Sangha Health

Boston-Based Celebrations of Juneteenth for 2022 *adapted list from CMSC

• Juneteenth Boston - Radically Reclaiming Royalty

• King Boston's Nubian Square Juneteenth Celebration

• more here

For Non-Black Folks

• Anti-Racism in mindfulness communities

• Highly recommend this book: Beyond White Mindfulness

• 10 Things We Want White People To Do To Celebrate Juneteenth

• (non-Black folks of color): https://www.washington.edu/counseling/culture-of-care/resources-for-non-black-individuals-and-communities-of-color/

• What is Juneteenth?

• Performative Juneteenth celebrations (going beyond)

• When Juneteenth was just ours

Meditation

• CMC’s Heartwood Black, Indigenous, People of Color Mindfulness Community, free, live online, Fridays6pm to 7:15pm ET

• Juneteenth Meditation/Poem by adrienne marie brown

• Sebene Selassie "You Can't Meditate This Away" (Race, Rage, and the Responsibilities of Meditators)" 

• Lama Rod Owens "An Uncomfortable (But Meaningful) Conversation About Race" . Also offering free practices nearly every day on his Instagram.

• Rev angel Kyodo Williams Can be seen on 10% happier podcast. Rev angel is also hosting free daily sits and half-day retreats.

• DaRa Williams, a psychotherapist, teacher at IMS and elsewhere, and trainer (IMS POC retreat in 2 weeks, Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy)

• Liberate app If you are looking to support Black meditation teachers and access to their teachings, the Liberate app centers Black teachers and wisdom and features all Black/Indigenous/People of Color teachers.

• Garrison Institute BIPOC Meditation Sangha, Thursdays 12-1

Community

• BIPOC Medation

• Rhonda Magee: The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities
  Through Mindfulness

Books

• Black-owned bookstores

• Rhonda Magee: The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities
  Through Mindfulness

• Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah Ph.D: Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love,
  and Liberation

• Ruth King: Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out

Articles

Article Collection: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/essays

Diversity and Professionalism (PDF)

Addressing Health Disparities Among Minority Populations Why Clinical Trial Recruitment Is Not Enough (PDF)

Racial Trauma in Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-traumatization

Videos

• Spiritual Teacher Thomas Hübl & Contemplative Scholar Practitioner Dr. Angel Acosta

• Dr. Angel Acosta: https://www.drangelacosta.com/

• Breathwork for All: https://www.drangelacosta.com/breathwork-community-practice-for-all

• Breathwork for BIPOC: https://www.drangelacosta.com/breathwork-community-grounding-BIPOC-only

• The Anti-Racism Revolution: Inhabiting the Moment, a conversation with Tara Brach and Spring Washam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnjGOi6FFU&feature=youtu.be

• Tara Brach’s Interview with Resmaa Menakam: Healing Racialized Trauma

Podcast

• Rev. angel Kyodo williams:

  • Mindful by Design

  • The World Is Our Field of Practice

• On Being: Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence

Websites

• Racial Data Lab

• stopaapihate.org

• Mental Health Resources for Young People of Color

• Black Mental Health Matters

Additional resources can also be found here: Courage of Care

For our BIPOC Community, join CMC’ s ‘Live Online’ weekly practices:

• Fridays, 6:00-7:00pm(ET): Weekly POC practice with Rahil

• Additional BIPOC offerings

For White Allies Seeking Community Committed to Anti-Racism, additional practices are listed here:

• Cambridge Insight's White Awake group

• Additional resources: East Bay Meditation

Courses:

• Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folk - https://www.shawnamurraybrowne.com/courses

Documentaries:

• Raoul Peck, Exterminate All the Brutes (on HBO--mindblowing history of white supremacy and colonization--provides excellent historical foundation for decolonizing efforts)

• Teach Us All

• Growing up Milwaukee (on HBOMax now)

Miscellaneous

• http://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/

•  https://whiteworkingmom.com/

• CHA Anti-Racism Resource List

• List including Anti-White-Supremacy & Anti-Patriarchy Resources & opportunities

• An Online Caucus with White Awake. Facilitators: Eleanor Hancock and David Dean

• “Notes from the Field” by Anna Deavere Smith  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNhC4eSzQU

• https://stopaapihate.org/ 

• https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/aaajcommunitystatement 

• https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html

• East Bay Meditation Agreements for multicultural interactions

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Allies

• Call It In: How to critique offensive behavior or speech without totally losing it.

• Spirit Rock Kalyanna Mitta Guidelines

• You Can't Meditate This Away

• See Through Unconscious Bias Meditation

• A Meditation for Money Worries

• Francesca Maxime Comprehensive Resource List

• Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations & Newsletters

• https://metoomvmt.org/the-inception/

• https://hiddenwatercircle.org

• https://barcc.org

• https://www.d2l.org 

• www.traumastewardship.com 

Instagram/Social Media Outlets to Follow:

• @decolonizethisplace

• @decolonizingtherapy (Dr. Jennifer Mullan)

• @dr.rosalesmeza

• @inclusivetherapists

• https://www.facebook.com/SchoolPsychologyAndNeurodiversity

• Black Mental Health Symposium, https://blackmhsymposium.com/ 

Ableism

• Resources from Jocelyn's website 

• Invisible Disability Project : This is Me Video Series

• Stories about: Ableism, Stigma, Diversity, and more.

• Flip the Script by Calling Out Ableism First

• Unseen Zine: Writing on Disablility & Culture

McLean’s Deconstructing Stigma campaign, showcasing stories of individual’s mental health experiences. The goal of the campaign is to foster compassion and reduce stigma about mental health to increase knowledge and encourage people to seek treatment, if needed. This project is presented online as well as through exhibits like those at Logan International Airport in Boston and the Nehru Science Center in Mumbai, India.

Please email Jocelyn at JocelynEve28@gmail.com, if there are any resources you've found useful and would like to add to this list.