Dismantling Racism Resource List
First Presbyterian Session Resolution on Racism and Embracing Our Christian Calling from September newsletter p. 12-15 Read the September 2020 First Press
PCUSA Resources:
https://facing-racism.pcusa.org/
https://www.pcusa.org/racial-justice-resources/
A Statement from the Special Committee on Racism Truth and Reconciliation- June 25, 2020
https://www.pcusa.org/news/2020/6/25/statement-special-committee-racism-truth-and-recon/
Golden Rule 2020- www.goldenrule2020.org
Rev Jimmy Hawkins, PCUSA joined in November 2019
Confessions
- Confession of Belhar https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/theologyandworship/pdfs/belhar.pdf
- Barmen Confession (Confession of 1967) https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/theologyandworship/pdfs/confess67.pdf
- Sarasota Statement https://nextchurch.net/the-sarasota-statement/sarasota-statement-text
Books
- Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saad
- White Fragility, Robin D’Angelo
- Waking Up White, Debbie Irving
- Stamped, Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Khendi
- How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Khendi
- So You Want to Talk About Racism, Ijeoma Oluo
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem
- I’m Still Here, Austin Channing Brown
Local Organizations:
My Brother’s Keeper- My Brother’s Keeper Washtenaw wmbk.org
WeRoc- Justice Matters Campaign https://werocmi.org/about-weroc/
United Way of Washtenaw, 21 Day Equity Challenge, MI Edition, https://www.uwwashtenaw.org/21-day-challenge-catalogue
Criminal Injustice info: CREW (Citizens for Racial Equity in Washtenaw) “Race to Justice” August 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzzMYyMkVIM
Circles program- https://www.friendsindeedmi.org/circles/
Here's how white people can advance racial justice in Washtenaw ... by Sarah Rigg, Concentrate, July 29, 2020 includes Sidebar with Racial Justice Resources
https://www.secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/.../whiteallyship0557.aspx
Washtenaw County Health Department
washtenaw.org/3182/ Racial Justice-and-Health Equity
Working with marginalized populations to engage in COVID testing and treatment
One Community: Advancing Racial Equity in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County opportunitywashtenaw.org. washtenaw.org/2658Equity-in-Washtenaw
Countering racism by imbedding equity in governmental budget and policy decisions.
Michigan Poor Peoples Campaign in Washtenaw County https://www.michiganppc.org
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County jfsannarbor.org
Refugee resettlement and economic and social integration
Legal Services of South Central Michigan lsscm.org/services-offered
Videos:
https://www.theworkofthepeople.com/film_series/covenantal-restoration
Racism in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGUwcs9qJXY
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jUA7JBkF4t
How to overcome our Biases - Walk straight toward them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ&t=86s
Fast Race https://youtu.be/4K5fbQ1-zps
Verna Meyers on Implicit Bias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ
Debbie Irving -Whitewashed History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67kYWXHtBRY
Debbie Irving – Finding Myself in Race Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD5Ox5XNEpg&t=21s
Conversation & Perspective on White Privilege https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejLoiUaTV1s
Melanie Funchess – Implicit Bias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk
Eddie Gaude Jr. This is Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKiB0APdxTo
Democracy In Black America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6hyLed8JmM
We Need to Talk About Injustice – Bryan Stevenson https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice#t-259774
Emanuel Acho – Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jUA7JBkF4
“Why I Stopped Talking About Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking About White Supremacy.” By Erna Kim Hackett. Online. https://www.inheritancemag.com/stories/why-i-stopped-talking-about-racial-reconciliation-and-started-talking-about-white-supremacy?fbclid=IwAR298ihtZCax48YjqyBC8CTCXHDOtZ30rYcAZsR4WQix6dV9Hj08r31zxuM
“Inviting White Cops into the Struggle.” Black Like Me. 1:36minutes Podcast/Youtube.
June 2,2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69bCTR87Y0
“Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools.” PBS online. https://www.pbs.org/video/unspoken-americas-native-american-boarding-schools-oobt1r/
“In this Together: A PBS American Portrait Story.” PBS online. https://www.pbs.org/video/in-this-together-a-pbs-american-portrait-story-soqemo/
“How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time.” Baratunde Thurston. Ted Talk online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw
“I Can’t Breathe.” Rev. Margaret Aymer. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. https://austinseminarydigital.org/items/show/1349
“Bicycle Thief Episode.” What Would You Do? (ABC TV show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rMcYzpsAA
“Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor’s Struggle to Find Home.” https://www.pbs.org/video/love-thy-neighbor-a-muslim-doctors-struggle-to-find-home-35515/
and update https://www.pbs.org/video/dawsons-dr-ayaz-virji-an-update-38031/
“White Liberalism and the Illusion of Racial Progress.” Professor Vincent Hutchings. (OLLI presentation) https://olli.mivideo.it.umich.edu/media/t/1_96d153r6/83794921