Uplifting Black Voices A SNIPET FROM THE FREE MAGAZINE FERRU Season One, Issue One | Alchemical Union Compiled by Vyana Novus (they/them) @vyana.novus Listen Up AN EQUITABLE FUTURE BEGINS INSIDE OF YOU This section is dedicated to uplifting learn and share any resources you find. the voices and work of marginalized I hope you google the questions you people. I believe that if we listen to have before asking BIPOC, LGBTQ+, people who are marginalized in the and disabled people for their time. ways that we’re privileged, we have a Above all, I hope you find the resolve shot at creating a reality where power within yourself to give a fuck because & profit aren’t prioritized over life. there are valuable lives on the line. Complacency is a death sentence. We I hope you take time to read these need to do better. books, follow these accounts, and support these creators. I hope you This process starts within you. It will Uplifting Black Voices talk with your friends about what you be uncomfortable, and you can do it. This section was created prior to the death of George Floyd. While the ‘Listen Up’ section - 01 READ: ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY BY LAYLA F. SAAD Also listen to the Good Ancestor Podcast by Layla | IG @laylafsaad @goodancestorpodcast 02 FOLLOW: THE CONSCIOUS KID Parenting & Education through a Critical Race Lens | IG @theconsciouskid 03 LEARN: NO WHITE SAVIORS An advocacy campaign based in Kampala, Uganda | IG @nowhitesaviorsW 04 LEARN: THE GREAT UNLEARN BY RACHEL CARGLE A Patreon of self-paced syllabi for unlearning racial bias | IG @thegreatunlearn @rachel.cargle 05 FOLLOW: PRENTIS HEMPHILL Somatic Practitioner, Writer | IG @prentis.h 06 FOLLOW: MARI COPENYT Youth activist fighting for clean water in Flint, MI. | IG @littlemissflint 07 DONATE: BLACK EARTH FARMS Delivering free food to black folks organizing & protesting in Oakland, CA | IG @blackearthfarms RESOURCING 69 DEFUND THE POLICE. LISTEN TO BLACK VOICES. STOP ASKING FOR FREE BLACK LABOR. PROTECT BLACK TRANS WOMEN. CREDIT BLACK CREATORS. CITE BLACK SCIENTISTS AND ACADEMICS. DEMAND EQUITABLE ACTION IN YOUR WORK PLACE. CENTER BLACK JOY. STOP SHARING IMAGES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK BODIES. BELIEVE BLACK EXPERIENCES. FOLLOW BLACK WOMEN & FEMMES. BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK LIVES HAVE ALWAYS MATTERED. Call to Action Jessica Wilson, MS. RD. and Alishia McCullough | The two co-creators of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge have put out a CTA with a clear directive for how to follow this past week of muting white content creators. See their full Call to Action on Instagram at: @jessicawilson.msrd @blackandembodied 70 FERRU | JUNE 2020 Black Voices in STEM Esther Odekunle, PhD | Biochemist, Neurobiologist, Antibody Engineer @science.uncovered Dr. Sian Proctor | Analog Astronaut, Explorer, and Geoscience Professor @drsianproctor Danni Washington | First Black Woman Science TV Host @danniwashington Corina Newsome | Zoo Keeper Turned Biologist, Grad Student @hood__naturalist Dr. Korie Grayson | Biomedical Engineer @teamkorie Beanie Jean | Ornithophile & Co-Organizer of @blackAFinSTEM #blackbirdersweek @beaniejean_ Black Scientists Matter | Empowering Community through Science @blackscientistsmatter CHILDREN’S STEM BOOKS FEATURING BLACK CHILDREN, WRITTEN BY BLACK AUTHORS: Olivia’s Doctor Adventures by Dr. Ashley Denmark, Illustrations by Mike Motz Sasha Savvy Love to Code by Sasha Ariel Alston, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton Call to Action Abby Incents Unbreakable Crayons by Dr. Arlyne Simon Smart Sarah and the magic of Science by Jacueline Sanders-Blackman, Illustrated by Zee- shan Shahid Doc Like Mommy by Dr. Crystal Bowe, Illustrated by Mike Motz Jada Jones Sleepover Scientist by Kelly Starling Lyons Sage Carrington 8th Grade Science Sleuth by Justin Scott Parr RESOURCING 71 Centering Black Creativity THESE ARE SHORT LISTS | PLENTY MORE TO COME READING LIST: BUSINESSES: nett • My Grandmother’s Hands by • The Freedom Paper Company • Jlayton Rhule @crhulestudio Resmaa Menakem for toilet paper & paper towels • Tobe Nwigwe @tobenwigwe @freedompapercompany •Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your • Lo Harris @loharris_art Power by Lalah Delia • Blk & Grn for non-toxic make up @blkandgrn • Lalese Stamps @lollylollycera- • All Boys Aren’t Blue by George mics M. Johnson • Pur Home for eco cleaning products • Steve Jackson @makeushutter • How We Show Up by Mia @purhomeclean Birdsong (pre-order) • Elan Byrd @elanbyrd • Brown & Coconut for plant • After the Rain by Alex Elle • Jemima Fitzpatrick @jemima_ based skincare (pre-order) bean @brownandcoconut • Channel Tres @channeltres • A Fire Like You by Upile Chisa- • Clean 360 soap @clean360soap la • Aboubakar Fofana @abouba- • Melanin & Sustainable Style karfofana • Nurture: A