Antiracist Community Resource Guide

“It is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist.”

— Angela Davis

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As communities across the country take action in the fight against racism and injustice, many people are searching for tools, resources, and other outlets where they can help contribute to these efforts and make a difference.

In collaboration with our partners and community members, the SCP team has developed a collection of digital resources to help inform, organize, and activate antiracist work. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it can serve as a helpful reference point for those looking to start or continue their journeys.

As our efforts and the needs of our community continue to evolve, so will the content of this guide.

MLK DAY RESOURCES

Podcasts

• Personology: "Martin Luther King Jr: Revolutionary Through Nonviolence"

• Still Processing: We celebrate the REAL MLK day

• The MLK Tapes

Articles

• Teaching About King’s Radical Approach to Social Justice by Coshandra Dillard (January 13, 2020)

Books by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

• Why We Can’t Wait

Videos

• MLK: And Still I Rise 

• The Danger of Silence | Clint Smith

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EDUCATE

Below are a collection of books, movies, and other digital resources to help you deepen your understanding of racial inequity and the many ways it manifests itself in our society. If you’re looking to purchase a book listed below, consider supporting one of these Black-owned bookstores.

Books

• A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 “Fed Up”-rising - START HERE

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Frier 

• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide By Carol Anderson

• How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi

• Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle

• The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X

• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson

Reading Lists

• Pro-Black & Conscious Bundle

• The Six Books All ‘White Allies’ Should Read

• Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers

Articles

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project | The New York Times Magazine

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Online Workshops and Learning Portals

• Talking About Race Online Learning Portal created by the National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Check Your Privilege Online Courses and Workshops 

• The Great Unlearn x Curated by Rachel Cargie

• Spiritual Activism facilitated by Rachel Ricketts

• Allyship in the Workplace

• Summer Skool Intercession

• 21 Day Equity Challenge with United Way of Washtenaw County

• #AsianAmCovidStories

• Stop AAPI Hate

• Native-Land.ca

• Culturalsurvival.org’s online Indigenous history learning library

• MENTOR’s Indigenous youth support resource center

Podcasts

• Pod Save the People with Deray Mckesson

• Code Switch 

• The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

• The United States of Anxiety

• Intersectionality Matters! With Kimberle Crenshaw

• Pod for the Cause 

• What Matters

• Self Evident: Asian American’s Stories

Videos, Documentaries, and Docu-series

• Hulu

  • 16 Shots 

  • Burn M*****r, Burn 

  • The Rape of Recy Taylor

  • 4 Little Girls

  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

  • United Shades of America 

  • LA Riots: As We Watched

  • LA 92

  • Baltimore Rising 

  • Seizing Justice: The Greensboro 4

  • Whose Streets

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

• Netflix

  • 13th

  • Who is Miss Simone

  • Becoming

  • Skin

  • Who Killed Malcolm X

  • Poisoned Water

  • Hello Privilege, It’s Me Chelsea

  • Time: The Kalief Browder Story

  • She Did That

  • The Fight for America

• Amazon

  • Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

  • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

  • Tell Them We Are Rising: Historically Black Colleges and Universities

  • Free Meek

  • I Am Not Your Negro

  • February 1: The Story of the Greensboro Four

  • Finding Your Roots

  • The Uncomfortable Truth

  • Birth of a Movement

Resources for Families

• Antiracist Reading List for Teens and Children

• Parenting and White Supremacy 

• Daniel Tiger’s Life Little Lessons: Alike and Different

• Anti Racism Resources for All Ages

Examples of Companies Standing in Solidarity

• Ben & Jerry’s

• Glossier

TAKE ACTION

When you’re ready to take action in your community, there are plenty of organizations that could use your engagement and support. Fight the good fight alongside some of the causes, non-profits, and other justice-driven missions below.

Civic Engagement

• Register to Vote

• Learn More about Candidates

Events

• Detroit City Council Meetings

• Detroit of Board of Police Commissioner Meetings

• MBK Alliance Aguish and Action Virtual Town Hall Series

• Movement for Black Lives Virtual Events

• NBJC’s Black Brilliance 

Organizations Fighting the Good Fight

Detroit

• New Detroit 

• New Era Detroit

• Civil Rights, Inclusion, and Opportunity Office

• Detroit Justice Center

• Detroit Bail Project

• Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration

• We The People MI

Nationally

• Bail Funds/Legal Help by City 

• Campaign Zero

• LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund

• Minnesota Freedom Fund

• Moment of Empathy App

• Movement for Black Lives

• NAACP Legal Defense Fund

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice

• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Community Fund

• The Solidarity Fund