects lawyers to pro bono opportunities is launching a task force to support organizations that are advocating for systemic change.
- Volunteer Lawyers Network
- Voting Rights Hotline – The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law runs the nation’s largest non-partisan voting rights hotline.