Anti-Racism Resource Guide

Micah 6:8 reminds us to act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God. 

In light of current events, the following anti-racism resource guide is intended to help us as a church continue to move the conversation forward around racial injustice. Our hope and prayer is that no matter where you may find yourself on the racial justice and reconciliation journey, together we would see this moment as an opportunity as Jesus followers to lean in as a community and to go deeper and further in our listening, learning, understanding and action. Let us remember that the work of justice and reconciliation is not a sprint, but a marathon. 

We will continue to update this document with resources. If you have any resources that you would like to add, email us at connect@commongood.church.

Christian Theology and Perspective:

• Book List: Antiracism Books for Christians - A Reading Guide

• Book: Let Justice Roll Down by John Perkins

• Book: The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper

• Book: Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys by Richard Twiss

• Book: Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah

• Book: The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah

• Book: Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison

  • Be the Bridge Reader’s Guide

• Book: The Heart of Racial Justice by Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

• Book: Race & Place by David P. Leong 

• Book: Uncommon Common Ground by Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh and Manuel Pastor

• Book: Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu by Michael Battle

Books:

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

• Stamped from the Beginning by Dr. Ibram Kendi or a shorter adapated version Stamped by Jason Reynolds

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

• How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

  • How to be Anti-Racist book discussion guide

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• Books by author Angela Davis

• Books by author Assata Shakur

Articles/Publications:

• Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life

• The 1619 Project

• Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing is a Reminder of the Difference Between Non-Racist and Anti-Racist

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

• Asian American Complicity in Racism

• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now

• Let’s Eviscerate the Model Minority Myth

Online Resources:

• Anti-Racism for Beginners

• Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Reparations for Black People (google doc)

• Your must feed the wellness of the movement (IG resource for non Black POC)

• Black Lives Matter Allyship Resources

• Black History Month Library (google folder)

• On Race: Anti-Racism Resources for AAPI (google doc)

Podcasts:

• The Good Ancestor

• 1619 (New York Times)

• About Race

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• BrnGrlFeels

Children’s/Parenting Resources:

• Little Upbeat Class

• Conscious Kid Patreon

• Talking About Race (parent’s guide)

• Colourful Pages - #BlackLivesMatter: K-8 Distance Learning Activities for Justice for George Floyd

• Raising Race Conscious Children (online resource w/ strategies, workshops, podcasts, blogs, etc)

• 7 Ways to Highlight Resistance Efforts When Discussing Oppression with Children (discussion guide)

• Separate is Never Equal (YouTube Read-Aloud)

• Animation Series: Something Happened In Our Town (YouTube Storytelling)

• Link to videos and read-a-loud books for elementary students

Documentaries/Shows/Movies

• Just Mercy (film 2019; available to rent, free streaming on Redbox through 6/29/20)

• 13th - Ava DuVernay (Netflix)

• When They See Us (Netflix)

• Selma - Ava DuVernay (available to rent)

• PBS Segment on George Floyd

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Social Media Accounts to follow:

• @austinchanning

• @rachel.cargle

• @laylafsaad

• @asians4blklives

• @southasians4blacklives

• @theconsciouskid

• @ihartericka

• @18millionrising

• @litteleupbeatclass

• @beyonkz

Organizations to support:

• Black Visions Collective

• NW Community Bail Fund

• Nationwide Bail Fund

• Fair Fight Immigrant Bail Fund

• Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

• Reclaim the Block

• Unicorn Riot

• Seattle Black Owned Businesses to support:

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/B8IMwW2HJ2V/?igshid=d8nhpg49g5wf

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5v4WHjyAM/?igshid=1fh4s1w5ec2v8

Action Steps:

• Petitions to Sign

• Text or Call

• Register to Vote

• Further donation resources

Organizations already doing this work:

• El Centro De La Raza

• Be the Bridge

• Equal Justice Initiative