If you are looking for ways to put your User Experience Design skills to use this summer consider reaching out and volunteering for one of the various Civil Rights organizations fighting for racial equality and civil rights for all people.Â
Black Visions Collective
NAACP
Color of Change
Southern Poverty Law Center
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
North Star Health Collective
Community Justice Exchange
GLAAD
ADL
There are many others both national and local where your talents could be useful.Â
If you are looking for articles, books and other resources here’s a good list to start:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RyNfs7R3UO1nYxPh3MStwR9sWayF6MgL0qog_WCEOps/edit?usp=sharing
Includes a good list of social media accounts to follow.
Stay safe, stay healthy and watch out for each other.
*full disclosure: I am a consulting designer at the ADL in their Center for Technology and Society.
