Anti-Racism Resources

This document is intended to serve as a resource to parents, young people and teachers to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document. (Modified document originally created by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020) ​

Articles to read: ● “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020) ​ ● “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020) ​ ● ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011) ​ ​ ● ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh ​ ● Arundhati Roy: “The Pandemic Is a Portal” |Yes Magazine ​ ● An Open Letter to My White Friends by Renée Cherez | Medium ​ ● For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies | Sojourners ​ ● Every fatal police shooting since 2015 - The Washington Times ​ ● How White People Can Hold Other White People Accountable- by Elle Belle |Teen Vogue ​ ● 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Videos to watch-: ● George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper |The Daily Social Distancing Show ​ ● Before You Call the Cops – The Tyler Merritt Project | NowThis ​ ● How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time |TedTalk Baratunde Thurston ​ ​ ● "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at ​ TEDxTimberlaneSchools

Podcasts to subscribe to: ● White Fragility 101 ● 1619 (New York Times) ● Code Switch (NPR) ● Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw ● Asian-Black Solidarity During COVID-19 - Podcast with Rosetta Lee ​

Resources for parents to raise anti-racist children: ● Your kids aren't too young to learn about race ● The Human Project ● 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance | EmbraceRace ​ ● Check out these books for children and young adults - Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners ​ ● Listen to the Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang ​ Brandt’ ● When My Beautiful Black Boy Grows from Cute to a Threat ​| AllMomDoes ● Follow The Conscious Kid on Instagram ​ ● Anti-Racism Project ● Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Organizations to follow on social media: ● Colorlines: Twitter | 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 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Black Lives Matter Petitions & Financial Support Suggested by Community Members: ● #JusticeforFloyd: Demand the officers who killed George Floyd are charged with murder. ● Minnesota Freedom Fund ● Reclaim the Block ● Black Visions Collective ● GoFundMe to Support Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, who is being unjustly charged with attempted murder. ● GoFundMe to support Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, and his immediate family ● NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund