Anti-Racism Resources [compiled by the student organizers of the Roeper Vigil Against Racial Injustice, 06/09/2020] Contents What Petitions to Sign What to Read (Books & Articles) Where to Donate/Fundraise Money What to Watch & Listen to What Resources to Use for Anti-Racist Parenting & What Books to Get Your Kids Where to Shop to Support Black Owned Businesses & What Technology to Use to Find Other Black Owed Businesses Where to Find Voting Resources ~What Petitions to Sign~ These Petitions Require Your First and Last Name, Your State and City of Residence and Your Zip code, further descriptions of these petitions are detailed in the link • George Floyd - https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george- floyd?source_location=discover_feed • Breonna Taylor - https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna- taylor?source_location=discover_feed • Ban Rubber Bullets - https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-ban-the-use-of- inhumane-rubber-bullets • Reopen Tamir Rice's Case - https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice- investigate-the-killing-of-tamir-rice • Hands Up Act - https://www.change.org/p/us-senate-hands-up-act • Abolish Prison Labor - https://www.change.org/p/federal-bureau-of-prisons- abolish-prison-labour-in-the-usa • Regis Korchinski-Paquet - https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-regis-korchinski- paquet • Joāo Pedro - https://www.change.org/p/prefeitura-do-rio-de-janeiro-justice-for- joāo-pedro • Ahmaud Arbery - https://www.change.org/p/human-rights-campaign-justice-for- ahmuad-arbery/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter= • Defund the Police - https://defund12.org/ These petitions only require your phone number so you can text 1 • Breonna Taylor Petition: Color of Change, Phone Number: 551- 56 – Text “Enough” • George Floyd Petition: Color of Change, Phone Number: 551-56 – Text “Floyd” • Ahmaud Arbery Petition: Color of Change, Phone Number: 551- 56- Text “Justice” ~What Books to Read~ • Toni Morrison- The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved • Michelle Alexander- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness • Ijeoma Oluo- So you Want to Talk About Race • Ibram X. Kendi- How to be an Antiracist • Robin DiAngelo- White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism • Bryan Stevenson- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption • Mikki Kendall- Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That The Movement Forgot • Ta-Nehisi Coates- Between the World and Me • Colson Whitehead- The Underground Railroad • Austin Channing Brown - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In a World Made for Whiteness ~What Articles to Read~ • Who Gets to Be Afraid in America: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/ahmaud-arbery/611539/ • The 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/20/magazine/1619-intro.html • The Intersectionality Wars: https://www.vox.com/the- highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender- discrimination • The Case for Reparations: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for- reparations/361631/ • I, Racist by John Metta: https://medium.com/thsppl/i-racist-538512462265 ~Where to Donate Money~ 2 • Official George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd • Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for- breonna-taylor • Ahmaud Arbery Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud • National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn- directory • Michigan Solidarity Bail Fund - https://michigansolidaritybailfund.com/ • Detroit Justice: Bail Project - https://www.detroitjustice.org/the-bail-project • Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision+6 • The Marshall Project: https://www.themarshallproject.org/donate • National Black Disability Coalition: http://www.blackdisability.org/ • Reclaim the Block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2 • Advancement Project: https://advancementproject.org/donate/ • TGI Justice Project: http://www.tgijp.org/donate.html • Minneapolis Black Owned Business Help Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/20s9h91uao • Black Lives Matter Fund: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 • Black Trans Women Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans- women- fund?