Girls' Night In - Issue #172: take action, take care

how you can do the work

1. How you can contribute right now:
   Contribute to bail funds (and learn more about them) .
   Contribute to mutual aid networks (and learn why they're helpful) . 
   Contribute to policy change via Campaign Zero, Reclaim the Block, or the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. 
   Contribute to . 
   
   Find . 
   Find . (And thank you to @dehyedration for starting this hub for information.)
   
   Today should have been Breonna Taylor's 27th birthday — during this week of sustained listening and reflection, we've learned it's important to help honor her memory by showing up for her family and loved ones and demanding justice for her through action as well. 
    
2. Mental health for Black community members matters:
   We've compiled this doc of mental health resources for members of the Black community (which also links out to many other resource lists).
    
3. A small way to attend to your and others' physical wellbeing: 
   Our friends at Thrive Market are on a mission to make living healthily and sustainably accessible for everyone. With every paid market membership, you can sponsor a free one for a low-income family. GNI readers can get $20 in Shopping Credit when you join Thrive Market . #SPONSORSTHING
    

4. For members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community: 
   Here are 14 Black funds and creative ecosystems to support, curated by Annika Hansteen-Izora. Additionally, the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network can be helpful in finding a QTPOC therapist. 

5. Black-owned businesses you can support now and always:
   Black artists and makers to buy from, Black-owned restaurants you can order from in some of our favorite cities, and a list of Black-owned businesses to put your money behind.

6. Make a commitment to non-optical allyship:
   Here are some great tips by Mireille Harper to ensure your allyship is meaningful, actionable, and not just performative. 

opportunities for self-education

our commitments

We believe in tying our words to specific actions. This past week, we’ve donated $1,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative and The Bail Project. 

We’ll also be donating 5% of the sponsorship revenue gained from today’s newsletter to The Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund founded by Rachel Cargle, which provides access to high quality, culturally competent mental health services for Black women and girls.

As a company founded on the values of wellness and mental health, we recognize the economic barriers Black women and girls face in accessing therapy and seek to help to lower these barriers.

We encourage you to join us in acting and promise to keep thinking critically about how we can create long-term impact within our team and externally as well. As an organization, we know we have work to do internally and in our GNI ecosystem as well. If you have feedback for us, we welcome it with a reply to this email. Thank you.