Presented here is a list of single resources to help you begin an education about anti-racism and racial justice.

VIDEO/FILM

Presiding Bishop Curry’s Word to the Church: When the Cameras are Gone, We Will Still Be Here

https://episcopalchurch.org/posts/publicaffairs/presiding-bishop-currys-word-church-when-cameras-are-gone-we-will-still-be-0

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Documentary film by Ava DuVerny, examining the U.S. prison system, racial inequality and mass incarceration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

Sacred Ground

“Sacred Ground” is a Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race & Faith created by Episcopal Church staff led by film director Katrina Brown.

https://episcopalchurch.org/sacred-ground/on-demand-webinar

 

White Fragility

A video of Dr. Robin DiAngelo discussing ‘White Fragility’

https://youtu.be/45ey4jgoxeU

AUDIO/PODCAST

The Ezra Klein Show – Listen to Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal on Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bryan-stevenson-on-how-america-can-heal/id1081584611?i=1000485472204

Short Wave – Understanding Unconscious Bias https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-unconscious-bias/id1482575855?i=1000484994408

TED Radio Hour – Ingrained Injustice

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ingrained-injustice/id523121474?i=1000477660259

 

On Being with Krista Tippett – Resmaa Menakem – ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’

https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/

 

On Being with Krista Tippett – Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem – In Conversation

https://onbeing.org/programs/robin-diangelo-and-resmaa-menakem-in-conversation/

 

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do – NPR radio conversation about Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do – By Jennifer Eberhardt

https://www.npr.org/books/titles/705115309/biased-uncovering-the-hidden-prejudice-that-shapes-what-we-see-think-and-do

MORE RESOURCES

100 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (continually updated)

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

 

BECOMING BELOVED COMMUNITY … WHERE YOU ARE:  A Resource for Individuals, Congregations & Communities Seeking Racial Healing, Reconciliation and Justice

https://episcopalchurch.org/files/bbc_where_you_are_1.pdf

 

Black Visions Collective (BLVC) believes in a future where all Black people have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in the right relationship within our ecosystems.

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org

 

Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing

The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, founded by Dr. Catherine Meeks, provides programs and resources to promote racial reconciliation.

https://www.centerforracialhealing.org

 

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates (PDF), By Ta-Nehisi Coates, published in The Atlantic, June 2014. View it at www.theatlantic.com:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

 

The 1619 Project (all articles)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

 

A reader’s guide to White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism (PDF) – by Robin DiAngelo, published in 2018 by Beacon Press

Download a Reader’s Guide:

https://www.beacon.org/assets/pdfs/whitefragilityreadingguide.pdf