https://americansofconscience.com/about/

Our Vision:

A kind and thriving nation.

Our Mission:

To provide tools that encourage engagement to strengthen American democracy and social justice.

Our SCORE Values:

• Solidarity through centering our shared humanity and accepting that we need each other for survival. 

• Courage to learn and reflect honestly, to have necessary and uncomfortable conversations, and to model our values in the face of dissent.

• Openness to different perspectives and lived experiences, warmly centering curiosity and compassion in the face of the unknown.

• Respect for ourselves and toward all human beings in our collaborations, communication, and advocacy.

• Engagement in the work of creating change through personal involvement and meaningful community.

https://www.networkadvocates.org/

Since 1972, NETWORK has worked on policy issues that make life better for all of us. The only way to get to a democracy that is multiracial, multi-faith, and inclusive is with all of us.  There are many ways to join our people-powered and person-focused advocacy. No advocacy action is too little—whether you can make the time to sign a petition or organize a rally in your community, your advocacy lifts us forward to measurable wins that build power for the transformation our communities need! 

https://www.allinwi.org/

All in Wisconsin is building a new narrative for our movement that centers our communities, disrupts dog whistles, and fortifies on-the-ground organizing to win racial justice and the freedom to thrive for all in Wisconsin, no exceptions. 

Built by people-powered organizations, and working in partnership with researchers, content creators, labor, and community-based organizations, AIW is training and organizing with activists to ensure — from our climate to our schools, from healthcare to democracy, community safety and more — freedom, justice and joy for all in Wisconsin.

CRTToolkit is meant to be a resource center - primarily for parents and community members to learn what "Critical Race Theory" is - and is not. And provide actions and models of how to make a difference right now in your community. 

https://crttoolkit.com/

https://steady.substack.com/p/how-do-we-reckon-with-the-role-of/comments?fbclid=IwAR0lg-rp2m6kNKZXsCmhw7Q6w-G-reor_ps5xJooyQrWgmPcEpigGXA5O00

Article: This Moment is a Movement about Public Safety

by Lawrence Richardson, a Black UCC clergy colleague and friend

Published on Mar 8, 2021 

https://www.ucc.org/ucc-minister-this-moment-is-a-movement-about-public-safety/?inf_contact_key=6f619c962a7d5e657804b7dfe46c0a7dd18a532c4142cb79caf2b269de1401fa&fbclid=IwAR0TsroiVKEsejns8b_edxplLOyik1iYeFMweqob926A2xhGbONkoWB8MNk

Published: Mar 25, 2021

One way to support is raising awareness of the long history of discrimination the AAPI community has faced in the United States to better understand their experience and what needs to change. 

https://www.theskimm.com/news/history-of-anti-asian-racism-in-the-united-states-3eBqGfaF6V0gIo76VYXtUZ

Allyship is committing to support a group you’re not part of, typically a marginalized group. And allies check their privilege and use it to elevate others’ voices. But some say that the term “ally” doesn’t always = action. Enter: the active bystander. That’s when you recognize a conflict and take action to try to diffuse it. 

https://www.theskimm.com/news/how-to-be-an-ally-fight-racism-5biSdmA3LvKQtjVty1l1Sv

...people can learn to become active bystanders: individuals who work to create cultures that actively reject harmful or discriminatory behavior through targeted interventions. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/smarter-living/how-to-be-an-active-bystander-when-you-see-casual-racism.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/people-of-color-grief_l_6030100ec5b6cc8bbf3b8a34/amp?fbclid=IwAR0vyi9Rcez5m3sP28BivGboPwE09uLzzdzoMcfquLplHQKDfV8L3bRl_AQ

The Council for Black Male Success (the Council) is an innovative initiative led by a collective group of community organization leaders in the Metro area in partnership with the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. 

Visit their website here:

https://www.spmcf.org/what-we-do/invest-in-community-led-solutions/community-initiatives/council-for-black-male-success?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general

Grad Student Refocuses the Narrative

Photographer Steph Foster reflects on racism in America and brings his stories of hope to Design Indaba 2019.

"Systemic racism is a man-made construct, and anything that has been engineered can also be reverse-engineered."  

https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/grad-student-refocuses-narrative

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