Digital Action Items - Alternatives to Protesting

Via Anna Maria and MFOL Houston

Donations, Resources, and Contacts

Places to Donate

• Black Lives Matter: Houston

  • Paypal

  • Cashapp

  • Contact: blmhou@gmail.com

• Houston Bail Fund

• Mutual Aid Houston

  • Venmo​

  • Cashapp

• Restoring Justice

  • Contact: Bail@restoringjustice.org​

Social Media Resources

• Black Lives Matter: Houston

  • Inst​agram: @blmhou

  • Twitter: @Blmhou

  • Facebook: @BLMHOU

• Mutual Aid Houston​

  • Instagram: @mutualaidhou

  • Twitter: @mutualaidhou

• Restoring Justice

  • Inst​agram: @restoringjustice

  • Twitter: @Restoringjustic

  • Facebook: @Restoringjustice

• West Street Recovery

  • Inst​agram: @weststreetrecovery

  • Twitter: @weststrecovery

  • Facebook: @weststreetrecovery

Pro Bono Legal Representation for Protesters

• Eric William Sundin

  • Contact:

    • Phone: (210) 834-5630

    • ​​Twitter: @ericwsundin

    • Location: 4407 New Orleans Street Houston, TX 77020

• Joy Thomas

  • Contact:

    • Phone: (281) 444-0330

    • Email: 

    • Location: 777 Preston Street, Suite 10E, Houston, TX 77002

• Charles Adams

  • Contact:

    • Phone: (281) 412-4151

    • Website: 

    • Twitter: @Bigangrylaw

    • Location: 7930 Broadway St, Suite 106, Pearland, TX 77581

• Damiane Banieh

  • Contact:

    • Phone 1: (281) 788-8480

    • Phone 2: (281) 781-8080

    • Email: 

    • Location: 9950 Cypresswood Drive #202 Houston, TX 77070

• Marcus Esther

  • Pro bono representation offered on a case-by-case basis; protesters must fill out this form​: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePYP3XPGPK3EOGN1hbpyUN83KzScqclsf2OO8h_onkg11WTw/viewform

  • Contact:

    • Phone: (409) 276-8034

    • Website: 

    • Location: 1001 Texas Avenue, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77002

Bail Bondsman for incarcerated Protesters

• Alexis from 2BeFree Bonding Co.

  • Contact:

    • Phone: (713) 223-3733

    • Twitter: @PErcahontas

    • Location: 1400 Washington Ave Houston, TX 77002

• indivisible Houston

  • Inst​agram: @indivisible_houston

  • Twitter: @indivisiblehou

  • Facebook: @indivisiblehouston

• surj htx​

  • Facebook: @surjhtx

Calling/Emailing Houston Representatives

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• Lina Hidalgo; Harris County Judge: 

  • Phone: (713) 274-7000 

  • Email:

  • Location: P.O Box 88392, Houston, TX 77288

• Sylvester Turner; Mayor of Houston: 

  • Phone: (713) 837-0311 

  • Email:

  • Location: P.O Box 1562, Houston, TX 77251

• Art Acevedo; Houston Police Department Chief: 

  • Phone: (713) 308-1600

  • Email 1:

  • Email 2:

  • Location: 1200 Travis Street, Houston, TX 77002

• Abbie Kamin; Houston City Council District C (Public Safety and Homeland Security Chair): 

  • Phone: (832) 393-3004 

  • Email:

  • Location: City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, First Floor, Houston, TX 77002

• Letitia Plummer; Houston City Council At-Large 4: 

  • Phone: (832) 393-3012

  • Email:

  • Location: 5009 Caroline Suite #201, Houston, TX 77004

• Michael McCaul, U.S. Representative for TX-10

  • Phone: 202-225-2401

  • Location: 2001 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C 20515

• Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. Representative for TX-18

  • Phone: 202-225-3816

  • Location: 2079 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C 20515

• Lizzie Fletcher, U.S. Representative for TX-7 

  • Phone: 202-225-2571

  • Location: 1429 Longworth Home Office Building, Washington D.C 20515

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Find your rep: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Educate Yourself

Click on the book title to go to their Amazon page!

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Books:

• “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo

• “Me and White Supremacy” by Layla F. Saad

• “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age

   of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander

• “How To Be An Anti-Racist” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

• “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins. 

Videos: ​

Support Black-owned small businesses

• Tropical Smoothie Café - 5620 W Grand Parkway

• Sucking Good Crawfish - 19128 West Little York

• Café Abuja - 15015 Westheimer Road

• OMG Seafood - 16510 FM 529 Road

• Love Bird Restaurant - 9750 Highway 6 S

• Nyammings Fusion Bistro - 1482 Wildcrest Drive 

• EmmaRose Winery - 3130 Katy Hockley Road

• Lydia’s Grill - 411 Dulles Avenue

• Mikki’s Soulfood Cafe - 10500 W Bellfort Ave

• Blue Nile Restaurant - 9400 Richmond Avenue

• Nyammings Fusion Bistro- 1482 Wilcrest Drive 

• Krab Queenz- 10852 Westheimer Rd. 

• Caribbean Jerk Cuisine- 9334 Richmond Ave.

• Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

• Black Lives Matter

• National Bail Out

• North Star Health Collective

• Black Visions Collective

• Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

• Run with Maud

• Make your own way of raising money to donate to organizations and GoFundMes (i.e. the girl doing senior photos)

​Thank you for taking action!

Ways to donate