TABLE OF CONTENTS:
National Justice Organizations/People/ResourcesWashington, DC Area Organizations
Washington, DC Area History/News Resources
General Racism/Equity Resources
Cultural Appropriation Resources
Health Equity Resources
Criminal Justice/Mass Incarceration Resources
Housing Equity Resources
Parenting/Kids/Families and Racism Resources
School Equity/Equality Resources
Immigration Equity Resources
Recommended Books/Films/Podcasts
NATIONAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS/PEOPLE/RESOURCES:
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - especially “Ten Ways to Fight Hate Guide”
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - especially Vote Smart Justice
- Color of Change - Color of Change helps you do something real about injustice, including Bold Conversations
- MPower Change - Muslim Grassroots Movement
- Woke Folks - Unapologetically fighting injustice in America with education and action
- The Root - Black News, Opinions, Politics and Culture
- Outdoor Afro - Where Black People & Nature Meet
- Center for American Progress - especially their Criminal Justice and Education sections
- Race Forward and Center for Racial Justice Innovation, which also publishes Colorlines and hosts “Facing Race” conference
- Coming to the Table - Taking America Beyond the Legacy of Enslavement
- Opportunity Insights (based at Harvard University) - Translating Research into Policy Action to Increase Upward Mobility
- Race Matters Institute - advancing racial equity
- Anna E. Casey Foundation, Equity and Inclusion work, including Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide (1/8/15)
- Center for Social Innovation, including SPARC program (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)
- Poor People’s Campaign - a national call for moral revival
- The Century Foundation - foster opportunity, reduce inequality, and promote security at home and abroad
- United States Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies, Opportunity Atlas
- National League of Cities Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL) program
- From Privilege to Progress - Learn, Speak Up, Amplify
- White Awake - waking ourselves for the benefit of all
- The Kojo Nnamdi Show at WAMU 88.5
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)
- The North Star - Speak Truth to Power media company
- Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice: Moving from Actor to Ally to Accomplice by WhiteAccomplices.org
- Leslie Mac - Allies in Action
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WASHINGTON, DC AREA ORGANIZATIONS:
- Challenging Racism - workshops, events, and resources
- Tenants and Workers United (TWU) - supporting low income residents of color (primarily immigrants) in Northern Virginia
- The Dream Project - Arlington-based non-profit that empowers immigrant students
- NAACP Arlington Branch - Meets monthly on 3rd Mondays at 7 p.m. at Walter Reed Community Center
- NAACP Fairfax Branch - Meets monthly on 2nd Saturdays at 10 a.m. at Kings Park Community Library
- Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement (VOICE) - social justice organization including focusing on affordable housing in Northern Virginia
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (UUCA) - many social justice initiatives
- “Activist Listening Session” with Irma Cortado, Whitney Parnell, Azza Altiraifi, and Tracey L. Rogers (Click on Archives, the session is called "Activist Listening Session on Race," which can be viewed or downloaded. Please donate to the activists through SURJ Nova.)
