When it comes to fostering racial equity, knowledge truly is power.
Your educational journey starts right here.
There are copious resources available to help you better understand race, racism, and racial dynamics. Below we offer a very small sampling; this is not an endorsement of any of these resources, nor does their appearance here mean other resources that didn’t make the list aren’t extremely valuable. We are simply offering a starting point if you need some help jumping in.
Toolkits
Justice in June by Autumn Gupta
Anti-Racism Resource List managed by Tiffany Bowden
Anti-Racism Resources by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources by Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, and Bailie Gregory
Racial Equity Tools a resource voluntarily managed by three organizations MP Associates, Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD), World Trust Educational Services
Fast Idea Generator by Development Impact & You
Articles
Why People of Color and White Folks Think About Race Differently
The Role of Senior Leaders in Building a Race Equity Culture
5 Ways Entry-Level Employees Can Advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work
“Nobody’s paying me to cry”: The causes of activist burnout in United States animal rights activists
Continuum on becoming a transformative anti-oppression organization
Videos
How White Vegans Can Support Anti-Racist Efforts Encompass webinar (90 minutes)
Beverly Daniel Tatum: Why Are All of the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (58 minutes)
Mellody Hobson Colorblind or Color Brave? (14 minutes)
Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them (18 minutes)
Kathy Obear: Whites Who Are Scared They Will Be Called A Racist (38 minutes)
Christopher Sebastian McJetters: Exploring Connections Between Black Liberation & Animal Liberation (22 minutes)
Austin Channing Brown, Jenny Booth Potter, and Chi Chi Okwu: The Next Question
Podcasts
Code Switch — by NPR
Still Processing — by The New York Times
Dr. Yaba Blay on One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race — by Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
Books
How to Be an Antiracist — by Ibram X. Kendi
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria — by Beverly Daniel Tatum
The New Jim Crow — by Michelle Alexander
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies — by Resmaa Menakem
Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters — by Aph Ko and Syl Ko