June Allyship Calendar

BIPOC Mental Health

Videos to watch:

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• Being Nice is Not Going to End Racism | Robin DiAngelo (9:07)
• What Happens When I Try to Talk Race with White People | PBS NewsHour (3:25)
• Whiteness in Athletics | Jen Fry and Dr. Victoria Farris

Podcasts to subscribe to:

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• The Diversity Gap
• Miss Buchanan’s Period of Adjustment–Revisionist History by Malcom Gladwell
• Shots Fired, Part 1–Radiolab
• Shots Fired, Part 2–Radiolab

Books to read:

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
  by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Films and TV series to watch:

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
• King In The Wilderness  — HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Organizations to follow on social media:

• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

 Articles to read:

• How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama
• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Action Resources

• Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life 
• 4 Compassionate Ways to Support Black Folks After Racist Tragedies 
• 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
• How to help Black Lives Matter: 9 things you can do for the George Floyd Protesters right now 
• How to Support Protesters in Every City by Jael Goldfine and Taylor Champlin

Education about Racism and Racial Healing

• An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism by Arianna Rebolini
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
• A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 ‘Fed Up’-Rising by Michael Harriot
• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Racial Equity Tools
• Racial Healing Handbook

 Renewal and Healing Practice for People of Color

• QTPOC Mental Health Practitioner Directory 
• The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping with Racial Trauma
• Black Virtual Therapist Directory
• Black Girls Smile
• Therapy for Black Girls Podcast

Organizational Responses and Resources

• We are Done Dying | NAACP
• AERA Presidential Statement on Police Killings of Black People | AERA
• Black Lives Matter Blog | ACPA
• NASPA Statement About Racial Violence | NASPA
• NASP Calls for Action to End Racism and Violence Against People of Color | NASP
• NCSS Condemns Killing of George Floyd and Countless Black People | NCSS

More anti-racism resource guides: 

• Anti-Racism Project
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
• Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
• Social IMPACT Research Center Publications 

Document partially compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020. 

Document partially compiled by Educational & Organizational Leadership Development June 2020

Document partially compiled by Clemson Student-Athlete Development June 2020