- County Council of PTAs (CCPTA) of Arlington Collaboration Initiative (CPCI) - grant fund addressing inequities in PTA funding among Arlington schools
- Legal Aid Justice Center - Virginia based organization focused on civil rights and racial justice, economic justice, children advocacy, and immigrant advocacy
- Arlington County Civic Federation - advocacy on general welfare, including schools, zoning, and infrastructure
- Read Early and Daily (READ)
- Virginia Humanities, Changing the Narrative program
- Arlington County Neighborhood College program - civic leadership development program
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WASHINGTON, DC AREA HISTORY/NEWS RESOURCES:
- Manumission Tour Company - African American history walking tours in Old Town Alexandria
- “Are There Two Arlingtons?” by G. Stephen Thurston in Arlington Magazine
- “The Changing Face of Arlington Public Schools Over the Past Six Decades” by Meg Tucillo (May 2017)
- “Lance Newman, among the first to integrate Arlington schools, dies at 71” by Scott McCaffrey in Inside Nova (10/12/18)
- “APS taking another shot at addressing diversity issues” by Scott McCaffrey in Inside Nova (3/15/19)
- “How One Church Tackled Its Community’s Affordable Housing Crisis” by Anna Sutterer in Sojourners (3/18/19)
- “Students from Arlington’s last all-black high school class recall growing pains of integration” by Tara Bahrampour in The Washington Post (4/12/19)
- “Neighbors are fighting to stop this vacant building in Arlington from becoming affordable housing” by David Whitehead in Greater Greater Washington (4/11/18)
- “New Research Reveals Opportunity Gap Between North and South Arlington Neighborhoods” by Alex Koma in ArlNow (10/8/18)
- “Arlington Schools See Racial Disparity in Suspension Rates, Police Referrals” by Anna Merod in ArlNow (5/9/18)
- "Storm Destroys Portion of Historic ‘Segregation Wall’ in Hall’s Hill" by Vernon Miles in ArlNow (7/8/19)
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GENERAL RACISM/EQUITY RESOURCES:
- “Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston” by Jon Greenberg (7/10/15)
- “Research says there are ways to reduce racial bias. Calling people racist isn’t one of them.” by German Lopez in Vox (updated 7/30/18)
- “4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Bringing the White Tears” by Jennifer Loubriel in Everyday Feminism (2/16/16)
- "The Policies of White Resentment" by Carol Anderson in The New York Times (8/5/17)
- "The Sugarcoated Language of White Fragility" by Anna Kegler in the Huffington Post (updated 12/6/17)
- "White People: Stop Weaponizing Our Emotions to Avoid Your Racism" by Shannon Barber on Wear Your Voice (8/4/17)
- "White people: what is your plan for the Trump presidency?" by Brittany Packnett in Vox (11/14/16). This one is particularly impressive given that it was written right after the election and is prescient about some of the things that have happened since. The headline sounds like it's focused on partisan issues, but the majority of the content is about confronting racism.
- "Going It Alone" by Rahawa Haile in Outside Online (4/11/17). This is a wonderful personal account as well as a touch on environmental racism issues.
- "Why Do White People Feel Discriminated Against? I Asked Them." by Touré in The Daily Beast (11/5/17)
- "Six Things White People Can Do To Reach Friends and Family Members to End Racism" by Kimberly Dark on Medium (8/13/17)
- “Racism is Driving Modern American Gun Culture” by Christopher Keelty in Medium (2/23/18)
- “One chef’s social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30” by Maura Judkis in The Washington Post (3/2/18)
- “Same family income, same street, but the black boy still grows up to earn less” by Tracy Jan in The Washington Post (3/19/18)
- "Disparities Persist for Children of Color, Immigrant Children" in Philanthropy News Digest (10/24/17)
- “Uneven Opportunity Landscape in Northern Virginia” by Northern Virginia Health Foundation (11/27/17)
- “Phase One Study Findings” Center for Social Innovation, Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities (March 2018)
- “An African American leader brings a provocative take to expanded Civil War museum” by Gregory S. Schneider in The Washington Post (4/15/18)
- “We Need To Talk About Black Lives And Gun Violence After The Florida Shooting” by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman in Huffington Post (2/22/18)
- “Aware of disparities, Montgomery County wants to weigh ‘equity’ in making policy decisions.” by Jennifer Barrios in The Washington Post (4/24/18)
- “America is more diverse than ever - but still segregated” by Aaron Williams and Armand Emamdjomeh in The Washington Post (updated 5/10/18)
- “We can’t avoid the subject of race because we’re never able to leave it behind” by Courtland Milloy in The Washington Post (5/15/18)
