Black Lives Matter: Article links and links to compiled resources to share with customers and staff looking to educate themselves, participate, and/or donate + resources for black folks looking for empowerment, wellness, and/or legal aid.
Podcasts:
#TellBlackStories
Code Switch
About Race
Seeing White
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
The Diversity Gap
Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
The Stoop
Still Processing
Books:
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Olou
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by Welsey Lowery
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century by Monique W. Morris
Choke Hold: Policing Black Me by Paul Butler
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity, and Happiness by Keisha Blair
Equal Justice Initiative (“The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”)
Resources for the wellbeing+mental health of black people:
https://www.diveinwell.com/ (movement for diversity in wellness, includes donation based digital wellness classes. Events currently seem to be in the past?)
https://www.sistaafya.com/ (Chicago based. low cost digital therapy for black women and free support groups)
https://www.healhaus.com/corona/ (Brooklyn basedholistic wellness center offering livestreams and digital wellness during covid19 yoga stuff)
https://therapyforblackgirls.com/ (movement to de-stigmatize mental health issues and therapy for black girls, includes directory of culturally competent therapists-all over US, a fb support group, and a podcast)
https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/ (movement/blog/ministry championing power of rest as form of reparations and wellness, Atlanta based I think, but virtual now))
Anti-Racism Resources for White People: A list of articles, videos, podcasts, books, films and TV shows, organizations, and other resources to deepend your anti-racist work.
Letters for Black Lives Translations: Available translations in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Bengali, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Hindi, Hmong (Green dialect), Hmong (White dialect), Farsi, French, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese. (added 6/6/20)
Natl Resource List: Includes more local organizations and funds to donate to, all organized by city/location, as well as resources for people seeking legal help, tips for protesters, and general social media tips.
Recursos Para BLM: A masterlist of funds explained in Spanish. (added 6/6/20)
Resistance Funds: A masterlist of funds to donate to. (added 6/6/20)