Commit To Fighting Racism Now
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Racism won’t just go away with a slogan or gesture or social post or guest speaker.
We must fight it in ourselves, within the walls of our agency, and throughout our society.
We will use our creativity and influence against white supremacy and racist systems of violence.
As a start, we are finding ways to purposefully support this work with our dollars, our voices, and our action.
Below are just some of the resources and information available to us all in this fight. We put this together as we continue to learn about race, racism and injustice.
It is a privilege to learn about racism, rather than experience it.
Please check back for updates as we continue to add to the collection.
Petitions to Sign and Share
Articles + Blogs + Threads to Read
The 1619 Project (all the articles)
The Combahee River Collective Statement
The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston
How “Central Park Amys” Use Their Power in the Workplace by Shari Dunn
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott, PhD
Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is…A Lot by Shenequa Golding
10 Steps To Non-Optical Allyship by Mireille Cassandra Harper
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
About the Weary Weaponizing of White Women Tears by Luvvie
Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? by Courtney Martin
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Dismantling Racism At Work by Tema Okun
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest by Tochi Onyebuchi
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: Mentoring a New Generation of Activists by Barbara Ransby
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying by Adam Serwer
Books to Read
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Are Prisons Obsolete - Angela Davis
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Souls Of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon To White America by Michael Eric Dyson
Well Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Homegoing- Yaa Gyasi
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Waking Up White- Debby Irving
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
Hood Feminism- Mikki Kendall
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, by Andrea J. Ritchie
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Where To Buy Your Books
Eso Won Books - they are paused on orders because they’ve gotten so many! But keep checking in!
More Here compiled by Arianna Rebolini
Videos to Watch
A Conversation with White People on Race: New York Times Op-Ed
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
The Danger of a Single Story: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race : Jay Smooth
How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion: Peggy McIntosh
Post Traumatic Slave Disorder: Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary
Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon: A Hidden History
Why “I’m Not a Racist” is Only Half the Story: Robin DiAngelo
Podcasts to Listen To
1619 (New York Times)
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White (Scene on Radio)
Films + TV Series To 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
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Organizations to Follow On Social Media
Antiracism Center: Twitter
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: 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
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: 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
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The White Shift: Instagram
More Social Accounts to Follow
Resources for Raising Anti-Racist Children
31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
Fare of the Free Child podcast
How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids
Integrated Schools podcast: Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey
NPRs The Life Kit: Talking Race with your Kids
Parenting Forward podcast: Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt
PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
Teach Your Kids About Racism by Jelani Greenidge
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race by Katrina Michie
Additional Resources
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
Anti-Racism Resources for White People compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
National Resource List by @botanicaldyke
One-Stop-Shop for Ways You Can Help from Black Lives Matter
Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism by Nicola Carpenter
Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
Showing Up For Racial Justice’s Educational Toolkits
Why is this happening?: An introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie