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HOOLIGAN Stands in Solidarity With the Black Lives Matter Movement

June 3, 2020
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HOOLIGAN Theatre Company unequivocally denounces all acts of racism, hate, and violence. We stand in solidarity with the demands of the Afrikan Student Union and the resolution passed by USAC addressing anti-blackness and police violence, and we denounce the use of the Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot to hold protesters. We stand in solidarity with the Black community speaking out against the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and all the other lives lost to police brutality. Black lives have been undermined, undervalued, and underrepresented both in our country and on the stage. The systems of our country have been created unequally and at the expense of Black lives. As we navigate this issue as a company, it is important that we check our privilege, acknowledge our role in perpetuating predominantly white spaces, and recognize the systems of inequality that organizations like ours have been complicit in. It is imperative that we support the Black members in our community and our organization. 
Words have power, but actions create change. As an organization we will hold ourselves accountable for our inaction in the past and for our actions in the future. We have to do better. We will do better. We will spend this time reflecting inward and creating a plan of action to see how we, as a company, can better support and amplify Black voices on stage and within our UCLA community. 

In solidarity,  
The Senior Staff Members of HOOLIGAN Theatre Company
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Emily Allendorf, Ethan Breaux, Jerell Briggs, Olivia Crawford, Nika Eskandari, Aubrey Gilman, Abby Green, Sadie Holzman, Miriam Kimsey, Emma Lauterbach, Kate Logan, Peyton Lumley, Jaya Mapleton, Katherine McLinden, Korina Moriarty, Jack Morris, Nick Pantoja, Laura Pasquale, Shelby Ravetch, Maggie Rubin, Apoorva Shukla, Kimberly Sklow, Katie Strawn, Dana Tankenbaum, Naomi Vann, Vivian Wall​

Resources

All lists are alphabetized
UCLA-Specific Organizations & Petitions
  • Afrikan Student Union and Graduate Student Association’s Social Justice Agenda
  • AAP website 
  • The ColorBox Production Company
  • Daily Bruin Jackie Robinson Stadium Article
  • Petition to fire racist UCLA professor
  • Petition to remove National Guard from Westwood
  • Petition to end all University of California police and imperial contracts
  • LQBTQ+ center
  • UCLA statement on diversity

Organizations 
  • 10 Black Theater Companies
  • Black Lives Matter carrd has ways to help  and further resources
  • Black Visions Collective
  • Campaign Zero: organization for research and data-based policy solutions against police brutality
  • North Star Health Collective
  • The Okra Project
  • Reclaim The Block

Donations & Mutual Aid
  • Black Trans Protestors Emergency Fund: paypal [email protected], cashapp $btfacollective
  • Black Trans Travel Fund (ridesharing for Black trans women who could be endangered by walking home): PayPal [email protected], Venmo @BlackTransTravelFund, Cashapp $BlackTransTravelFuns
  • Cashapp for Iyanna Dior’s  (a black trans woman attacked during a protest): $IyannaDIO
  • GoFundMe for David McAtee
  • GoFundMe for Breonna Taylor
  • GoFundMe for Tony McDade
  • GoFundMe for Darnella Frazier, the 17-year-old girl who filmed George Floyd’s murder
  • Los Angeles Mutual Aid Network
  • Los Angeles: People’s City Council Freedom Fund
  • Minnesota Freedom Fund
  • This is a compilation of resources on where to help donate to help those with bail funds and other organizations fighting police brutality. It is organized by state

Petitions
  • Change.org racial justice petitions
  • Community Control
  • Demand Minneapolis City Council to be visionary leaders for Minneapolis and divest from the Minneapolis PD
  • Julius Jones is innocent. Don't let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma
  • Justice for Breonna Taylor
  • Justice for George Floyd (Change.org)
  • #JusticeforFloyd: demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder
  • Justice For Joāo Pedro
  • Master list of petitions
  • Pre-written email template to seek justice for Breonna Taylor
  • Willie Simmons has served 38 years for a $9 robbery

Books and Articles
  • 10 Examples That Prove White Privilege Protects White People in Every Aspect Imaginable
  • 11 Things White People Need to Realize about Race
  • 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
  • African American Citywide Historic Context Statement
  • Companies To Stop Buying From That Use Prison Labor
  • Dylann Roof and the Stubborn Myth of the Colorblind Millennia
  • Free Readings on Critical Race Theory

Films and Videos
  • 5 Tips for Being an Ally
  • Compilation of black artists created by Zoe Amira
  • “Dear Amy Cooper: Broadway is racist.”
  • “The Hate U Give”, available for streaming on Hulu and for rental on other platforms.
  • I don’t see race
  • The lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park
  • List of black documentaries that assist in understanding racism, prejudice, police brutality, and more created by @FilmShawty on Twitter
  • “When They See Us”, available for streaming on Netflix
  • White Boy Privilege Slam Poem
  • “Why Colorblindness Won’t End Racism.”

Further Master Lists:
  • Antiracism Resources
  • List of many Black-owned and/or run small businesses to support
  • Riot Safety and Further Information
  • United States protest rights
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