Lost for Words
Talking to Friends and Family about Race and Racism in the UK
Lost for Words
Talking to Friends and Family about Race and Racism in the UK
- How do I help?
'How do I help?' is such a difficult question to answer. Only you can know how to affect change in your daily life, and how big or small those changes might need to be.
One of the biggest things we think you can do is to truly listen and learn about what is going on, and then use this information to talk.
Talk to friends. Talk to family. Talk to colleagues.
You can help to make talking about race and racism become less taboo by doing it more often, with less ignorance.Charities and petitions are further down this page (using these links will cause page to reload) and suggested books are here.
Here a few tips to get you started:
Donate
A great way to show solidarity! Below is a list of charities you can donate to which support progress towards a world without systemic racism:
https://www.facinghistory.org/about-us
https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/
https://www.runnymedetrust.org/
https://www.stephenlawrence.org.uk/
You can also donate to Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK), a coalition of black activists and organisers from around the UK. The fundraiser is asking for donations in order to “support UKBLM’s work with black communities in the UK”.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fundSupport Lost for Words
We have also been asked by some very kind souls about donations towards the running of the Lost for Words. There is, of course, no obligation, but this project has been entirely funded by the two of us, so if you have found the website helpful and have a little to spare to say thank you, we would really appreciate it:
