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Black is Beautiful

david carson, tré seals, portland stamp company

 

Black is Beautiful stamp set

 

This stamp set was produced by The Portland Stamp Company with 100% of proceeds being donated to the Movement for Black Lives.

We appreciate your support of the ongoing fight to end state-sanctioned violence, liberate Black people, and end white supremacy forever.

The package contains three 5.5” x 8.5” stamp sheets in a printed folder.

Set includes:

• “Erase the Hate” screen printed sheet, designed by David Carson
• “Stamp Out Hate” letterpressed sheet, designed by Tré Seals
• “Black Lives Matter” digital offset with spot varnish by Portland Stamp Co.

Packaged in an eco-friendly, vegetable-based cellulose protective sleeve. Bifold contains a detailed resource list.

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david carson erase the hate

Detail of David Carson’s silkscreened stamp sheet

Tré Seals Vocal Type detail

Detail of Tré Seals, Vocal Type letterpressed stamp sheet

black lives matter varnish stamp

Black lives matter digital varnish stamp sheet by The Portland Stamp Co.

 

Get involved.

This list is designed as a starting point for supporting racial justice and taking positive action. It is by no means comprehensive.

 

Antiracist Center: Located in Boston University, mission is to produce knowledge for change’s sake. www.bu.edu/antiracist-center/

Audre Lorde Project: Community organizing center for LGBTSTGNC people of color communities. www.alp.org

Black Lives Matter: BLM is an affirmation and embrace of the resistance and resilience of Black people. www.blacklivesmatter.com

Black Women’s Blueprint: Purpose is to take action to secure social, political and economic equality for Black women in American society now. www.blackwomensblueprint.org

Color of Change: Designs campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, & champion solutions that move us all forward. www.colorofchange.org

Colorlines: A daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning
in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation. www.colorlines.com

The Conscious Kid: Parenting/Education through a Critical Race Lens. Books. Critical Literacy. Black/Brown Owned. www.theconsciouskid.org

Dismantle Collective: Dismantling white supremacy through explicit and intentional conversation and community. www.dismantlecollective.org

Equal Justice Initiative: Working to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality.  www.eji.org

Families Belong Together: We won’t stop fighting until children are reunited with their families. www.familiesbelongtogether.org

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: The nation’s oldest and largest civil rights coalition. www.civilrights.org

MPower Change is a grassroots movement of U.S. Muslims working to build social, spiritual, racial, & economic justice for all people. mpowerchange.org

Movement for Black Lives: M4BL is a national network of over 150 organizations creating a broad political home for Black people to learn, organize, and take action. www.m4bl.org

NAACP: Founded 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s first and largest grassroots–based civil rights organization. Over 2,000 volunteer-run branches nationwide. www.naacp.org

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: www.naacpldf.org

National Bail Out: Reuniting families and resisting mass incarceration by fighting to end money bail & pretrail detention. www.nationalbailout.org

National Domestic Workers Alliance: organizes domestic workers in
the United States for respect, recognition and labor standards.
www.domesticworkers.org

National Police Accountability Project: Dedicated to Ending Police Abuse. A project of the National Lawyers Guild; founded 1999. www.nlg-npap.org

Poor People’s Campaign Building a movement to overcome systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the war economy. Everybody’s got a right to live. www.poorpeoplescampaign.org

RAICES: The largest immigration legal services non-profit in Texas, focusing on under-served immigrant children, families & refugees. www.raicestexas.org

Sister Song: National Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective.
www.sistersong.net

United We Dream: The first & largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation. www.unitedwedream.org

Anti-racism resources

This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Strong list with links to books, articles, podcasts, films, videos.

Minneapolis resources:

Reclaim the Block

Minneapolis organization list

George Floyd memorial funds