**Trigger Warning**
Over the past few weeks we have seen the power the people have through the black lives matter movement. A movement that has not only affected the United States, but the world. This is showing that we are not alone in this fight and this is what the world feels.
A movement of this momentum must continue and through the next coming weeks we need to make sure we are able to keep the movement a live. We are already seeing less and less posts being made online as well as fewer protests. This does not mean the movement is over, we still have a whole lot of fighting to do. The mainstream media is going to stop reporting about this movement as soon as the protests fizzle out and they don't care if the movement dies out.
BLM is not a trend. We are creating change and history at this very moment and to stop would mean to stop our progress. We have already done so much and why should we stop there. Just because George Floyd's murderer was arrested, doesn't mean that everyone has been served justice.
Breonna Taylor. Tamir Rice. Ahmaud Arbery. Trayvon Martin. Atatiana Jefferson. Sandra Bland. And the list keeps going.
These are names that we can't stop fighting for, these are people who DESERVE justice. Just like George Floyd. These murders of innocent black people cannot continue and police brutality is an abuse of power which needs to be regulated and stopped.
There's more we have to do even after the news cycle has moved on. What can you do to keep up the momentum even though the media has seemingly moved on? Continue to sign petitions, it only takes a matter of seconds to sign. Donate to bail funds/black or anti-racist organizations or to the families of the victims. Hold brands accountable for their actions, if they aren't diversifying their feeds/models/or business, as well as donating to any racists organizations - call them out! Join organizations in that are in your local community to keep helping out. Continue to diversify your bookshelf, your feed, where you buy and eat from. Educate yourself on history that you may not have learned in class.
There's things we can do to make sure this movement wasn't just a short blip, but that it did change the world. We have already seen how the protest has changed things including the arrest of George Floyd's murderers, L.A. and New York to defund their police, and Breonna Taylor's case reopened.
We can continue to do more for the black community and continue to change the world for the better.
