We believe Black Lives Matter. We believe that white silence equals violence. We believe we have not done enough to address racism and support Black people and other oppressed groups. We can and will do more. If you—partner or vendor, client or potential client, job seeker, or curious passer-by on the internet—are reading this, we invite you to join us in this work. We are posting new resources on a weekly basis:
- Uplifting Black Voices
- Using rap as an instructional tool with Professor Bradon Alexander Williams (5-min video)
- Yara Shahidi Celebrates Powerful Black Women (1-minute video)
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (1 long article, 1 short article)
- Black Trans* Lives Matter with D-L Stewart (15-minute TED talk)
- The Gifted Project by Jaimie Milner (3.5-minute video)
Anti-oppression Education
- The Invention of Whiteness (5-min video)
- How to Hide an Empire (A history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire)
- “How Can We Win” with Kimberley Jones (7-min video)
- Phillipe Lazaro Anti-Racism Resources (Books, videos, podcasts, websites & newsletters)
- “Race in America” by Holy Post (18-min video on the history of oppression and discrimination in the US)
- 1619 Podcast (5-episode audio series on how slavery has transformed America)
- Resmaa Menakem (Website and e-courses from a New York Times best-selling author, healer, trauma specialist)
- Rosa Clemente (Workshops and presentations from a journalist, political commentator, and scholar-activist)
- “Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence” with Resmaa Menakem (51-minute podcast)
- How Does Change Happen by Angela Davis (1-hour video)
- Explore Black History and Culture – A Timeline (Spend 10 minutes, or spend the whole day.)
Allyship Opportunities
- Sogorea Te/Land Acknowledgement (An urban indigenous women-led land trust website)
- The Get Together | White Women: Defunding the Police (Episode 1 of Showing Up For Racial Justice’s program on race and racism today, 5-min video)
- 100 things White People Can do for Racial Justice (23-min read)
- Check your Privilege (Resources for co-conspirators)
- Harvard Implicit Association Test (Uncover biases you have and may not know)