Palestinian Youth Movement. During a time when the Zionist Israeli government is carrying out a genocidal project to ethnically cleanse Palestinians, there are ongoing calls from Palestinians who are asking for a ceasefire, self determination, and liberation from the 75+ year long Israeli occupation. Please click the link to learn more and support their efforts.

Palestinian Feminist Collective hosts resources, reading materials, and an action toolkit for the Palestinian people. There are Black Palestinians, gender expansive Palestinians, women and femme Palestinians, disabled Palestinians, Queer and/or Transgender Palestinians, etc. This issue affects us all and none of us are free until we are all free. I affirm my Arab and Jewish anti-Zionist community and others who stand against Zionism and cry “never again” for anyone!

Operation Olive Branch is a grassroots effort to adopt Palestinian families and/or people who are desperately trying to survive in and/or flee Gaza. Please check out this and many more resources which are trying to connect people with privilege (those of us with vastly more safety and means) to those who need solidarity and support.

Project Biodiversify – tools for promoting diversity and inclusivity in biology classrooms. I wish I saw more Black and Native people consulted for these projects, however the resources are still amazing and very helpful. If everyone on a board, organizing committee, speaker panel, etc is white or white presenting, it may help to think about the perspectives you are missing and the people who exist on the margins of the margins who experience disproportionate harm and are erased at every turn (e.g., Black Trans and Queer women).

The Black, Trans, Gender Non Conforming Collective (The BTGNC Collective). Founded by LaSia Wade, a Black Trans woman and activist, this collective has a beautiful list of principles that guides their work and efforts. They acknowledge that the LGBTQIA+ community is not always inclusive of Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ people and that there is a lot of silence on the violence that disproportionately befalls Black Trans women and people. They list many resources on their page for continued support, activism and education about Black Trans history.

Trans Tech, founded by a Black Trans woman who felt tech provided life changing opportunities and wanted to ensure other LGBTQ+ (especially Trans folks) could have the skills and resources to do the same. https://transtechsocial.org/

Cientifico Latino. Offering mentoring, resources and support for underrepresented students in higher education. An absolutely amazing group that can benefit scholars at any point in their educational journey. They also recently wrote a paper in Cell about improving graduate admissions.

Black in Neuro. An amazing international group founded by Dr. Angeline Dukes. The most organized, helpful and incredible organization that puts all past talks and webinars on Youtube and has an annual “Black in Neuro week” every year. I definitely can’t help but notice how much more often Black scholars take on this type of work for our communities and how much harder that can make getting a PhD for already underrepresented and severely marginalized scholars, but I am grateful for our collective work and that those who do this work care so deeply about our communities and collective wellbeing.

Black in X Network. In 2020, partially in response to the ongoing state-sanctioned and interpersonal violence that disproportionately harms Black and/or Native people, many Black scholars created “Black in ___” organizations to support Black scholars, who remain severely underrepresented. in higher education (e.g., less than 2% of neuroscientists) despite being ~ 16% of the country. Black in Astro really impressed me with their recent acknowledgement of war, racism, and other things that clearly impact Black students disproportionately. Making space for these conversations and getting at the underlying causes of underrepresentation are critical for truly supporting marginalized scientists.