This list was shared by the Northern Province Racial Justice Team. Check back for additional updates.
- “I Have Called You By Name…” a message from the Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Miller
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Medium.com)
- It’s All About the Breath — a meditation by Amy Gohdes-Luhman
- Moravian Unity Board Statement on the Death of George Floyd and Racism (June 6, 2020)
- 2018 Northern Province Synod Resolution: Elimination of Racism: Institutional, Systemic and Personal
Books:
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Check Your Privilege: Live into the Work by Myisha T. Hill
- I’m still here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Additional Resources:
- 8 Online Classes and Workshops That Help You to Examine Your Own Bias (wellandgood.com)
- New York Times 1619 Project
- What is Systemic Racism? — an eight-part series that shows how racism shows up in our lives across institutions and society
Some of the Many Resources to Better Understand and Respond to Systemic Racism in the wake of George Floyd’s Murder and Protests Worldwide
(Compiled by Paul Spies, 6-2-20, [email protected]))
- Excerpt of Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1967: “A Riot is the Language of the Unheard – The Other America” (2min, 23 sec)
Articles:
- *Abdul-Jabbar, K. “Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge”
- *Blow, C. “States Keep Failing Black People”
- *Bates, J. “‘You Can Only Demean People So Much.’ Minneapolis Activists Aren’t Surprised a National Movement Started There”
- *Bates, J. “‘These Protests Are the Community Grieving.’ Activists Say Minneapolis Leaders Need to Make Drastic Changes After George Floyd’s Murder”
- *Sirdar, M. “Minneapolis lacks political will to provide security for all”
- *Coates, T.-N., “The Case for Reparations”
- *Growth & Justice, OneMN.org, and the members of the Thriving by Design Network, “The Minnesota Equity Blueprint: Thriving by Design, Rural and Urban Together”
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