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IllumiNative
IllumiNative
IllumiNative was a Native woman-led racial and social justice organization dedicated to increasing the visibility of—and challenging the narrative about—Native peoples. NOTE: The organization sunset at the end of 2024, but the website remains with research, guides, podcasts, and other resources.
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Territory Acknowledgement
Native Land Digital
Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. This is often done at the beginning of ceremonies, lectures, or any public event. It can be a subtle way to recognize the history of colonialism and a need for change in settler colonial societies.
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The Case for Reparations
Ta Nehisi-Coates
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
Published June 1, 2014AdvocacyBlack + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeArticle -
The Limitations Of An Anti-Racist Reading List
NPR Pop Culture Happy Hour
What is an anti-racist reading list for? We talk with Lauren Michele Jackson, an Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University, and the author of White Negroes, about the limitations of such listshttps://www.vulture.com/2020/06/anti-racist-reading-lists-what-are-they-for.html
Published June 10, 2020Justice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticePodcast -
White Supremacy Culture
Tema Okun
This website is a long-time dream finally bearing fruit, a needed remix of the widely circulated article White Supremacy Culture originally written and published in 1999.
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Whiteness Project
Whitney Dow
Whiteness Project is conducting interviews with people from all walks of life and localities in which they are asked about their relationship to, and their understanding of, their own whiteness. Each video interview is paired with a statistic that provides a greater societal context and offers an opportunity for self-reflection by the audience on their own thoughts about race.
Published April 1, 2016Justice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearchWhite Allies + InstitutionsWebsite -
Workforce Development Racial Equity Readiness Assessment
Race Forward
This toolkit is meant as a resource for practitioners who are working to build racial equity within organizations. Before using this tool, you should have a foundational knowledge about the theories and realities of institutional racism.
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Working on a National Plan for Reparations
NowThis
H.R. 40 could help make reparations for Black Americans a reality on a national scale — here’s what you need to know about the landmark bill and where it stands.
Published October 23, 2020AdvocacyBlack + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeVideo -
Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy
Helicon Collaborative
Helicon Collaborative’s newest research on funding patterns at national and local levels and the demographics of decision-makers in the nonprofit cultural sector.
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Peru is diversity – Black and Proud in Peru
The World Bank and Ministry of Culture of Peru
Afro-Peruvians discuss their identities and experiences of racism.
Published September 16, 2013Black + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionLatine/xRacial JusticeVideo -
Praxis Sessions for Virtual Collaboration: Land Acknowledgements
HowlRound, Unsettling Dramaturgy
Members of Unsettling Dramaturgy: Crip & Indigenous Dramaturgies discuss the necessity, importance, complexity, and difficulty of land acknowledgements in the context of online organizing, creation and collaboration.
Published March 31, 2020Accessibility + Disability JusticeIndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionLand AcknowledgementRacial JusticeArticleVideo -
Radical Self Care: Angela Davis
AfroPunk
It’s Radical Self Care Week here at AFROPUNK. Let’s learn how revolutionary artists and activists take care of themselves in these chaotic times.
Published December 17, 2018Black + African DiasporaHealth & WellnessJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeVideo