Racial Justice Resources 

This page is an evolving list of resources that our staff have found helpful but it is not exhaustive. Most of the resources link externally and were created by other organizations or individuals.

Making Space/Processing White Supremacy

• Deepa Iyer’s Building Movement Workbook: Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems

• Teach for America Resources: Resources to Help Teachers Heal, Learn, and Listen.

• Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace: Justice in June - Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step one to becoming an active ally to the black community. On this document are links to the learning resources and a schedule of what to do each day.

Talking to Children/Youth

• CNN: Sesame Street Town Hall on Racism

• CNN: How to Talk to Your Children about Protests and Racism

• Learning for Justice: Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence

• Raising Luminaries: Books for Littles - Engaging children’s picture books to discuss hard topics with the next generation of kind and brilliant leaders.

• Teen Vogue: Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life

• USA Today: George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children?

• 2TeachersBuyBlack: Books About Racism for Kids

Curriculum

• Pulitzer Center: The 1619 Project

• Wide Angle Youth Media: Why Black Lives Matter Curriculum

Youth Voices

• CHARM: Poems for Black Lives Matter

• Wide Angle Youth Media: This Is Baltimore

• YC Teen Mag: Sticking With Black Lives Matter

• YC Teen Mag: Why I Feel Less American Than White People

Actionable Next Steps

• Support Baltimore Action Legal Team and local bail funds

• Donate to local Black community organizations (opt to set up recurring donations if you are able to!):

  • Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

  • Life After Release

  • Out for Justice

  • Racial Justice NOW!

• Donate to organizations working at the intersection of racial justice and social change:

  • American Civil Liberties Union-Maryland

  • Baltimore Racial Justice Action

  • Showing Up for Racial Justice, Baltimore

  • Open Society Institute-Baltimore

  • Public Justice Center

• Sign petitions calling for justice for those murdered or wrongly imprisoned

• Support local black businesses

• Inclusv: 6-Step Guide for Managers