Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

(Book of Common Prayer, p.305)

Resources for Racial Justice Work

[Scroll down for a list of ACTIONS you can take…]

• Detroit Youth Choir – “GLORY” A beautiful, powerful and moving music video (5 min)
• 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr.)
• Video: Last Week Tonight: Redlining, July 25, 2021 (John Oliver)
• Blog Post: Make no Peace With Oppression (Sophia Society)
• Article: Was the Real “Lone Ranger” a Black Man? (History.com)
• Article: Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person (HuffPost.com)
• Article: Southbound underground railroad (NPR.org)
• Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism (New York Times, 3/20/21)
• AntiRacismDaily.com – “Sign up to receive daily emails to keep your anti-racism practice persistent and consistent.”
• Ibram X. Kendi on How to be an Antiracist (a 2-hour talk given at UC Berkeley, Sept. 12, 2019; video and transcript).
• Social Justice Resource Center’s site for Racial Justice Prayer Resources
• Take Action: The official Black Lives Matter website has ways you can get involved, how to connect with others, petitions, events and more.
• Classism and Racism – a post on the differences between the two and where they interconnect.
• Check out 106 Things White People can do for Racial Justice (by Corinne Shutack,Medium.com)
• Antiracism Resources from UC Berkeley Division of Equity & Inclusion
• Disclosure: behind Laverne Cox’s Netflix documentary on trans representation (article by Adrian Horton, The Guardian)
• A Call to Action: White Allies Should Speak Out… (article by Jourdan Hilaire, InsideHigherEd.com).
• This moment calls for a new consciousness: becoming an anti-racist (Nancy Sylvester) A contemplative take on the need for antiracism.
• 6 Reasons ‘All Lives Matter’ Doesn’t Work—in Terms Simple Enough for a Child (Parents Magazine online)

 

Shared by Racial Justice Forum attendees:

MEDIA

• Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem In Conversation (audio podcast On Being with Krista Tippett)

• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (video, Emmanuel Acho – 7:24 min.)
• The 1619 Project (website, NY Times). The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
• Songs of the Civil Rights Movement (BBC Radio Soul Music podcast, 42 min.)
• Break Our Chains (video & blog post, Mark R. Turner)
• James Baldwin Debates William F Buckley, 1965 (video, YouTube – 58:57 min)
• Imagine a ‘New America’: reclaiming the American flag – in pictures (photo essay, Jameelah Nuriddin and Erin Hammond, The Guardian)
• What is Owed (interactive article & audio file, Nikole Hannah-Jones, NY Times)
• What James Baldwin’s Work Tells Us About Today’s Fight For Racial Justice (article & audio file, NPR – 35 min)
• The Unfinished American Dream; A Poetry Salon of Interdependence (video, Kayleen Asbo – 90 min.)
• James Baldwin’s America (podcast by Jesse James)
• Crucified Realities (video, Work of the People featuring Kelly Brown Douglas – 17:45 min). A subscription is required to view more than 5 minutes.

• Disclosure: behind Laverne Cox’s Netflix documentary on trans representation (article & trailer, The Guardian)

WORKSHOPS & SPEAKERS

• Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. (21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge)
• Sacred Ground (Episcopal Church antiracism training, open to all)
• Healing Racism (A 3-Part free webinar series with Dr. Tiffany Jana)

• America’s Long Struggle Against Slavery (Great Courses, Richard Bell, PhD. $60 fee.)

• Fr. Bryan Massingale on racism (an interview by America Magazine)
• Benjamin Mertz (Social Justice, Black gospel, Interfaith)
• Conversations and Lectures on Race, Policing, Belonging (UC Berkeley)

ACTIONS

• ECF Vital Practices: READ | WATCH | LISTEN | ACT
• SURJ Marin – Showing Up for Racial Justice (Marin County Activist group)
• 6 Ways to Advocate From Home (Phyliss Segal)
• 97 Things White People can do for Racial Justice (Corinne Shutack)
• Action List from the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (Dr. Moore)

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BOOKS for Further Study

Antiracism Book List

Compiled by Jane Mount

 

An Antiracist Reading List

Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.

 

List of anti-racist books for kids

Compiled by Jaqui Lewis

 

FROM the EPISCOPAL CHURCH

• Presiding Bishop Michael Curry – reflections on the work TEC is doing around racial injustice and reconciliation
  

LOCAL RESOURCES for St. Columba’s

• SURJ Marin – Showing Up for Racial Justice (Marin County Activist group)

NATIVE AMERICAN / ALASKAN NATIVE AWARENESS

Thanksgiving Day: An Alternative View – a timely article from Building Our Faith, Virginia Theological Seminary

 Two shows to look for:

• Rutherford Falls (NBC/Peacock): a comedy with a Native American star and writers
  
• Reservation Dogs (FX): The first show with an all-Native writers room, starring cast and directors.
• [Article]: Meet the Queer, Indigenous Creatives Behind the Groundbreaking Comedy Reservation Dogs

 

ANTI-ASIAN RACISM RESOURCES

Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism– AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice)

 

Self-Care Tips for Asian Americans Dealing with Racism Amid Coronavirus – Huffington Post

 

What should you do if you see someone being racially abused during the coronavirus pandemic? (article)

 

A Look Back: Responding to Racist “Go Back to Your Country” Trope (blog post with suggested resources)

 

This Is What No One Tells You About Being Asian In America In 2021 – Huffington Post

 

MORE to CONSIDER…

 

Soul of a Nation – ABC TV, originally aired Tuesdays in March 2021

Why you should stop saying “all lives matter,” explained in 9 different ways (Vox News)

 

Stand Up, Say Something (UC Berkeley) Online Zine.

If We Don’t Solve Racial Injustice, We’ll Never Solve The Climate Crisis(Huffington Post)

 

Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (Vimeo video)

READING

• Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream – on being Black in the outdoors.( Latria Graham, Outside Magazine).

• Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation (Congressman John Lewis, NY Times)

• Defund the police? Here’s what that really means. (Christy E. Lopez,The Washington Post. June 7, 2020).

• Is This the Beginning of the End of American Racism? (Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic)

• I Condemned Trump’s Bible Photo-Op… What That Moment Taught Me.(Bp. Mariann Budde)

• White Privilege Checklist

• Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History (Ryan Best, Project Five Thirty Eight)

• The Assumptions of White Privilege and What We Can Do About It (Bryan N. Massingale, Nat’l Catholic Reporter)

• Anthem (poem by F.S. Key & Sylvia Timbers)

• Speaking of Freedom: A Letter to the Church on Breaking Free of White Supremacy (Kelly Brown Douglas, Stephanie Spellers, Winnie Varghese)

• I Can’t Breathe Because God Can’t Breathe (Anne Arabome, Nat’l Catholic Reporter)

• How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice?(NY Times)

• Police Abolition: The Growing Movement to Defund the Police (A collection of resources on alternatives to policing, Jason Kottke   Jun 11, 2020)

• What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July? (Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852)

• A New National Anthem (poem by Ida Limón, poets.org)

• Beyond “White Fragility”(Jamelle Bouie, NY Times)

• Fear of Humiliation as the Root of Racism (Peter Gabel)

• America’s ‘untouchables’: the silent power of the caste system (Isabel Wilkerson, The Guardian)

• The duty of white Christians to dismantle the idolatry of racism (Kathy Lilla Cox, Nat’l Catholic Reporter)

• Trump’s Visits to Church and Shrine Draw Fierce Rebukes From D.C. Clergy (Michael Crowley and Elizabeth Dias, N.Y. Times)