HLJ provides a supportive professional community and mutual aid network for wellness and healing justice practitioners who also identify as IBPOC (indigenous, black, or people of color). In order to reduce racial health disparities, they recognize the call for community care and collectivist cultural practices for all Minnesotans.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.

Philando Castile Relief Foundation

The Philando Castile Relief Foundation was established to help victims who have been affected by gun violence and police violence. They also help to pay off negative school lunch balances in the St. Paul and Minneapolis school districts.

Neighbors United Funding Collaborative

The Neighbors United Funding Collaborative will donate 100% of funds to rebuild Midway, starting with direct support to small businesses and nonprofits to help them rebuild their storefronts, reopen their businesses and serve our neighborhood.

Many of Midway’s small businesses are owned and operated by immigrants and people of color, and they are committed to ensuring that support is accessible to all businesses and has an equitable impact.

Pimento Relief Fund

The Association for Black Economic Power is partnering with Pimento Jamaican Kitchen to provide black businesses without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests. Their goal is to raise $1,000,000 to help these businesses recover from the damages done. You can find out more about Pimento Jamaican Kitchen and their efforts on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PimentoKitchen/).

Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone’s mission is to provide innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. 60% of people in Touchstone programs reside in North and South Minneapolis, where individuals cannot pick up their medications or buy food as local stores are closed because of fires and looting.Your donation will pay for transportation, food, medications, household supplies and basic needs for people in these hard-hit areas.

Check out their Facebook for recent updates: https://www.facebook.com/TouchstoneWellness.

Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center

Indigenous Roots is dedicated to building, supporting, and cultivating opportunities for Indigenous peoples and communities of color through cultural arts and activism. They are currently accepting monetary and goods donations for residents in St. Paul who are currently struggling. Check out their Facebook for more info: https://www.facebook.com/IndigeRootsCulturalArts/.