WISdom – Responding to Injustice with Action
Now is the time to actively address our nation’s system of injustice, racist policing, white privilege and centuries-old, inhumane treatment of people of color. If you feel heartbroken, enraged, and motivated to educate yourself about racism in America, please check out these links and share them with others. Let’s get to work.
Anti-racist resources -Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein
Anti-racism Resource Guide – Tasha K.
#GeorgeFloyd Mutual Aid Resources - DontShootPDX.org
Get involved - Anguish and Action – Obama Foundation
Antiracism & America – Antiracist Research and Policy Center, American University
The American Nightmare – Ibram X. Kendi
The Case for Reparations – Ta-Nehisi Coates
For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies – Courtney Ariel
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 “Fed Up”-rising – Michael Harriot
Six Steps to Speak up – Teaching Tolerance
Reading List: Debating Justice, Politics, and Culture in Black America, From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter – Nursing Clio
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice – Corinne Shutack
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not – Danielle Cadet
Ways to Help – BlackLivesMatter.carrd.co
Portland Resources
Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science (AVDS) Recommendations for Increasing & Supporting Racial Diversity at OHSU
Free Radicals – An activist collective dedicated to creating more socially just, equitable, and accountable science
Support Black-Owned Restaurants – Portland
Things You Can Do to Support the Black Community and Promote Antiracist Efforts – Portland Mercury
Books
How to Be an Anti-racist – Ibram X. Kendi
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work - By Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
So you want to talk about Race? – By Ijeoma Oluo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – Robin DiAngelo
Me and White Supremecy - Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor - Layla Saad
Social Media Resources
@blklivesmatter, www.blacklivesmatter.com
@blackvisionscollective, www.blackvisionsmn.com
@reclaimtheblock, www.reclaimtheblock.org
@blackyouthproject, www.blackyouthproject.com
@naacppdx, www.pdxnaacp.org
@blmpdx
@snackblocpdx
@freelunchcollective
@pdxasc, www.pdxasc.org
@dontshootpdx, www.dontshootpdx.org
@basicrightsoregon, www.basicrights.org
@pdx.equity.in.action
@streetroots, www.news.streetroots.org
@keesloadedkitchen