Resources to Help You on Your Racial Equity Journey

Reading Materials

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• 1619 (New York Times)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Podcast: Seeing White
• State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America’s Future by Manuel Pastor
• On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by DeRay Mckesson
•  Podcast: Finding Kenyon Barr: Demolition of the West End by Anna Delano Steinert

Films to watch

• Just Mercy 
• 13th
• Dear White People
• LA 92
• When They See Us
• All Day and A Night
• The Death and Life of Marsh P. Johnson: Netflix
• The Black Boss Experience: PBS

Podcasts

• GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp

•  NPR Series: America Reckons with Racial Justice

Celebrating Juneteenth: Resources & Ideas

• Atlantic Magazine: The Quintessential Americanness of Juneteenth
• Atlantic Magazine: Celebrating Juneteenth in a Moment of Peril
• Atlantic Magazine: Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenth
• Equal Justice Initiative: Remembering Juneteenth
• Wear red clothing as it celebrates resilience 
• Shop and support Black-owned businesses