Antiracism Resources for Volunteers
Books by Authors of Color:
How to be An Antiracist- Ibram X. Kendi
Are Prisons Obsolete?– Angela Davis
Sister Outsider- Audre Lorde
Freedom is a Constant Struggle- Angela Davis
How We Get Free: Black Feminism And The Combahee River Collective- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Me and White Supremacy– Layla Saad
I’m Still Here– Austin Channing Brown
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race– Reni Eddo-Lodge
How To Be Less Stupid About Race– Crystal M. Fleming
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth About Our Racial Divide– Carol Anderson
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in The Cafeteria– Beverly Daniel Tatum
So You Want to Talk About Race– Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness- Michelle Alexander
Links:
http://transformschools.ucla.edu/beyond-the-schoolhouse/
Articles:
“The Case for Reparations”- Ta-Nehisi Coates
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”- Audre Lorde
“I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet.”- Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Videos:
Leah Penniman- Soul Fire Farms
Ricardo Salvador- Holyoke Food Justice Conference
Liz Willis-O’Gilvie- Gardening the Community
Films:
Paris is Burning- Documentary
13th- Documentary
Teach Us All– Documentary
Baltimore’s Strange Fruit- Documentary
Gather– Documentary
Race: The Power of an Illusion- Documentary
Medical Bias/ Health Inequities:
Medical Apartheid– Harriet Washington
Killing the Black Body– Dorothy Roberts
Deadly Monopolies -Harriet Washington
Fatal Intervention -Dorothy Roberts
Blood Sugar -Anthony Hatch
Diaper Need Resources
Research and Studies From National Diaper Bank Network
Massachusetts Diaper Need Statistics by The National Diaper Bank Network
Other Resources
Local Foods, Local Places Community Action Plan for Holyoke, MA