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This is an incomplete list, organized by topic, of resources and organizations for fighting racism and supporting justice and equality.

Resources from Cultural Organizations

Art Museum Teaching: https://artmuseumteaching.com/2020/06/01/action-resource-guide-museum-education-roundtable/

Design Museum Everywhere: https://designmuseumfoundation.org/black-lives-matter-and-anti-racism-resources/

Kansas Museum Association: http://ksmuseums.org/

MASS ACTION: https://www.museumaction.org/massaction-blog

MoMA: https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/335

Museum of Food and Drink: https://www.mofad.org/community-resources


Anti-Oppression

TedGlobal: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story,” Oct. 7, 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Medium: Deepa Iyer, “Reckoning with Trauma 16 Years After,” September 10, 2017: https://medium.com/@dviyer/https-medium-com-dviyer-reckoning-with-trauma-16-years-after-sept11-98e063b6197e

The Incluseum: Nikhil Trivedi, “Oppression: A Museum Primer,” February 4, 2015: https://incluseum.com/2015/02/04/oppression-a-museum-primer/


Educational Equality & Teaching

Black Lives Matter at School: Resource for Teachers to discuss race in school, with activities and suggested materials: https://blacklivesmatteratschool.com/

Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams (New Jersey City University & Poet, Artist Activist) NJCU: https://www.antoinetteelliswilliams.com/

Hopeworks: Hopeworks provides a positive, healing atmosphere that propels young people to build strong futures and break the cycle of violence and poverty in Camden, New Jersey. https://hopeworks.org/

National Education Association:

Creating the Space to Talk about Race in your School: http://neaedjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Talk-About-Race-in-the-Classroom.pdf

Marley Dias talks Institutional Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-5V8uUtKA&feature=youtu.be

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: “Take Action” page: https://www.njisj.org/action_center

Trinity Episcopal Church: Asbury Park: Social & Racial Justice Programs: https://www.trinitynj.com/social-justice/


Race

Black Lives Matter:

Video interview series on various topics within the BLM Movement, including new cases of police brutality: https://blacklivesmatter.com/whatmatters/

Toolkits covering racial identity, protesting, and understanding the story on those who were killed due to police brutality: https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/

Citizenship & Social Justice: Jon Greenberg, “Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism from Ferguson to Charleston,” July, 10, 2015 http://citizenshipandsocialjustice.com/2015/07/10/curriculum-for-white-americans-to-educate-themselves-on-race-and-racism/

Everyday Feminism: Sam Dylan Finch, “9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive” May 29. 2017 https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/05/allies-say-this-instead-defensive/

How Can Contemporary Art Be More Inclusive of Native Voices?: https://walkerart.org/magazine/inclusion-native-american-art-panel-discussion

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ) : “10 Ways to Do Racial Justice Advocacy After You Say ‘Black Lives Matter’” https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/njisj/pages/722/attachments/original/1591912177/10_Things_Final_v2_(2).pdf?1591912177&fbclid=IwAR2HxSPsvB0ULlPb06ZV_YE7GAR8lsXEI3HsZ-WgTsa2jn6ZhptaGu0CQ-o

New York Times: Charles M. Blow, “Constructing a Conversation on Race,” Opinion Pages, August 20, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/opinion/charles-blow-constructing-a-conversation-on-race.html

Smithsonian- National Museum of African American History & Culture: “Talking About Race”, https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/being-antiracist?fbclid=IwAR2WKbwgvkaG-wUggMReD-KSvdViIukS3Hg1xTRjFYF8fe_K_aWkoi9fqh4

Smithsonian Magazine: “158 Resources to Understand Racism in America” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/158-resources-understanding-systemic-racism-america-180975029/

Washington Post: Kimberle Crenshaw, “Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait,” Opinion, September 24, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost .com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/09/24/why-intersectionality-cant-wait/

 

Empathy & How to be an Ally/Bystander

American Alliance of Museums: “Unconscious Bias and Personal Work” https://www.aam-us.org/programs/diversity-equity-accessibility-and-inclusion/facing-change-unconscious-bias-and-personal-work/

American Friends Service Committee: “Bystander Intervention” https://www.afsc.org/bystanderintervention

Creative Time Summit X: Media & Technology: Critiques of Empathy as a Political Strategy by D’Souza, Aruna https://youtu.be/UbZuJXp5s9w

Hollaback!:

“The 5 D’s of Bystander Intervention” https://www.ihollaback.org/bystander-resources/

“Counterspeech Tactics for Responding to Online Harassment” https://www.ihollaback.org/blog/2017/09/27/counterspeech-dos-donts/

Social Justice Alliance of Museums: An empathetic study on young people and museums in Luxembourg https://sjam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Young-people-and-museums-in-Luxembourg.pdf


Police Reform & Protesting

(SURJ) Showing Up for Racial Justice “Toolkit”: Calling People In About “Violence”: How to do it and why it’s important right now. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BQVqLVl-3zVb0VcsOZB7JKVaVsHIlyjwM6cvdcqWHaI/edit?fbclid=IwAR3wGFASINBbw7k5EH2Aq21ixQxtkaKqY79PuezKmwVRqYFns0-lndiR_-U

The Marshall Project: Non-profit news source focused on police reform, prison reform, and policing tactics:  https://www.themarshallproject.org/


Mental Health Resources

Mashable: “Black Mental Health Resources” https://mashable.com/article/black-mental-health-resources/

Talkspace: “Black Lives Matter: Mental Health Resources For And By People of Color” https://www.talkspace.com/blog/black-lives-matter-resources-people-of-color/

Therapy Resources for People of Color: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dWShg0TZ7nJz5YJsCa1DyGCGTJMrUEd8du5vC6boVhs/mobilebasic