Becoming Better Allies: Committed to Equity in UCSC Libraries

Anti-Racism 

Networks & Resources

The BIPOC Project

• The BIPOC Project aims to build authentic and lasting solidarity among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), in order to undo Native invisibility, anti-Blackness, dismantle white supremacy and advance racial justice. 

CARE Equity

• Catalysts for Achieving Racial and Ethnic (CARE) Equity is committed to supporting individuals and organizations striving to promote inclusiveness and achieve racial and ethnic equity.

Catalyst Project

• Located in San Francisco, the Catalyst Project serves as a center for collective liberation. They provide training aimed at building the capacity of white people to be part of anti-racist social movements.

Demos

• A "think-and-do" tank that powers the movement for a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy. 

Racial Equity Institute

• An alliance of trainers, organizers, and institutional leaders who have devoted themselves to the work of creating racially equitable organizations and systems. They help individuals and organizations develop tools to challenge patterns of power and grow equity.

Racial Equity Tools

• Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large. 

Roots of Justice

• Seeks the liberation of all persons from oppression, by providing strategies and tools for educating, organizing and renewing persons, institutions and systems. 

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

• SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. 

Articles & Videos 

• Collection of Resources: For White People--How To be an Anti-Racist (Google Doc)

• Catalyst Project (April 18, 2016). "8 Lessons from 'The Future of Solidarity': How White People Can Support the Movement for Black Lives." (Web Post)

• De Witte, Melissa (June 2, 2020). "Stanford Scholars Examine Racism, Social Change and How to Build a
  More Just Future." Stanford News. (Article)

• Gal, Shayanne et al. (July 8, 2020). "26 Charts To Show Friends and Family Who Aren't Convinced Racism Is Still a Problem in America." Business Insider. (Article)

• Karklina, Anastasia (June 21, 2020). "Glorifying White Authors Like DiAngelo Erases Decades of Black Writing on Whiteness." Medium. (Web Post)

• Keel, Beverly (June 11, 2020). "White Silence Hinders Progress in Black Lives Matter Movement." Tennessean. (Op-Ed)

• Rapple, Charlie (June 15, 2020). "Educating Ourselves: Ten Quotes from Researchers Exploring Issues Around Race." The Scholarly Kitchen. (Blog Post)

• Thurston, Baratunde (June 26, 2019). "How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At A Time." Ted. (YouTube)

Civil Rights

• Black Alliance (August 13, 2020). "Best John Lewis Quotes: Voting, Love, Education, Good Trouble." (Web Post)

• Ganeva, Tana. (2019) Black Panther Fred Hampton Created a "Rainbow Coalition" to Support Poor Americans. Here's a clip of a speech Hampton himself gives about coalition-building: 

• Board, C. E. (2021, January 24). The killing of two Black Panthers, the secrets of the FBI — and our nation’s long fight for police reform. Chicago Sun-Times. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/24/22244731/new-fbi-records-black-panthers-police-reform-fred-hampton-mark-clark-editorial

• Jiménez, Celia  Why Non-Citizen is a Better Word Than Alien

•  McMullen, Wendy (2020). "Public Library Segregation: Arrested for Reading in a *White’s Only* Library." (Google Slideshow)

• Salahu-Din, Tulani. "Hidden Herstory: The Girls of Leesburg Stockade." National Museum of African American History & Culture. (Blog Post) 

Environmental Racism

• Gardiner, Beth (June 9, 2020). "Unequal Impact: The Deep Links Between Racism and Climate Change." Yale Environment 360. (Web Post)

• Holden, Emily (June 27, 2019). "People of Color Live with 66% More Air Pollution, US Study Finds." The Guardian. (Article)

• Lakhani, Nina (January 13, 2020). "'Heat Islands': Racist Housing Policies in US Linked to Deadly Heatwave Exposure." The Guardian. (Article)

• Nye, Bill (July 22, 2020). "Bill Nye Uses Science To Explain Why Racism Doesn't Make Sense." Now This. (YouTube)

• Tabuchi, Hiroko and Nadja Popovich (Feb 1, 2021)  Two Biden Priorities, Climate and Inequality, Meet on Black-Owned Farms

Health & Mental Health

• Aroke, Edwin N., et al. (2019). "Could Epigenetics Help Explain Racial Disparities in Chronic Pain?" Journal of Pain Research. (Journal Article)

• Blackwell, Kelsey (August 9, 2018). "Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People."  The Arrow(Blog Post)

• Curry, Andrew (July 18, 2019). "Parents’ Emotional Trauma May Change Their Children’s Biology. Studies in Mice Show How." Science Magazine (Article) 

• Hersey, Tricia. "The Nap Ministry." (Website)    

• Meadows-Fernandez, Rochaun. "14 Organizations and People Working to Support BIPOC Mental Health During the Coronavirus Crisis." Self. (Article)

• Obama Foundation (June 15, 2020). "President Obama, John Lewis, Bryan Stevenson and More Discuss Mental Health During a Racism Pandemic." (YouTube)

• Thulin, Lila (July 20, 2020). "What 'Racism is a Public Health Issue' Means." Smithsonian Magazine. (Article)

• Waters, Amanda & Lisa Asbill (August 2013). "Reflections on Cultural Humility." American Psychological Association. (Web Post)

Image & Beauty

• Amazon.com: Dark Girls : Viola Davis, Joni Bovill, D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke, Bill Duke, D. Channsin Berry, Bill Duke, D. Channsin Berry: Movies & TV. (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Girls-D-Channsin-Berry/dp/B00ESY74DK

• Bourgeois, H. H. and J. W. (2021, February 23). Penalizing Black hair in the name of academic success is undeniably racist, unfounded, and against the law. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/02/23/penalizing-black-hair-in-the-name-of-academic-success-is-undeniably-racist-unfounded-and-against-the-law/

Language

•  How to change a narrative: A guide for activists and peace-builders. (2017, July 3). American Friends Service Committee. https://www.afsc.org/story/how-to-change-narrative-guide-activists-and-peace-builders

• Howard, Sara A. & Steven A. Knowlton (2018). "The Library of Congress Classification and Subject Headings for African American Studies and LGBTQIA Studies." Library Trends. (Journal Article)

• Racism Embedded in Language (Google Doc)

• Singletary, Michelle (December 4, 2020). "Racial Microaggression Take a Major Toll on Black Americans." Washington Post. (Article)

• Souza, Tasha (June 1, 2020). "Responding to Microaggressions in Online Learning Environments During a Pandemic." Academic Impressions. (Web Post)

• Thorpe, JR (October 5, 2017). "The Surprising Thing You Use Every Day That Contributes to Structural Racism." Bustle. (Web Post)

• White, Hollie C. (2018). "Decolonizing the Way Libraries Organize." IFLA WLIC 2018. (Conference Proceedings) 

Systemic Racism

• Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (2016). "7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism is Real." (Web Post)

• MSNBC (July 6, 2020). "Giridharadas: Trump is Doubling Down During a Pandemic." Morning Joe. (YouTube)

• PBS (November 4, 2020). "White Nationalism 'The Common Thread' in 2016 and 2020 Elections." Amanpour and Company. (YouTube)

• Robinson, Jeffrey (March 9, 2020). "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America with Jeffrey Robinson." Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival. (YouTube)

• The Roots of Structural Racism: Segregation in the US - YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q1eUrpbnzU