In order for change to happen, we need to converse and have open dialogues about race and racism. Discussing race and racism can be challenging. Here are a few resources to help you navigate these conversations.

Black Players for Change

Say it Loud: The Story Behind the “Black Players for Change” Protest

together beat hate

Learn more about the initiative, tbh\], or **[together beat hate**, created by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, and its focus on fighting antisemitism, prejudice, racism, and hate. Videos, podcasts, articles, documentaries, books, and movies can all be found within this resource to help further knowledge and conversations surrounding social equality.

Online resources

• Talking About Race
• Talking and Thinking About Race
• Race Matters: How to Talk About Race
• 10 Ways to Start a Conversation About Race

Print resources

• So You Want to Talk About Race
• Can We Talk About Race
• How to Be Less Stupid About Race
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

There are a number of organizations that are working hard to lead the efforts toward change, but they can’t do it alone.

WATCH: Kraft Family Commits $1 Million to Social Justice Causes

Black Players for Change

All profits from the purchase of the MLSisBlack Solidarity Top will be donated to charities that are supported by Black Players for Change and Player’s Coalition in the fight for racial equality.

How to help at the national level

• American Civil Liberties Union
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
• Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
• Black Visions Donations

How to help at the regional level

• Bottom Line Boston
• Breakthrough Greater Boston
• Center for Health & Justice Transformation
• Chica Project
• Dress for Success Providence
• Emerging Adult Court of Hope
• Inner City Weightlifting
• Juneteenth North Shore Association
• New England Culinary Arts Training
• The Theater Offensive
• Women of Color Entrepreneurs

How to find black businesses to support in your area

• Black Nation (App)
• Eat Okra (App)
• I Am Black Business (General Search)
• Boston
• Providence
• Official Black Wall Street (General Search)
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• Support Black Businesses
• WhereU Came From (App)
• Black Owned Bos

Amplify the voices around you. Use your voice and your platform to condemn racism, injustice, and all forms of prejudice. Use your voice to promote solidarity and compassion.

Here are some voices across the world.

Black Players for Change

Follow the Black Players for Change on social media to stay up to date on the organization’s initiatives within MLS.

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook

As children develop, we have a responsibility to nurture them and help them understand the complexities of race, injustice, and prejudice. These resources from the Center for Racial Justice in Education can help you talk through difficult conversations with children:

• Boston Children’s Hospital-How to talk with your kids about racism
• Beyond the Golden Rule
• Talking to Kids about Discrimination
• Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice

In order for change to occur, it’s important for us all to galvanize and work together.

Here are a few spaces where people are coming together.

There are various social justice issues impacting people across the country. There are a number of resources available on a variety of mediums to help you learn more about these issues:

http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/books-race-privilege-learn-white-ally/story?id=70991938

https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/resources-for-talking-about-race-racism-and-racialized-violence-with-kids/

https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race

https://time.com/5846732/books-to-read-about-anti-racism/

https://www.aecf.org/resources/race-matters-2/

https://www.blackpast.org/special-features/national-african-american-historic-landmarks-state/

https://www.bu.edu/nehsummerworkshop/general-information/sites-landmarks/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/amazon-best-sellers-books-race-trnd/index.html

https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/BTB\_23\_PRECON\_Make\_It\_Plain\_1.pdf

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g32742390/movies-about-race/

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/black-lives-matter-anti-racism-resources

https://www.netimpact.org/blog/the-8-r%E2%80%99s-of-talking-about-race-how-to-have-meaningful-conversations

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html

https://www.providencejournal.com/article/20160118/NEWS/160119223

https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/podcasts-about-race-and-racism

https://www.today.com/tmrw/podcasts-about-race-racial-injustice-t183137#anchor-3TheBreakdown

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/1/21276965/policing-prisons-movies-shows-streaming-netflix

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/2/21276966/antiracist-movies-streaming-racism