Resources for Anti-Racism Activism

ARTICLES

• “Racist Anti-Racism Responses “Good” White…” by Katie Anthony [KATYKATIKATE]
• “Why I Don’t Call Myself an Ally” by Rachel Rosen [S.P.A.R.K.]
• The Guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont
• “On Making Black Lives Matter” by Roxane Gay [MARIE CLAIRE]
• Grassroots Law Project – Our Plan
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack [MEDIUM]
• “What role should whites play in Black Lives…?” by Karen Dumas [DETROIT NEWS]
• “Dear White People: Here Are 10 Actions You Can…” by Dana Brownlee Lee [FORBES]
• “How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real…” by Barack Obama [MEDIUM]
• “George Floyd Could Have Been My Brother” by Rita Omokha [ELLE]
• “Did I Do the Right Thing?” by Eva Tenuto [MEDIUM]
• Support Black-owned small businesses
• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community 

BOOKS

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
• So You Want to Talk About Race? by Ijeoma Oluo
• White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Killing the Black Body by Dorothy E. Roberts
• Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
• The Edge Becomes the Center by DW Gibson
• When Harlem Was In Vogue by David L. Lewis
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• The Sugar Masters by Richard Follett
• Feminist Theory from Margin to Center by bell hooks
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan Morgan

SUGGESTED ACTIONS

• Take an Implicit Bias Test from Harvard University
• Host a Black Stories Matter Viewing Party from TMI Project
• Dive into the Dismantling Racism Workbook from Dismantling Racism
• Print, post, and create a daily personal practice w/ the Address Racial Privilege Model
• Listen to the Seeing White Podcast, Code Switch Podcast, The 1619 Podcast, or subscribe to the upcoming 2nd season of The TMI Project Podcast: Black Stories Matter
• Share resources like FormsPal.com for BIPOC communities seeking legal counsel
• Donate to:
  • Your state or local bail fund(s)
  • One of many mutual aid funds
  • Criminal Justice Reform
    • Million Hoodies
    • Trayvon Martin Foundation
    • Color of Change
    • The Innocence Project
    • Southern Poverty Law Center
    • Pennsylvania Prison Society
    • Prison Policy Initiative
  • Racial Justice Organizations
    • Black Lives Matter
    • NAACP
    • Race Forward
    • National Urban League
    • National Action Network
    • TMI Project: Black Stories Matter
  • Women of Color
    • Black Girls Code
    • Incite!
    • Black Women’s Blueprint
    • Sister Love
    • National Black Women’s Justice Institute
  • POC LGBTQ Organizations
    • National Black Justice Coalition
    • Audre Lorde Project
    • Trans Women of Color Collective

VIRTUAL TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

• Race Forward: Racial Justice Trainings