These lists are not meant to be exhaustive: We welcome dialogue with our community on additional ways we can take meaningful action and plug into and amplify initiatives in support of colonial liberation. Please email hi@bettertospeak.org to share feedback and/or additional resources that we can uplift on our platform.
Last Updated: June 13, 2024
Resources Master Document for Palestine, DR Congo, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen, Hawai’i, Lebanon (Accounts and pages of people/organizations to follow and donate to and information to learn more)
We’d like to specifically call out Operation Olive Branch’s ‘Buy Me a Coffee’ donation page to support their operations. As a volunteer-run operation, contributions support their ability to keep doing the important work they’re doing to amplify and coordinate mutual aid for Palestinian families, as well as their expansion to facilitate mutual aid for Sudan and Congo.
Finally, here are additional pages for organizations to support, to look to for links to contribute to specific mutual aid campaigns, and to learn more about each people’s respective struggle for liberation:
Actions Taken by Better to Speak:
Signed Open Letters:
Attended the following panels:
From Atlanta to Palestine: Covering Gaza – hosted by Press On South
Palestine to ATL: Art & Activism As Tools of Resistance & Solidarity – hosted by Southern Fried Queer Pride
Sent letter to the following media executives on “Protect Journalists in Gaza: Boycott the White House Correspondents' Dinner” from the Movement for Black Lives and the Adalah Justice Project:
“New York Times, CNN Worldwide and the Associated Press, who recently signed a letter committing to ‘championing the safety of journalists in Gaza.’”
Donated to the Palestinian Youth Movement and the Atlanta Solidarity Fund
Learn More + Take Action:
Series on global genocides – Hisham Rifai and Ayman Makarem, published on Unicorn Riot:
Sudan and DR Congo – Pan-African Solidarity:
Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ukraine, Sudan | OCHA
The Wars You Don’t Hear About Continue to Devastate Millions (Sudan, Yemen, and Syria) | The Nation
A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo | Aljazeera
Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Council on Foreign Relations
Learn More + Take Action for Palestine:
Primers + Historical Context
More about the media's role in upholding white supremacy and colonialism through framing and reporting; resisting “manufacture of consent”
Resources and Platforms for Media Workers:
Boycotts and Direct Actions