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“Racism is a public health crisis,” according to a May 2020 statement from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). This means that racism — whether unintentional, unconsciously, or concealed — has affected Black Americans’ access...
Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America–but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of...
The ideas captured on this website, very much a work in progress, have been developed to support White people to act for racial justice. It draws from ideas and resources developed mostly by Black, Brown...
In this article, social commentator, memoirist, and poet bell hooks lifts up the importance of approaching the work of liberation from an ethic of love. “Without an ethic of love shaping the direction of...
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At Kirkridge, this is a moment to renew and enlarge our commitment to do the hard work of transforming unjust systems that do violence to dignity. We do this by speaking out against racism,...
DismantlingRacism.org This website is a web-based version of a workbook designed originally to support the Dismantling Racism workshop offered by Dismantling Racism Works, a training collaborative that is not offering workshops or consulting support...
Juneteenth, Explained is an article written by Fabiola Cineas for Vox, explaining the holiday’s 155-year history holds a lot of meaning in the fight for Black liberation today. From the article: As demonstrators across...
Why All Americans Should Honor Juneteenth is a video created by Vox on the history of Juneteenth and why all Americans should honor the holiday commemorating the end of chattel slavery in the United...
Call to Worship for Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday This Call to Worship was written by Rev. Eric Thomas. The Prophet Micah told us that the LORD requires us to do justice, love kindness...