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The official website of the Black Lives Matter network, the page offers information and resources “rooted in the experiences of Black people in this country who actively resist our dehumanization” and seek to respond “to the virulent anti-Black racism that permeates our society.”
Letter from a Region in My Mind by James Baldwin
Baldwin's essay is the focus of close reading and discussion in Session Five. Provide print or online access to students through this link to The New Yorker.
Letter to My Son by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coates' essay is the focus of close reading and discussion in Sessions Six and Seven. Provide print or online access to students through this link to The New Yorker.
Research Topics and Sources Page: This categorized list of links to articles, videos, and other resources provides students with sources for their inquiry into the background research topics.
Learning more about double consciousness, codeswitching, and negotiating multiple identities
Double consciousness from DuBoisopedia
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/double-consciousness/
Learning How To Code-Switch: Humbling, But Necessary
American Promise: Idris Codeswitches
https://www.pbs.org/video/pov-american-promise-idris-code-switches/
Being Black—but Not Too Black—in the Workplace
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/being-black-work/409990/
Learning more about the Black Panther Movement
The Black Panther Party from Encyclopedia Britannica (read all but “Legacy”)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party
The Ten-Point Platform
http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution documentary homepage (scroll to view trailer)
http://theblackpanthers.com/home/
Learn about Tupac Shakur and his Activism
YouTube Video: 2pac-T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=YouTube+Video%3A+2pac-T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E.
Politics of Protest: Tupac and Thuglife
Thug Life: Tupac Shakur’s Protest Against America’s Systemic Oppression
https://alexdaviswrites.medium.com/thug-life-tupac-shakurs-protest-against-america-s-systemic-oppression-c3ad77288dd5
Keepin' It Real in Hip Hop Politics: A Political Perspective of Tupac Shakur (excerpt)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/TupacActivismReading.pdf
The Rose that Grew from Concrete
https://allpoetry.com/The-Rose-That-Grew-From-Concrete
Learn More about Media Representations of Fatal Police Shooting of African Americans
OpEd: How the media smears black victims
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-johnson-black-victim-20170330-story.html
When a police shooting victim is a white woman
https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/7/24/16019440/justine-damond-police-shooting-race
The conversation we need on police shootings
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/27/opinions/law-enforcement-racism-opinion-gagliano/index.html
Learn more about the complexity of gang culture/the difficulty of leaving a gang
How do you leave a gang?
http://www.newsweek.com/how-do-you-leave-gang-82499
Gangs: Once a member, it is difficult to get out
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/gangs-once-a-member-it-is-difficult-to-get-out/
Excerpt from “Violent Stories: Personal Narratives, Street Socialization, and the Negotiation of Street Culture Among Street-Oriented Youth”
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/ViolentStoriesReading.pdf
Gang Culture
http://people.missouristate.edu/MichaelCarlie/what_I_learned_about/gangs/culture.htm
Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Native Women's Associaton of Canada - Understanding MMIWG
Sisters in Spirit
The REDress Project
Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
UNDRIP - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alaska appoints investigator dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people. (Gale In Context)
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A704443084/SUIC?u=ak_sdlc_web&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=db65c4ed
The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women From Across The U.S.
Indigenous Racial Issues
Indigenous Racial Issues
Indigenous experiences with racism and its impacts
In this fact sheet, the focus is on the lived and structural forms of racism. We begin by providing a brief overview of what racism is, how it intersects with other forms of discrimination, and how it is manifested.
The Generational Impact Of Racism On Health: Voices From American Indian Communities
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01419
Generational Racism = Trauma -- Australia
Beans Trailer
American Indian Voting Rights
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-native-americans/
Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Human Rights System
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/fs9Rev.2.pdf
Indigenous land and subsistence rights
Can Indigenous subsistence rights still be protected in Alaska?
https://www.ktoo.org/2021/10/28/can-indigenous-subsistence-rights-still-be-protected-in-alaska/
“Living off the Land”: How Subsistence Promotes Well-Being and Resilience among Indigenous Peoples of the Southeastern United States
Alaska Native Subsistence Rights: Taking an Anti-Racist Decolonizing Approach to Land Management and Ownership for Our Children and Generations to Come
Call to Action Let your Voice Be Heard: RESOURCES
Call to Action Let your Voice Be Heard: RESOURCES
Working with the Government/Civics/Politics
• Learn how to lobby: See, Advocacy Resources and suggestions from the Friends Committee on National Legislation: https://www.fcnl.org/updates/how-to-meet-with-congress-19
• Organize a town hall meeting in your community. For some great tips and suggestions on this, please see:
https://guideinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Organizing-a-Town-Hall-Meeting
This is an excellent resource that contains information on all the stages of planning a town hall, including planning, meeting logistics, inviting panelists and guests, promoting the event, creating press kits, holding the town hall, and what to do after the event.
• What are some important telephone numbers that you may need?
• Important addresses?
• Important websites?
Find Your Elected Officials
• Elected officials in local government
https://www.usa.gov/local-governments
• House of Representatives
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-action/letters-to-editor/mainSenate
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Here are some great ideas from Generation Citizen on civic engagement: https://generationcitizen.org/
• Engage in conversations with people who disagree with you.
• Read and subscribe to a local newspaper.
• Learn about your local government.
• Learn about your state government.
• Lobby a decision maker.
• Write an op-ed for a local newspaper or blog.
• Attend and speak at a community or political board meeting.
• Host a political board meeting.
• Advocate for action civics.
• Register to vote: https://vote.gov
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