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THREADAt their last development day, our Youth Commission on Care Experience decided to spend their workshop time on taking action to support #BlackLivesMatter
. They decided to research and amplify black voices. Here are some of the resources they recommend:
An organisation to support: Black Minds Matter is a UK wide organisation that helps to cover costs for Black people seeking therapy and mental health services: https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/
Great threads about #BlackLivesMatter : https://twitter.com/rauhling_bizzle/status/1269675886522990592?s=19
: https://twitter.com/rauhling_bizzle/status/1269675886522990592?s=19
“Pet”- by Akwaeke Emezi ( @azemezi) – featuring a black trans girl as well as diverse family models and non-verbal communication. The author is a non-binary PoC.
“Full Colour” Anthology from Knight Errant Press ( @KnightErrantPub) - local small publisher with a focus on queer and PoC stories; this is an anthology made by BAME young people about their life experiences as BAME young people in Scotland.
L. L. McKinney ( @ElleOnWords) - author of the "A Blade So Black" series, a reimagining of Alice in Wonderland with a black teenage protagonist, and creator of the Twitter hashtag #WhatWoCWritersHear
List of excellent black comic and graphic novel writers: https://www.cbr.com/black-comics-writers-must-read/
List of graphic novels which explore themes of race, particularly of blackness: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/35-race-related-graphic-novels-that-should-top-amazon-chart/
Reading material on how to be a better ally: https://morbidlybeautiful.com/black-lives-matter-reading-list/
And last but definitely not least, great person to follow: Munroe Bergdorf ( @MunroeBergdorf)
