Resources for the Times: Books, Articles, Organizations, Community, and More

June 4, 2020

Feelings of pain, worry, and confusion weigh heavily as we as individuals, an organization, and a country come to this moment filled with cries for justice. But there is hope. We are committed to looking at ourselves with newfound courage to pave the way to profound change. We humbly ask you to join us in the journey.⁠

What follows is a non-exhaustive list of resources for education, further action, and community. To share other books, articles, podcasts, organizations, or voices, please contact us at contact@kripalu.org.

Articles, Books, and Podcasts

Articles

• "Why You Need to Stop Saying 'All Lives Matter'," by Rachel Cargle
• “The Case for Reparations,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• “What Is White Privilege?,” by Sharon Martinas
• “12 Things White People Can Do Now Because of Ferguson,” by Janee Woods
• “Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building,” by Maggie Potapchuk, Sally Leiderman, Donna Bivens, and Barbara Major
• “White Privilege: Let's Talk—a Resource for Transformational Dialogue,” from the United Church of Christ

Books

• Self-Portrait in Black and White, Thomas Chatterton Williams
• Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing, by Verna A. Myers
• Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out, by Ruth King
• White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
• Radical Dharma and Being Black, by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
• On Privilege, Fraudulence, and Teaching as Learning: Selected Essays 1981–2019, by Peggy Mcintosh
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
• Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine

Podcasts

• 1619, a New York Times podcast, by Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Code Switch, NPR, by Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby
• There Goes the Neighborhood, WNYC Studios, by Kai Wright

Places to Donate

• Black Lives Matter
• Minnesota Freedom Fund
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Multicultural BRIDGE
• The Loveland Foundation
• Black Visions Collective
• The Bail Project
• The Antiracist Research & Policy Center (ARPC)

Voices and Communities to Follow

• angel Kyodo williams (@zenchangeangel)
• Valarie Kaur (@valariekaur)
• Rachel Cargle (@rachel.cargle)
• Shaun King (@shaunking)
• Brittany Packnett Cunningham (@mspackyetti)
• Maya Breuer (@maya.breuer)
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (@showingupforracialjustice)
• The Great Unlearn (@thegreatunlearn)