DWR Resource Library

The DWR Resource Library is a comprehensive and searchable database of resources and tools for dance workers and entities covering a wide array of topics.

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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.

    AdvocacyIndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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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.

    IndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionLand AcknowledgementRacial Justice
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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.

    AdvocacyBlack + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionRacial Justice
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    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

    Justice Equity & InclusionRacial Justice
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    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.

    Justice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeWhite Allies + Institutions
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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.

    Justice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearchWhite Allies + Institutions
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    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.

    Business ManagementJustice Equity & InclusionRacial Justice
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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.

    AdvocacyBlack + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionRacial Justice
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    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.

    Funding & FundraisingJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeResearch
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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.

    Black + African DiasporaJustice Equity & InclusionLatine/xRacial Justice
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    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.

    Accessibility + Disability JusticeIndigenousJustice Equity & InclusionLand AcknowledgementRacial Justice
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    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.

    Black + African DiasporaHealth & WellnessJustice Equity & InclusionRacial Justice

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