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share- sheet • National Police Accountability Fund: https://www.nlg-npap.org/ • Metro Detroit Covid-19 Mutual Aid Fund: https://chuffed.org/project/detroitlives ~Where to Fundraise with Your Time~ • YouTube video with ad revenue: https://youtu.be/bCgLa25fDHM / • A playlist of youtube videos that donate ad revenue to BLM: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqws4vy_Bzkz_Jj-Er-NrGD6gn1D9E_yo • Raise money by playing games: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/u- don/id1509911245 ~What to Watch~ • 13th - Netflix • See You Yesterday – Netflix • American Son – Netflix • When They See Us – Netflix • If Beale Street Could Talk – Hulu • The Hate U Give – Hulu with Cinemax • Just Mercy – Rent or Buy [FREE DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE] • Selma – Rent or Buy 3 • Birth of a Nation 2016 – Rent or Buy • Ted Talk – Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s • Ted Talk – How to Overcome our Biases: https://www.ted.com/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_bo ldly_toward_them?referrer=playlist-talks_to_help_you_understand_r • Ted Talk - Why We’re Priming Some Kids for College – and Others for Prison: https://www.ted.com/talks/alice_goffman_how_we_re_priming_some_kids_for_c ollege_and_others_for_prison?referrer=playlist-talks_to_help_you_understand_r ~What to Listen To~ • Kojo for Kids: Jason Reynolds Talks About Racism and the Protests (Ages 10+) https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2020-06-01/kojo-for-kids-jason-reynold- talks-about-racism-and-the-protests?fbclid=IwAR22nPJklMjMMntJD24- AAzPTbV6w0hIRaH2l23DuLjp8YkMVBCceeBSyyM • Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/12/31/761932806/your-body- being-used-where-prisoners-who-can-t-vote-fill-voting-districts • When Civility is Used as a Cudgel Against People of Color: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/03/14/700897826/when-civility-is- used-as-a-cudgel-against-people-of-color • Podcast Series (14 parts) called “Seeing White” from the Podcast Scene on Radio • The Power of Martin Luther King Jr’s Anger: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/691298594/the-power-of- martin-luther-king-jr-s-anger ~What Resources to Use for Anti-Racist Parenting ~ • BOOK: Jennifer Harvey- Raising White Kids • WEBSITE: raceconscious.org • WEBSITE: embracerace.org • PODCAST: The Integrated Schools Podcast: Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey • PODCAST: Parenting: Difficult Conversations: Talking Race With Young Children • ARTICLE: Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests: Broken down by different ages/stages https://www.ahaparenting.com/ask-the-doctor-1/talking-with-children- about-racism-police-brutality-and-protests?fbclid=IwAR1J-- fO8k68DHLLHwF_nGB6uaY_2vB6MqGtl0xwqeYm56BsPQ5YcHvxpIk • ARTICLE: What White Children Need to Know About Race https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-school/summer-2014/what- white-children-need-to-know-about-race/ • ARTICLE: Children are not Colorblind 4 https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/resources/children_are _not_colorblind.pdf ~What Books to Get for Your Kids~ 0-3 • Ezra Jack Keats- The Snowy Day, A Letter to Amy, Hi, Cat!, Whistle for Willie 3-5 • Oge Mora- Saturday • Matt de la Pena- Last Stop on Market Street • Matthew A. Cherry- Hair Love • Meena Harris- Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea 5-8 • Jacqueline Woodson- Each Kindness • Cynthia Levinson- The Youngest Marcher • Roda Ahmed MAE AMONG THE STARS • 31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance: https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books- to-support-conversations-on-race-racism- resistance?fbclid=IwAR310biYAmSqDK08EDnAWiAeYGjssJMb3wsVVLv DSyltE-NIPLid3Vo-Hnw • Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting to Talk About Race https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/ 8-12 • Veronica Chambers- Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice • Anastasia Higginbotham- Not my Idea: A Book About Whiteness 12+ • Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely- All American Boys • Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You • Angie Thomas -The Hate U Give • Nic Stone -Dear Martin ~Where to Shop to Support Black Owned Businesses~ 5 • Nothing Bundt Cake- Roeper Parent Address: 14924 Hall Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 Nothingbundtcakes.com, phone 586-884-3666 • Nothing Bundt Cake- 43280 11 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48375 in Novi Town Center 248-308-2610 • Dr. Jameel Smith- Roeper Parent : School and Limited Licensed Psychologist Galvin Growth Group 43155 Main Street Novi, Michigan 48375 (734) 323- 4897 [email protected] • Activities2You: Mobile based Children’s Events: activities2u.wixsite.com 248- 255-9822 • Amour Your Body, LLC: 44444 Mound Rd Ste. 400B Sterling Heights, MI 48314 • Angel A Studio- Clothing- 19743 E. 14 Mile Road Clinton Township, MI 48035 586-231-5150 • Baker's Keyboard Lounge: Seafood and more. 20510 Livernois, Detroit. (313) 345-6300 or holo.harbortouch.com/en/order/bakerskeyboardlounge/menu. • Bert's Marketplace: Ribs, chicken, breakfast and more. 2727 Russell, Detroit. Bertsentertainmentcomplex.com. • Bloom Transformation Center- Dr. Rose Moten - Wellness Clinic 227 Iron