A non-exhaustive resource list for becoming more anti-racist. Consciousness raising and education are just the start. See the Witness page for ways to organize, demonstrate, and advocate for justice.
- Comprehensive Education
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide– (Personal note: If you look at nothing else, see this amazing guide! It is comprehensive–full of book, film, and audio recommendations from PhD student, Victoria Alexander.)
- Tool Kits and Resources– From Black Lives Matter
- Social Justice Resource Center: Racism– From the Catholic church
- Anti-Racism Resources– From the United Church of Christ
- Sacred Ground– From the Episcopal Church
- The Anti-Racist Curriculum White Evangelicals Need– From Christianity Today
- The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List– From Parade
- Racist Anonymous– “A 12 Step program that works in communities small and large. We have committed to starting to 250 new groups this year!”
- BU Center for Antiracist Research
- Vigil and Worship Materials
- Anti-Racist Faith Service– By the Sisters of Mercy
- Preaching and Congregational Resources for Responding to Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence– From the Religious Institute
- A Prayer Service for Racial Healing in Our Land– From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- The Anti-Racism Prayer Book– From the Trinity Church in Boston, prayers selected by the Rev. Rainey G. Dankel, Janis Pryor, Judith Lockhart Radtke, and Damon Syphers
- Prayer for Racial Justice, Solidarity, and Healing– From Fordham University
- Read
- See Anti-Racist Resource Guide Victoria Alexander’s recommendations
- Preaching Against Racism is Not a Distraction– From Christianity Today
- This Is Not an Antiracist Reading List, OR, the Treachery of Allyship– From Feminist Studies in Religion
- How to Talk About White Privilege– From Well and Good
- Dismantling White Supremacy Culture– From Dr. Tema Okun
- How an Open Bible Should Dismantle White Supremacy– From Duke Divinity School, by J. Ross Wagner
- How to Be an Anti-Racist Teacher– From The Atlantic
- How White Churches Co-Opted My Racial Reconciliation Work– From Sojourners
- What is White Privilege, Really?– From Teaching Tolerance
- Christianity is complicit in slavery. But its spirit still offers a path forward– From the Globe and Mail
- Black Rage in an Anti-Black World is a Spiritual Virtue– From Sojourners
- The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community, Eric F. H. Law, (2015)
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree, James H. Cone, (2011)
- Sisters in the Wilderness, Delores S. Williams, (1995)
- The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, Willie James Jennings, (2010)
- After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging, Willie James Jennings, (2020)
- Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories, Flannery O’Conner, (1965)
- Native, Kaitlyn Curtis, (2020)
- There’s A Storm Comin: How the American Church Can Lead Through Times of Racial Crisis, Dr. Harold Dorrell Briscoe Jr., (2020)
- Watch
- See Anti-Racist Resource Guide for Victoria Alexander’s recommendations
- RACE: The Power of an Illusion– Documentary from PBS
- Hate Thy Neighbor– From VICE; content warning
- This Woman’s Work: The Worth and Witness of Womanism in Times Like These– From Vanderbilt Divinity School
- Alt-Right: Age of Rage– Documentary; content warning
- Listen
- See Anti-Racist Resource Guide Victoria Alexander’s recommendations
- ‘Interrupt The Systems’: Robin DiAngelo On ‘White Fragility’ And Anti-Racism– From NPR Life Kit; can read transcript
- Caring for Black Girls & Women– From Three Minute Minister Mentor
- Episode 2: Climbing the Mountain of Injustice with Austin Channing Brown– From Evolving Faith
- Research and Data
- Mapping Police Violence– Database for tracking police violence; various charts, maps, and data sets available
- Southern Poverty Law Center – SPLC publications, cases, Extremist Files, Intelligence Project articles, etc.
- Anti-Defamation League– Data, maps, and resources
- Becoming Anti-Racist Chart– From Contemplative Monk
- Authentic Allyship Chart– From Seerut K. Chawla (IG: @seerutkchawla)
- Racist Marketing and Corporate Culture
- Big Tech and Racial Equity– From NPR
- Aunt Jemima’s Logo Has Changed 6 Times, and Its History Is Rooted in Racial Stereotypes and Slavery-From Entrepreneur
- Timeline: A Century of Racist Sports Team Names– From Mother Jones
- Support and Care for BIPOC
- The Nap Ministry– “The Nap Ministry was founded in 2016 by Tricia Hersey and is an organization that examines the liberating power of naps. We engage with the power of performance art, site-specific installations, and community organizing to install sacred and safe spaces for the community to rest together. We facilitate immersive workshops and curate performance art that examines rest as a radical tool for community healing. We believe rest is a form of resistance and name sleep deprivation as a racial and social justice issue.”
- Asian American Peer Counseling– “Our purpose is to offer informal mental health care by providing donation-based, sliding scale peer counseling services to our community. We serve Asian people, Black people, Native and Indigenous people, Latinx people of color, and all other people of color.* We center queer and trans/gender non-conforming* people in our practice.”
- Hive Soul Yoga– “Hive Soul Yoga is a community based business. Our goal is to create affirming + uplifting spaces that bring people together who may not otherwise have met. We know there is a need for collective healing for people of color, and our larger community. As a business founded and run by women of color, we know how oppressive ideologies threaten our collective wellbeing. Hive Soul Yoga offers people space + tools to thrive in the chaotic conditions we live in. We hope to combat the damage of oppression by building community based in joy, healing + our collective strength.”
- You Good Sis?-“You Good Sis is a collective for black and brown women and femmes looking for a mental, spiritual and physical check in. We strive to define and create a specific space dedicated to the wellbeing of women of color. We are most proud of the people who consciously choose to be part of the community and continue to show up. Co Founders, Rach Junard and Jaylee Momplaisir, are both RYT-200 instructors specializing in both vinyasa and yin yoga.”
- Liberate – “Liberate is the #1 meditation app for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community. Listen to dozens of guided meditations to ease anxiety, find gratitude, heal internalized racism and micro-aggressions and celebrate Blackness.”
- Children and Youth
- Let’s Talk About Race-From the amazing Kindergarten teacher Vera Ahiyya
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