Black Lives Matter.
Art Drive
Artists, non-artists, sketchers, photographers, writers, makers of any kind: we want your art.
Pilot Magazine is accepting mailed donations of drawings, paintings, photography prints, sculptures, printed poems, short stories, embroidery, knitwear, jewelry, and physical art in any other medium.
Once we receive your work, we will list, promote, sell, and ship it from our Depop account, @pilotmagazine, in order to distribute 100% of the proceeds across three organizations: Black Lives Matter, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health.)
How to donate your art:
1. Securely package your piece(s)
2. Include a note with your name, email, social media, the title and descriptions of your donation(s), measurements, and your suggested listing price
3. Ship your piece(s) to
Pilot Magazine
P.O. Box 912
16 N. Bryn Mawr Ave
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Thank you for considering this opportunity to make a difference starting with the act you love most.
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We’re all a part of a society where the lives of Black people continue to be blighted by structural racism, health disparities, lack of opportunity, and acts of violence and murder committed by police whose jobs are to protect. Long overdue, it’s time for our generation, particularly white and non-black people of color, to actively push back on the violation of Black lives with everything we have. For the allies at Pilot, this means utilizing every last drop of anger, frustration, and confusion, feeling it in its entirety, and weaving it into the fabric of how we will operate from here on out. Because for the Black victims of these oppressive systems, those feelings began long before many of us were attentive enough, and are accompanied with a level of fear that others can only attempt to comprehend. Moreover, they will demand to be felt non-stop as long as we continue to be complicit to the treatment our Black community faces. To our Black readers and artists, we stand with you. We honor your grief, pain, and trauma. Moreover, we want you to know that we are a safe space for you to voice your feelings at any time, through writing, visuals, poetry, or any other medium. We’re committed to listening, learning, and using our platform to elevate and amplify your voices. As a part of our plan to take concrete actions to support this fight, we have decided to create an ‘Activism’ section in our magazine. In reflecting more on the important relationship between art and social justice, we have additionally set up an art drive in which artists can harness their talents to ultimately help raise money for vital organizations that we’re supporting and will continue to support - namely Black Lives Matter, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health). Learn more about these groups and other important resources in our compiled lists below.
Resources
Donate
National Bail Out - #FreeBlackMamas
BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health)
I Run With Maud - Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Thread of black small businesses that were destroyed that you can donate to to help rebuild thank you @hopewrlds
Note: Steer clear of Shaun King & Deray Mckesson
Read
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
Sign
National Action Against Police Brutality
Get Real Black History into American Schools
Police Accountability Act of 2020
End Whitewashing of Our School Textbooks
Make the Apollo Theater an official Broadway House (Would be the first black-owned Broadway house)
Life For A Life: Mandatory Life Sentencing for Police Brutality Resulting in Death
Mandate the Police Force Academies to Take ”Racial Bias Training/testing
Demand Mayor De Blasio to Adopt 8 Can’t Wait Policies
Watch
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee) — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Black Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation -Offering free virtual therapy – Text NOSTIGMA to 707070
Ethel’s Club – for BIPOC, offering free group sessions for the black community
Heal Haus – for BIPOC
metaDEN, Brooklyn, NY – for queer, trans* and GNC BIPOC
MINKA Brooklyn , NY – for BIPOC
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
The Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund – for black trans* folks
Sista Afya, Chicago, IL
Follow
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Rachel Elizabeth Cargle: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Ava DuVernay: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook