Resources For Learning About and Contributing To Racial Justice
In the wake of the latest round of police violence and threats towards unarmed Black people, the country is in turmoil as people grapple with how to understand and better a country where racism is so deeply entrenched. Now more than ever, everyone, particularly White people who have for too long benefited from privilege built on the suffering of Black people and People of Color, must stand up and condemn racism in the strongest of terms. We must all commit to educating ourselves about the issues that Black people and People of Color face daily, and we must all do whatever we can, wherever we can, to ensure that America finally lives up to its commitments of liberty and justice for all. This important work must not end when these latest protests do, but rather must continue until we have rebuilt an America that is committed to justice and equity for all of its inhabitants.
We know many of you are struggling with how to get involved and learn more, so Kaleidoscope (Lafayette’s Social Justice Peer Educators) has created a resource sheet with suggestions compiled from other resource lists and from other Lafayette students about how you can learn about and work towards racial justice. We thank everyone for their contributions, and we hope you find it helpful.
If you notice something missing from this list and would like to have it added, if you think something on this list should be removed, or you want credit for resources cited on this list, please email [email protected]. Thank you!
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Table of Contents
New To This? Jump In Here 4 Helpful Overviews Of What You Might Have Missed: 4
Want To Learn More? 5 Read This Online: 5 Read These Books: 5 Watch This: 8 Listen To This: 9 Follow These Accounts: 11 Sign-up For These: 12
Want To Get Involved? 13 Find Protests And Protesting Tips Here: 13 Learn How To Have Or Lead Conversations About Racial Justice Here: 13 Get Involved At Lafayette: 13
Want To Show Your Support? 15 Donate Here: 15 Sign Petitions Here: 16 Participate In Outreach Here: 16 Download This: 16 Support Black-Owned Businesses in Easton, PA and Surrounding Areas: 17
Want To Connect With Mental Health And Wellness Resources? 19 Find Helplines Here: 19 Connect with Counselors Here: 19 Find Support Groups Here: 19 General Mental Health Resources: 19 Podcasts That Address Mental Health And Healing (Geared Toward The Black Community): 20
Want To Learn About Other Issues Affecting Communities Of Color? 21 Learn More About Race And Mental Health 21 Learn More About Educational Disparities 21 Learn More About Intersectionality 21 Learn More About Environmental Justice 21 Learn About Mass Incarceration 22 Learn More About Affirmative Action 22
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Learn More About Food Deserts 22 Learn More About Health Care Disparities 23 Learn More About Redlining And Net Worth Disparities 23 Learn More About Microaggressions 23 Learn More About Colorism 24
Learn More About The History Of Race And Racism In The US 25 General Resources 25 Learn More About Slavery in the US 25 Learn More About The Black Codes, Jim Crow, And Segregation In The US: 25 Learn More About The Civil Rights Movement: 26 Learn More About The History Of Racist Immigration Laws In The Us: 26 Learn More About US Settler Colonialism: 26 Learn More About The History Of Violence Against Indigenous People In The US: 27
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New To This? Jump In Here
Helpful Overviews Of What You Might Have Missed:
● This op-ed describes the recent killings in the context of the pandemic, the lack of state response, and a history of inequality ● An article provides an account of recent police killings and an analysis of the practice of filming them ● This article is a helpful guide to anti-racism and how racism operates in a variety of ways within our society ● An article gives an introduction to white privilege ● This helpful article details how white people can be effective, strong allies to the Black community ● This piece traces the evolution of policing and resistance in the US. The timeline focuses on 1845 to the present, but includes information from as far back as the 1100s. ● This article describes the disparity in force used against black people by police in Minneapolis ● This article provides an overview of the killing of Breonna Taylor ● This article asks the question of what role the police should play in America and how the duties of police forces need to be fundamentally restructured
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Want To Learn More?
Read This Online:
● Martin Luther Kings “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” ○ This letter, written in response to white condemnation of non-violent protest lays out the importance of protest to force a conversation about injustice and the responsibility we all have to push for change. This letter also clarifies that MLK understood violent protest as a highly logical response to a broken social contract. ● The Groundwater Approach ○ The Groundwater Approach provides an incredibly helpful analogy for structural racism. The analogy was designed to “help practitioners at all levels internalize the reality that we live in a racially structured society, and that that is what causes racial inequity. The metaphor is based on three observations: 1. racial inequity looks the same across systems, 2. socio-economic difference does not explain the racial inequity; and, 3. inequities are caused by systems, regardless of people’s culture or behavior. Embracing these truths helps leaders confront the reality that all our systems, institutions, and outcomes emanate from the racial hierarchy, on which the United States was built. In other words, we have a “groundwater” problem, and we need “groundwater” solutions. Starting from there, we begin to unlock transformative change.” ● Check Your Privilege is an online workbook and program ○ Check Your Privilege provides a “guided journey that deepens your awareness to how your actions affect the mental health of Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Color ( BBIPoC).” ● This article discusses why COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color, attributing the disparity to issues of structural racism ● This video discusses the evolution of race as a social construct designed to privilege white people and give them power over their darker skinned counterparts
Read These Books:
● “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson ● “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates ● “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander ● “Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism” by Bell Hooks
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● “Slavery by Another Name” by Douglas Blackmon ● “An African American and Latinx History Of The United States” by Roxanne Dumbar-Ortiz ● “Are Prisons Obsolete” by Angela Davis ● “Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave” by Zora Neale-Hurston ● “Black Feminist Thought” by Patricia Hill Collins ● “Black Skin White Mask” by Frantz Fanon ● “Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander ● “Freedom Is a Constant Struggle” by Angela Davis ● “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American Textbook Got Wrong” by James W. Loewen ● “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo ● “Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas In America” by Ibram x Kendi ● “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks ● “The Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color” by Cherrie L. Moraga ● “The House That Race Built” original essays by Toni Morrison, Angela Y. Davis, Cornel West, And Others on Black Americans and Politics in America Today ● “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin ● “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” by Patrisse Khan-Cullors ● “The Fire This Time” by Jesmyn Ward ● “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge ● “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo ● “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi ● “Mindful of Race” by Ruth King ● “I’m Still Here- Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” by Austin Channing Brown ● “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine ● “The Color of Law- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America”- by Richard Rothstein ● “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas ● “But Some of Us Are Brave” Edited by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, & Barbara Smith ● “The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon ● “Whiteness of a Different Color” by Matthew Frye Jacobson ● “Divided Sisters” by Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell ● “A Taste of Power” by Elaine Brown Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 6
● “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur ● “Possessive Investment In Whiteness” by George Lipsitz ● “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange ● The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander ● Stamped from the beginning by Ibram X. Kendi ● How to Be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi ● Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire ● The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley ● How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Roisin ● We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ● If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin ● How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ● Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy ● Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall ● White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo ● What if I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna A. Myers ● Just Mercy by Byran Stevenson ● Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum ● Microaggression: More Than Just Race by Derald Wing Sue ● Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis ● So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo ● Citizen by Claudia Rankine ● The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ● I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou ● Black Power by Kwame Ture ● Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad ● Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi ● Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva ● Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ● Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good by Chuck Collins ● Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ● Patricide by Dave Harris ● Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 7
● Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve ● This book list identifies “ In 8 tips for choosing ‘good’ picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC), our colleagues at Diverse BookFinder offer recommendations about how to evaluate “diverse” and “multicultural” children’s books to find great books the children in your life will love.”
Watch This:
● Trevor Noah’s commentary on the broken social contract in America ○ Trevor Noah’s thoughtful monologue on recent events helps to explain the centuries-old frustrations of people of color in America and how looting during protests serves as a response to the looting of black bodies by police. ● The Innocence Files (Netflix) ○ The untold personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have uncovered and worked to overturn. ● I Am Not Your Negro (Can be accessed on Kanopy through the Lafayette Library) ○ In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. ● 13th (on Netflix) ○ “Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.” ● When They See Us (on Netflix) ○ “In 1989 a jogger was assaulted and raped in New York's Central Park, and five young people were subsequently charged with the crime. The quintet labeled the Central Park Five, maintained its innocence and spent years fighting the convictions, hoping to be exonerated. This limited series spans a quarter of a century, from when the teens are first questioned about the incident in the spring of 1989, going through their exoneration in 2002 and ultimately the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014.” ● Dear White People (on Netflix)
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○ “This Netflix-original series follows a group of students of color at Winchester University, a predominantly white Ivy League college. The students are faced with a landscape of cultural bias, social injustice, misguided activism and slippery politics. Through an absurdist lens, the series uses irony, self-deprecation, brutal honesty, and humor to highlight issues that still plague today's"post-racial" society.” ● Just Mercy ○ “After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian's life.” ● Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory ○ “The United States is currently in the midst of a national dialogue regarding racial profiling and police brutality; a dialogue triggered by the killing of Michael Brown in August of 2014. Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory goes to the frontline of this discussion, and offers invaluable insights from Ferguson residents for whom the burdens of discrimination and injustice are a daily fact of life.” ● Moonlight (on Netflix) ○ A look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him. ● Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea (on Netflix) ○ Chelsea Handler explores how white privilege impacts American culture and the ways it's benefited her life and career. ● Selma ○ “Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Listen To This:
● Black Lives Matter: What Matters Podcast ○ A podcast created by Black Lives Matter to help generate a dialogue around topics that are affecting Black communities. ● Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast ○ “Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Co-hosts Chevon and Hilba give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Deepen your racial justice lens and get inspired to drive action” ● Code Switch ○ An NPR podcasts hosted by journalists of color tackling conversations about race and how it impacts every part of our society ● … While Black ○ “A seriously opinionated podcast bring you the real and the sometimes raw on anything happening while black” ● Truth be Told ○ “Truth be told is an advice podcast that explores how you can be you in a world that doesn’t always want you to be. We’re like the friend you can call after a long, exhausting day - the one who will laugh, cry, bitch, and moan with you. The one who gets it.” ● The United States of Anxiety ○ “The United States of Anxiety is a show about the unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future. Many of the political and social arguments we’re having now started in the aftermath of the Civil War when Americans set out to do something no one had tried before: build the worlds first multiracial democracy. The podcast gives voters the context to understand what’s at stake in this election.” ● The Stoop ○ “The stoop podcast digs into stories that are not always shared out in the open. Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations and provide professional-reported stories about what it means to b black and how we talk about blackness. Come hang out on The Stoop as we dialog about the diaspora” ● You Had Me at Black
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○ “You had me at Black is where black millennials tell the true-life stories you won’t see on TV” ● In Black America ○ “In Black America is a long running, nationally syndicated program dedicated to all facets of the African American experience.John Hanson profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America. Guests include civil rights leaders, educators, artists, athletes, and writers describing their experiences, achievements, and work in chronicling and advancing the quality of African American life.” ● Other: Mixed Race in America ○ “This five-part miniseries explores what happens when your parents come from two different countries, cultures, or races. Host Alex Laughlin shares her own stories and interviews multiracial people about what their racial identities mean to them.” ● About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge ○ From the author behind the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race comes a podcast that takes the conversation a step further. Featuring key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that leads to the politics of today ● The Mental Health Invisible Tour ○ An invisible tour guide takes you on a journey throughout Lafayette College's campus and exposes the struggles and successes of student, staff and faculty mental health. The tour starts outside the Farinon Student Center and ends at the Counseling Center, exploring topics about race, sexual assault, Greek Life, the Lafayette expansion, suicide, struggles of the engineering department, the private contracting of custodial workers and more. The journey will make you tear up, laugh and cry all in an hour and hopefully will warm your heart to others in this community. This episode is cosponsored by WJRH and the Mental Health Coalition
Follow These Accounts:
● Follow @activistnyc, a “Documentary project about activism and social justice movements in NYC” ● Follow @blklivesmatter on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook ● Follow @colorofchange on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook ● Follow @naacp on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook
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● Follow @freedomfightersdc on Instagram ● Follow @blmatl on Instagram ● Follow @blmphilly on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook ● Follow Unicorn Riot Twitter for nonprofit, community-based coverage of protests and civil unrest ● Follow Rachel Cargle, a writer and lecturer who explores the intersection between race and womanhood ● Follow Ibram X. Kendi, the author of How To Be An Antiracist and Director of the Antiracism Center ● Follow Nikkolas Smith, the artist behind portraits of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others ● Follow Charlene Carruthers, founder of the Black Youth Project 100 ● Follow Brittany Packnett Cunningham, co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence, and a host of Pod Save The People ● Follow Ally Henny, a Christian commentator on race ● Bree Newsome is a Black female artist who made headlines in 2015 when she lowered the Confederate flag outside the South Carolina capitol building. ● Ebony Janice is a womanist scholar, author and activist who does community-organizing work, most specifically around black women’s body ownership as a justice issue. ● Equality Labs is a South Asian technology organization dedicated to ending caste apartheid, gender-based violence, Islamophobia, white supremacy and religious intolerance. Follow them on Instagram or Twitter. They share posts about workshop offerings, surveillance information, and ways to help grassroots groups. ● Follow Kelly M. Hayes on Twitter. She is a queer Native author, organizer and educator. Her work focuses on transformative justice, and she has led direct action workshops for young people, social justice groups and other intergenerational audiences. She shares crucial information for organizers and protestors as well as historical and educational resources. ● No White Saviors is a Ugandan advocacy campaign dedicated to disrupting traditional power structures between the Western world and the African continent. Following them on Twitter will tell you why that service trip you might be taking this summer is “trash” and educate you on neocolonialism while using its platform to amplify Black voices and share resources. ● Follow Rachel Cargle on Instagram. She is a public academic, writer and lecturer who explores the intersection of race and womanhood, guides conversations, encourages critical thinking and nurtures meaningful engagement with people all over the world. ● Refinery29’s Unbothered vertical is made by and for Black millennial women. Its Instagram posts are both celebratory and educational and champion Black voices, Black art and Black women. Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 12
● A group of Black executives at Netflix created Strong Black Lead, a vertical whose social channels on Instagram and Twitter are dedicated to publicizing and promoting Black talent and creators.
Sign-up For These:
● Free a New York Times membership using your Lafayette email account ○ Stay up to date with NYT briefings sent directly to your email account ● NPR App ○ The free NPR app allows you to stream their daily news briefings and other shows and podcasts for free
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Want To Get Involved?
Find Protests And Protesting Tips Here:
● Amnesty International’s guide on what to do, what not to do, what to bring, and what to wear for a protest ● Right to Protester’s guide regarding what to do before you go to a protest, at the protest, and after the protest ● ACLU’s Know Your Rights guide for protesters ● IJNet’s piece on staying safe while covering violent protests ● Hopes & Fear’s tips for dressing for a protest where police violence is of concern ● Occupy Peace’s guide on what to do if you’re arrested at a protest ● Southern Poverty Law Center’s advice on taking photographs at protests ● Black Lives Matter has assembled a resource guide for anyone interested in protesting. Numbers to call about unlawful arrests are also included.
Learn How To Have Or Lead Conversations About Racial Justice Here:
● A Teaching Tolerance Guide: Discussing Race, Racism, and Other Difficult Topics with Students ● A free Curriculum Resource guide for early childhood, college, elementary, middle, and high school educators looking to teach their students about racism and allyship. The guide is organized by school level and includes resources such as coloring books, lesson plans, text books, films to watch and corresponding assignments, multilingual resources, how to integrate social justice into subjects such as math and environmental science, and much more.
Get Involved At Lafayette:
● Donate to Student Government’s fundraiser sponsored by a variety of clubs and running from June 8th to June 19th ● Ask Kaleidoscope to give your organization or class a presentation on the fundamentals of social justice, also known as a Social Justice 101 (SJ101) ○ Request forms
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Become an Allied Professor and Teacher
● This article discusses how How Indigenous, Black and POC educators envision a better school experience ● Getting Smart focuses on educational reform anchored in equity principles ● Read “Everyday Anti-Racism: Getting Real About Race in Schools,” a book written by educators about how to identify and handle racist classroom dynamics and how to make the educational experience an equitable one ● Read “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” by Claude M. Steele. ● Read “Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by Bell Hooks ● Read “Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope” by Bell Hooks ● Read “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire. ● Read “Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation” by Derald Wing Sue. ● Read “Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race” by Derald Wing Sue. ● Read “Closing the Opportunity Gap: Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success” by Vijay Pendakur ● Read “Teaching Across Cultural Strengths: A Guide to Balancing Integrated and Individuated Cultural Frameworks in College Teaching” by Alicia Fedelina Chávez and Susan Diana Longerbeam. ● Read “The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know” by Tema Jon Okun. ● A Teaching Tolerance Guide: Discussing Race, Racism, and Other Difficult Topics with Students ● A free Curriculum Resource guide for early childhood, college, elementary, middle, and high school educators looking to teach their students about racism and allyship. The guide is organized by school level and includes resources such as coloring books, lesson plans, text books, films to watch and corresponding assignments, multilingual resources, how to integrate social justice into subjects such as math and environmental science, and much more. ● This article suggests eight concrete actions to reduce racism in the college classroom
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Want To Show Your Support?
Donate Here:
● Donate to The Bail Project. ○ This organization creates a revolving bail fund, working to prevent unjust incarceration before it begins. Watch this TED talk on the injustice of bail and its role in mass incarceration. ● Donate to The Southern Poverty Law Center ○ “The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality” ● Donate to Unicorn Riot ○ “Unicorn Riot is a decentralized, educational 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of artists and journalists. Our work is dedicated to exposing root causes of dynamic social and environmental issues through amplifying stories and exploring sustainable alternatives in today’s globalized world.” ● Donate to Youth Over Guns ○ This organization strives “to build youth power in marginalized communities throughout the nation and encourage legislative advocacy to prevent gun violence, while shifting public discourse towards an evidentiary approach to keeping schools and communities safe. In concentrating our efforts on historically oppressed communities and leading with Black and Brown Youth most impacted by the public health crisis — we strive to holistically foster safety and justice.” ● Donate to the NAACP ○ “The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.” ● Donate to the ACLU ○ “The ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach. ● Donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund ○ “The Minnesota Freedom Fund pays criminal bail and immigration bond for those who cannot afford to as we seek to end discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive jailing.” ● Donate to Reclaim the Block Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 16
○ “The crises facing our city, like housing shortages, addiction, and violence in our communities, need real investment. Reclaim the Block is calling on our city to invest in violence prevention, housing, resources for youth, emergency mental health response teams, and solutions to the opioid crisis - not more police. We have no option but to start now.” ● Donate to Black Lives Matter ○ “#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.” ● Black Lives Matter has also compiled a list of organizations to donate to if you’re interested in donating directing to victim’s families or protestors ● Here’s a list of organizations to donate to across country if you would rather donate somewhere closer to home
Sign Petitions Here:
● #DefundThePolice ○ This petition is in support of #InvestInCommunities; by signing it you show support of the importance of investing in Black communities so that they can survive and thrive. ● Black Lives Matter has compiled a comprehensive list of petitions to sign to support groups fighting for racial justice
Participate In Outreach Here:
● Black Lives Matter has compiled a list of numbers and emails so you can reach out to your local officials and push for justice
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Download This:
● The ACLU app, Mobile Justice, allows you to record and report interactions with law enforcement. ● Libby by OverDrive allows you to access thousands of free ebooks and audiobooks, check out some of the books suggested above.
Support Black-Owned Businesses in Easton, PA and Surrounding Areas:
● The Hairitage Beauty Salon ○ Located in the Lehigh Valley Mall and at 499 South Main St. Phillipsburg, NJ ● Ivy’s Closet and Accessories ○ This business also has a Facebook page ● CDiamonds Cosmetics ○ This business also has a Facebook page ● Tiffani Blevins with Herbalife Nutrition ● R.C. Entertainment - DJ ● B6 Creations - Handmade treats, custom gifts, party favors, and more ● Forever Living - The Aloe Vera Company ● True Hue Creations - Hand-dyed clothing, home decor, baby items, and natural skin care products ○ Instagram ● Danielle’s Cafeteria - Southern Restaurant and they cater food ○ Located at 738 E 4th St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 ● Deuxwings - Chicken wings Restaurant/ Soul Comfort Drive-thru ○ Located at 2477 Birch St., Easton, PA 18042 ● Family Chicken & Waffles Catering - Seafood and Soulfood ○ Located at 1800 Sullivan Trail Suite 360, Easton, PA 18042 ● The Beauty Exchange - Hair Salon ○ Located at 420 Cattell St., Easton, PA 18042 ● Khanisa’s - Pudding Bar/Dessert Shop ○ Located at 118 Northampton St., Easton, PA 18042 ● 36E Fitness LLC - Private Studio Gym ○ Located at 559 Main St. #005, Bethlehem, PA 18018 ● Princess Authentic Jamaican Food - Jamaican Restaurant ○ Located at 2300 Butler St., Wilson, PA 18042 ● Yahbie’s Taste of Soul - Restaurant Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 18
○ 1213 Washington St., Easton, PA 18042 ● Cherry’s Caribbean Palace - Jamaican and Soul Food ○ 415 Main St., Freemansburg, PA 18017 ● The Bayou - Southern Kitchen & Bar ○ 64 Centre Square, Easton, PA 18042 ● Relax Already Hair Salon ○ 2499 Willow Park Rd, Bethlehem, PA 18020 ● Raymond Lahoud - Attorney ○ (212) 904-0285 ● Tyree Blair - Attorney ○ 680 Wolf Ave., Easton, PA 18042 ○ (610) 258- 3757 ● Sharika Ford, LPC- Therapist ○ 123 South 22nd St. Suite 104, Easton, PA 18042 ○ (610) 756-1734
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Want To Connect With Mental Health And Wellness Resources?
Find Helplines Here:
● National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 ● 24-hour Crisis Center: 1-800-273-8255
Connect with Counselors Here:
● Lafayette Counseling Center ○ Call 610-330-5005 ○ Visit their website for more information
Find Support Groups Here:
● Ethel’s Club is an online social and wellness club dedicated to celebrating people of color. In June, the organization is hosting free virtual group healing and grieving sessions for Black people around the world. The events will be led by licensed Black therapists.
General Mental Health Resources:
● Lafayette Counseling Center resources to help improve your personal wellbeing ● Find a list of free or relatively affordable mental health resources ● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy worksheets you can download, with a filter tool that lets you narrow down by problem and tool type ● Black virtual therapist directory ● More affordable therapist network ● A guide to finding affordable mental health resources ● Therapy and safe listening spaces catered to BIPOC (trans friendly) ● Therapy for Black Men helps men of color find and connect with therapists ● Therapy for Black Girls helps women of color find and connect with therapists Lafayette College Kaleidoscope Social Justice Peer Educators 20
● Eating disorder, disordered eating, and body image virtual and low-cost support ● The intersection between communities of color and eating disorders ● National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Podcasts That Address Mental Health And Healing (Geared Toward The Black Community):
● Here & There Podcast by Vee, Vee Kromah ● Flights & Feelings, Joseph Solomon ● Naija Girl Talks Podcast, Naija Girl Talks Podcast ● Therapy for Black Girls, Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D. ● Jesus and Jollof, Luvvie Ajayi and Yvonne Orji ● On Purpose with Jay Shetty, Kast Media ● Thirty Minutes with The Perrys, The Perrys ● Now That's Life! With Dr. Nina Ellis-Hervey, Dr. Nina Ellis-Hervey
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Want To Learn About Other Issues Affecting Communities Of Color?
Learn More About Race And Mental Health
● Learn about mental health disparities in diverse populations ● This article explains how discrimination and microagressions lead to traumatic stress and worse health outcomes
Learn More About Intersectionality
● In this TED Talk, Kimberlé Crenshaw, who introduced the concept of intersectionality and has studied it extensively, explains the importance and urgency of intersectionality ● Patricia Hill Collins’s paper on intersecting oppressions explains how people can be subjected to multiple systems of oppression that intersect and interact ● This resource guide by Kimberlé Crenshaw helps educators introduce the topic in a variety of subjects ● In her article Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color, Kimberlé Crenshaw argues that violence and opression against women of color must be viewed as a product of intersecting patterns of racism and sexism and must be analyized within feminist and anti-racist fields as such.
Learn More About Environmental Justice
● This document provides a comprehensive explanation of environmental racism and the environmental justice movement ● The NAACP provides a list of environmental and climate justice resources
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Learn About Mass Incarceration
● This article provides a helpful overview of mass incarceration by dispelling common myths about the justice system and crime in America, and by providing clear infographics. ● Watch “13th,” a documentary on Netflix about the history of racial inequality in the United States and the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans. ● This article explains the “school to prison pipeline” and how mass incarceration is fueled by America’s loyalty to a prison industrial complex filled with people of color, rather than equal education for all ● This helpful video illustrates the uneven distribution of mass incarceration and its devastating effects ● This helpful video lays out how slavery evolved into modern day mass incarceration ● This video provides a brief introduction to how companies profit off of private prisons ● Listen to Ear Hustle, a podcast that explores stories of the daily lives of those incarcerated in San Quentin and stories post-incarceration. Episodes offer a nuanced view of people involved with the American prison system and those reintegrating into society after serving time, told by those experiencing incarceration.
Learn More About Affirmative Action
● This article describes the importance of affirmative action in creating a just admissions system (or at least leveling the playing field, given that many legacies and athletes are also given preferential treatment) ● This article lays out five reasons to support affirmative action
Learn More About Food Deserts
● This article analyzes the link between poverty, communities of color, and the availability of nutritious foods. The article also links the disproportionate presence of fast food restaurants in low income neighborhoods of color to disproportionate instances rates of disease and death amongst communities of color.
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● This article reframes food deserts as a food aphartide to enforce that the racialized lack of access to healthy foods is human caused and not a natural phenomenon. The article also addresses multiple levels of the food system, examining discrimination within subsides for farmers and food pantries.
Learn More About Health Care Disparities
● This TED Talk by Baltimore’s Health Commissioner discusses the responsibility of healthcare to address inequality as a root cause of illness ● This TED Talk by Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood trauma dramatically affects brain development and health across a lifetime and argues that trauma informed care should be a widespread approach ● This article address and provides answers for five key questions about health care disparities ● This article lays out and discusses the importance of reducing racial disparities in health care ● This article provides clear and easy to digest statistics about racial health disparities
Learn More About Redlining And Net Worth Disparities
● This collection of interactive historical maps show how towns and cities across America were segregated by the US government practice of designating black neighborhoods “high risk” for lenders and disinvesting in black communities ● An NPR interview with Richard Rothstein, the author of the Color of Law, a book about the history of redlining in America ● This article lays out the long term effects of redlining, locking neighborhoods into poverty and denying people of color the chance to build home equity (one of the greatest sources of wealth in the country, which has led to white families having 10 times the net worth of black families that make the same salary)
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Learn More About Microaggressions
● In this article, psychologist Derald W. Sue, explains that microaggressions are "The everyday slights, indignities, put downs and insults that people of color, women, LGBT populations or those who are marginalized experiences in their day-to-day interactions with people." The article goes on to explain how they show up and why they are so harmful. ● This video provides an analogy that’s helpful for understanding why microaggressions are so problematic
Learn More About Colorism
● Watch “Dark Girls.” This film is “an emotional exposé on what it means to be dark skinned in America. Filmmakers D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke capture moving interviews with women who open up about their experiences being dark, Black women in America. They share painful stories about things their mothers, sisters and friends have said, in addition to what they’ve taken away from mass media. Overwhelmingly these interviews reveal the same thing: To them, Black is not beautiful.” ● Read this article about what colorism is and why it’s so harmful ● This article explains the difference between racism and colorism and the effects of colorism on the lives of people with a variety of skin tones
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Learn More About The History Of Race And Racism In The US
General Resources
● This article lists and explains “the most influential books on race and the black experience published in the United States for each decade of the nation’s existence — a history of race through ideas, arranged chronologically on the shelf.” ● Watch The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. This series “chronicles the full sweep of African American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent right up to today when America remains a nation deeply divided by race.”
Learn More About Slavery in the US
● Listen to 1619, an award-winning podcast about the history of slavery in the United States. ● Watch this video by Trevor Noah, who breaks down white privilege and the case for reparations in the US ● Watch “Harriet” ● Watch “12 Years a Slave” ● National Geographic provides an interactive timeline of the history of slavery in the United States
Learn More About The Black Codes, Jim Crow, And Segregation In The US:
● Watch “Slavery by Another Name.” “Did Slavery really end with the Civil War? The documentary Slavery by Another Name explores how in the years following the Emancipation Proclamation, systematic approaches were taken to re-enslave newly freed Blacks in the United States. This system included new brutal methods of forced labor in which men were arrested and forced to work without pay, bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of masters.” ● Read “Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877” by Eric Foner. This book “chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white—responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war and the end of slavery. It addresses the
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ways in which the emancipated slaves' quest for economic autonomy and equal citizenship shaped the political agenda of Reconstruction; the remodeling of Southern society and the place of planters, merchants, and small farmers within it; the evolution of racial attitudes and patterns of race relations; and the emergence of a national state possessing vastly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans.”
Learn More About The Civil Rights Movement:
● Watch “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement,” a comprehensive history of the civil rights movement utilizing rare historical film and present-day interviews. ● Watch “Freedom Riders.” “This two-hour documentary tells the story of the summer of 1961 when more than 400 Black and white Americans risked their lives traveling together in the segregated South to protest segregation.” ● Watch “The Black Power Mixtape.” This documentary “tells the story of the Black Power Movement through the eyes of Swedish journalists. Drawn to America in the late 1960s by stories of revolution and urban unrest, the journalists recorded interviews with activists like Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Steale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver. Thirty years later, this interview footage was found in the basement of Swedish Television and was brought to life by Director Göran Olsson and co-producer Danny Glover.” ● Read the trilogy “America in the King Years.” This pulitzer prize winning series is the preeminent account of the work of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
Learn More About The History Of Racist Immigration Laws In The Us:
● Read more about the impact of racism on US immigration past and present ● Watch this video explaining defining moments of immigration in the history of the US
Learn More About US Settler Colonialism:
● This article explains how settler colonialism began and how it continues to manifest today
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● This article details the practice of settler colonialism and how it contributes to the erasure of indigenous peoples
Learn More About The History Of Violence Against Indigenous People In The US:
● Read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown ● “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee,” by David Treuer ● Watch the Eagle and the Condor
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