THE BETTERISH ANTI-RACIST RESOURCE ROOM

This is an ongoing work in progress and compiled in collaboration with resources shared during weekly Meetful Monday sessions.

ARTICLES

• It Really Is Different This Time - Politico Magazine

• Wondering What A Future Without Police Looks Like? - @jererous

• Trying to Better Understand Racism? Here’s what four black Utahns suggest you read - The Salt Lake Tribune

• 7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real - Ben ‘N Jerry

• Living While Black and the Criminalization of Blackness - by P.R. Lockhart, Vox

• Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge - by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Times

• Why You Need to Stop Saying "All Lives Matter" - By Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, Bazaar

• Here come the white people — a new antiracist movement takes flight - By  David Scharfenberg, Boston Globe

• Ibram Kendi Says Education and Love Are Not The Answer - by Lonnae O’Neal, The Undefeated

• To Be A Black Woman in 2020 - by Riley Turner, Darling Magazine

• A Open Letter to Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron: Breonna Taylor Deserves Justice - by Stephanie Taylor, Darling Magazine

• Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History - by Ryan Best, FiveThirtyEight

• Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum - by Ailsa Chang, NPR

• Breaking the Chain: Healing Racial Trauma in the Body - by Kristin Moe, Medium

• Not Equal: Racial Disparities In Addictions/Substance Abuse Treatment - by Johnelle Smith, Addiction Resource

ONGOING LEARNING

• Anti-Racism Daily - Nicole Cardoza

• Talking About Race Web Portal - National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian

• Mapping Our Role in Social Change Ecosystems - by Deepa Iyer, Solidarity Is, and Building Movement Project

• Justice In June - by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace’s oversight for the purpose of providing a starting place for individuals trying to become better allies.

• Engaging in Difficult Conversations Zoom Workshop - AWARE-LA Workshop, happening various dates in July

• Black Lives Matter Working Group

• A Framework for Action in Response to Moments of Outrage & Crisis - OF/BY/FOR ALL

• The 1619 Project - New York Times Magazine

• Showing Up For Racial Justice

• Rachel Cargle’s 30 Day #DoTheWork - Rachel Cargle

• 100+ Anti-Racist Resources for Architects + Designers - by Brenda Zhang, Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye, Celeste Martore and F. Jason Campbell

• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community - Sunshine Behavioral Health

PODCASTS

• Intersectionality Matters! - hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

• Seeing White - where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?

  Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series

• Pod Save The People - activist DeRay Mckesson breaks down culture, politics and social justice with the help of fellow activists, experts, influencers and leaders.

• Code Switch - discusses how race affects every aspect of our society—from politics to pop culture to sports and history.

• Unlocking Us: Brene with Austin Channing Brown -  Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

SPECIFIC FOR WHITE PEOPLE

• Anti Racism Resources: A Big Google Doc

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - by Peggy McIntosh, National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum, Wellesley College

• A Quick Read for White People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Racist - by Ola Caracola, Medium

• I Don’t Need ‘Love’ Texts From My White Friends - By Chad Sanders, New York Times

• Dear White People, This is What We Want You to Do – by Kandise Le Blanc, Inside The Kandidish

• 97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice - by Corinne Shutak, Medium

ON ALLYSHIP + SOLIDARITY

•  Enough of your Solidarity Statements, Arts World - by Kaisha S. Johnson, Medium

• Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead) - by Holiday Phillips , Forge by Medium

• White allies: Here's a basic list of do's and don'ts to help you with your helplessness - by Melanie Mcfarland, Salon

• Please Stop ‘Checking In to See If I’m Okay’- By Priska Neely, The Cut

• How You Can Be An Ally To The Black Lives Matter Movement - by Great Big Story

• 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship - Mireille Cassandra Harper on Twitter

BOOKS

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

• Me and My White Supremacy by Layla Saad

• Why We Are Polarized by Ezra Klein

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• Freedom: Medicine Worlds for Your Brave Revolution by Jaiya John

(so many more! will update soon)

FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

• The Conscious Kid - instagram account on parenting and education through a critical race lens

WATCH

• Rachel Cargle’s Public Address On Revolution

• Trevor Noah on The Social Contract

• LA92 on Netflix

• Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man

• When They See Us

• Do The Right Thing

ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT AND/OR DONATE TO

• The Loveland Foundation -  making mental healthcare accessible for Black women and girls.

• Color of Change - nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization working to move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America

• Ethel's Club - a social and wellness club designed to celebrate people of color, online and IRL

• ·The Free Black Women’s Library - a mobile library dedicated to centering & celebrating the art, writing & lives of Black women.

• Black Youth Project 100 - youth organization that offers activities including community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns focused on black, feminist, and queer issues. 

• Brave Space Alliance - Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the city

• Elizabeth’s Books & Writing Centre -  highlight & honor the work of writers traditionally found on the margins of cultural, social, and academic canons.

• Urban Bush Women - galvanizes artists, activists, audiences and communities through performances, artist development, education and community engagement.

•  Women of Color in the Arts - dedicated to creating racial and cultural equity in the performing arts field

• Equal Justice Initiative -

• (more coming soon)

FOR DENVER

• Black Lives Matter 5280 -  building a violence-free Denver where Black people are valued, protected and free.

• Satya Yoga Cooperative - a healing force by and for POC, using yoga as a tool for both personal liberation and social transformation.

• YAASPA - encourage and support disengaged and underserved youth to participate in their communities socially and politically, in order to make changes within the community

• Project VOYCE - Denver based youth-driven leadership and advocacy training hub (Voices of Youth Changing Education)

• Soul 2 Soul Sisters  - a Black womxn-led, faith-based, racial justice organization focused on Black healing and Black liberation.

• Creative Strategies For Change - focuses on racial justice by mobilizing art and education. The group offers consulting, development workshops youth programs and more. 

• The Equity Project - a company with the sole objective to explain the differences between equity and equality and inclusion and diversity to deliver equitable services to all.

• 303 Magazine Black Businesses in Denver -  list of every black-owned business 303 magazine could find in and around Denver

• also: How to Be an Anti-Racist in Denver