Modern Guide to for a compilation of POC owned Pregnancy, Birth, Early Mother- sustainable clothing companies hood--and Trusting Yourself and @melaninass | Run by @domini- PODCASTS: Your Body by Erica Chidi Cohen quedrakeford • Homecoming: Black Home • I am Not Your Baby Mother by • Golde superfoods @golde Birth Stories @homecomingpod- Candive Brathewaite cast • Tree Fairfax for handmade le- • Becoming Enough by Ajolique ather bags @treefairfax • Hey Girl @theheygirlpodcast Jude • Chelsea Bravo clothing @chel- • The Sexually Liberated Woman • Unashamed: Musing of a Fat, seabravo_ @sexuallyliberatedwoman Black Muslim by Leah Vernon • Black in the Garden @blac- • Algorithms of Oppression by BLACK ARTISTS kinthegarden Safiya Umoja Noble • Kenesha Sneed @tactilematter • Good Ancestor @goodances- torspodcast For Kids: • Keedron Bryant @keedron- • I Am Enough by Grace Byers bryant • Hope & Hard Pills @theandre- henry • Little Leaders: Bold Women in • Jade Purple Brown @jadepur- Black History and Little Legends: plebrown • Creative Champs @kei_may Exceptional Men in Black Histo- • Hadiya Williams @hadiyawil- • Two Black Guys with Good ry by Vashti Harrison liams Credit @twoblackguyswithgood- credit • Baby Blessings by Deloris Jor- •The Body: A Home for Love dan @thebodyahomeforlove by • Therapy for Black Girls @the- @deunivory rapyforblackgirls BLACK OWNED • Malene Barnett @malene.bar- 72 FERRU | JUNE 2020 Centering Black Creativity FOR PARENTS THESE ARE SHORT LISTS | PLENTY MORE TO COME Anti-Racism for Kids Britt Hawthorne | anti-racist, anti-bias educator Support & learn from Britt on Patreon patreon.com/britthawthorne Follow on Instagram @britthawthorne Social Justice Books | See their curated book list at socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/ and their Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books socialjusticebooks.org Books for Littles | Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/ Embrace Race | Focused on (1) nurturing resilience in children of color, (2) nurturing inclusive, empathetic children of all stripes, (3) supporting parents to raise kids who think critically about racial inequity, (4) supporting a movement of kid and adult racial justice advocates for all children. See 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance on their website | IG @embracerace | embracerace.org Additional Anti-racist, Anti-bias Reading for Children & Young Adults: Antiracist Baby written by Ibram X Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky (pre-order!) Intersection Allies written by Chelsea Johnson, Latoya Council, Carolyn Choi, illustrated by Ashley Seil Smith Woke Baby written by Mahogany L. Browne, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III Let’s Talk About Race written by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour Kids Like Mine Series by LaTashia M. Perry (Hair Like Mine, Skin Like Mine, Imagination Like Mine, Dreams Like Mine, Baby Like Mine) The Power Book: What is it, Who Has it, and Why? written by Claire Saunders, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Mike Scarlet, Hazel Songhurst, illustrated by Joelle Aveli- no, with a foreword from Roxane Gay Step into Your Power written by author Jamia Wilson, illustrated by Andrea Pippins RESOURCING 73 IMMEDIATE ACTION Educate Yourself Educate Yourself | Ending Qualified Immunity for A short list of Black Trans Women who have been murdered for being trans. Defundind the Police: Law Inforcement info & call script via @redgoldsparks Marsha P. Johnson Defend Black Lives | Sign the Islan Nettles pledge to demand local officials Educate Yourself | Aniya Parker defund the police | Script provi- Centering Black Trans ded defendblacklives.org Women: Ty Unfrteoof Show up to listen to these women. Don’t you Rae’Lynn Thomas Google These Articles: dare start running your mouth on their pages. Kelly Stough @lasaia_wade Muhlaysia Booker Newsweek | Black Lives Matter Kiki Fantroy Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors @imara_jones_ Bee Love Slater Says Current System of Law En- @thebaejazelle forcement Must Be Abolished Monika Diamond @raquel_willis Nina Pop The New York Times | No More @themilajam Layleen Polanco Money for the Police by Phi- Iyanna Dior lip V. McHarris and Thenjiwe @iamsheadiamond McHarris @ladydanefe Educate Yourself | Not Expecting Free Labor: The Guardian | The Answer to @lavernecox Police Violence is Not ‘Reform’. Google These Articles: It’s Defunding. Here’s Why by Alex S Vitale Books by Black Trans Women: Medium | White People, Stop Asking Us to Educate You about The New Republic | The Pande- For Black Trans Women | a cele- bration of Trans Women, Goddess- Racism by Real Talk: WOC & mic is the Right Time to Defund hood, a lament for our fallen, a sword Allies the Police by Melissa Gira Grant for our living and a challenge to white supremacy, structural oppression