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
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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
There are a number of organizations that are working hard to lead the efforts toward change, but they can’t do it alone.
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Black Players for Change
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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
How to find black businesses to support in your area
- Black Nation (App)
- Eat Okra (App)
- I Am Black Business (General Search)
- Official Black Wall Street (General Search)
- Support Black Businesses
- WhereU Came From (App)
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.
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— Brandon Bye (@brandon_bye) July 8, 2020
Don’t be mad you don’t have a movement. Be happy you don’t need one. Black lives matter #blackouttuesday ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/UzLpTQK6e4
— Andrew Farrell (@2Fast2Farrell) June 2, 2020
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— DeJuan Jones (@dejuanjones24) June 1, 2020
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:
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.
Black Players for Change
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- Register to Vote
- Add your name to petitions
- Join an organizing meeting, action, or other grassroots event in your community
- Help promote and defend human rights, and make a difference in combatting racism in your community
- Report suspicious sites, stories, ads, social accounts, and posts about Black Live Matters
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:
Books/Articles
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Stamped from the Beginning by Irbam X. Kendi
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Uncle Tom’s Children by Richard Wright
- NY Times: The 1619 Project
Local museums and landmarks
- African American Heritage Trail
- African Meeting House
- Amistad Memorial (CT)
- Black Heritage Trail
- Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire
- Connecticut Freedom Trail
- Museum of African American History
- National Center of Afro-American Artists
- Portland (ME) Freedom Trail
- Vermont African American Heritage Trail
Movies
Podcasts
Appendix
- 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