- “Opening the Question of Race to the Question of Belonging” by John A Powell in OnBeing (updated 5/10/18)
- “NFL owners approve new national anthem policy with hope of ending protests” by Mark Maske in The Washington Post (5/23/18)
- “What we’re reading: The destruction of the American Dream” by Haley Britzky in Axios (5/19/18)
- “How Philanthropy Props Up Public Services and Why We Should Care” by Beth Gazley in Nonprofit Quarterly (3/27/15)
- “Parkland kids are changing America. Here are the black teens who helped pave their way.” by Kayla Stewart in Upworthy (3/21/18)
- “He thought white men were vanishing from TV. I disagreed. So we conducted an experiment.” by Monica Hesse in The Washington Post (7/18/18)
- “50 years after the Kerner Commission” by Janelle Jones, John Schmitt, and Valerie Wilson in Economic Policy Institute (2/26/18)
- “The Most Dangerous Person in America is the White Woman” by Danielle Slaughter in Mamademics (5/5/18)
- “‘You’re stupid’: A boy who has lead poisoning is taunted. Who is responsible?” by Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post (8/17/18)
- “Gene Patterson’s most famous column: ‘A Flower for the Graves’” by Eugene Patterson in Poynter (1/13/13)
- “What To Tell People Who Don’t Think Celebrating Columbus Day Is A Big Deal, Because It Definitely Is” by Madeleine Aggeler in Bustle (10/7/17)
- “‘Resist White Supremacy’: A sign. A farm. And the fury that followed.” by John Woodrow Cox in The Washington Post (2/14/18)
- “Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper.” by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. in Time (9/6/18)
- “Racism at American Pools Isn’t New: A Long Look at a Long History” by Niraj Chokshi in The New York Times (8/1/18)
- “Ocoee Massacre” in Wikipedia (accessed 11/8/18)
- “Security guard killed by Midlothian police officer, 4 injured in Robbins bar gunfight” by Gregory Tejeda in The Chicago Tribune (11/12/18)
- “Are you a minority borrower? You might want to think twice about using an online lender.” by Tracy Jan in The Washington Post (11/14/18)
- “2017 Hate Crime Statistics Released: Report Shows More Departments Reporting Hate Crime Statistics” by FBI.gov (11/13/18)
- “Weekend Read: the FBI is massively undercounting hate crimes” by Southern Poverty Law Center (11/16/18)
- “Weekend Read: These white Southerners changed their views on race. Your family can, too.” by Southern Poverty Law Center (11/24/18)
- “White liberals dumb themselves down when they speak to black people, a new study contends” by Isaac Stanley-Becker in The Washington Post (11/30/18)
- “Why it took a century to pass an anti-lynching law” by Louis P. Masur in The Washington Post (12/28/18)
- “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the White Delusion of a “Non-Racist’ America” by Michael Harriot in The Root (1/20/19)
- “‘Wow, I’m racist’: In time of viral encounters, ‘white spaces’ are used to confront biases” by Erik Ortiz in NBC News (12/24/18)
- “Alabama Can’t Make Birmingham Display Confederate Monument” by Brentin Mock in CityLab (1/16/19)
- “You May Have Never Worn Blackface, But You Can Still Be Racist” by Whitney Parnell in Sojurners (2/7/19)
- “For Our White Friends Desiring To Be Allies” by Courtney Ariel in Sojurners (8/16/17)
- “Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People” by Kelsey Blackwell in The Arrow (8/9/18)
- “‘White Women Yoga’: How one woman’s Meetup experiment exploded on the Internet” by Rachel Chason in The Washington Post (2/26/19)
- “Racism isn’t dead. Black Americans still need a ‘Green Book.’” by Jan Miles in The Washington Post (2/23/19)
- “To protect the vote, we must protect the courts” by Derrick Johnson in The Hill (3/3/19)
- “An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States: 2018 Statutory Report” by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (2018)
- “Moving from Ally to Accomplice: How Far Are You Willing to Go to Disrupt Racism in the Workplace?” by Kimberly Harden and Tai Harden-Moore in Diverse (3/4/19)
- “If you’re really woke, you will listen when we call you out for causing us harm” by Lecia Michelle in Medium (5/13/18)
- “Race, trust and friendship: Dear White Women” by Rev. Elizabeth Rawlings in Medium (2/28/18)
- “Weekend Read: Why is racism still America’s biggest problem?” by Southern Poverty Law Center (3/8/19)
- “Resources to Help Develop Knowledge and Solutions for Tackling Racial Inequity” by Veronica Mills at the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2/13/19)
- “Why Can’t We Close the Racial Wealth Gap?” by Brentin Mock in CityLab (3/21/19)
- “When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels” by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle in Harper’s Bazaar (8/22/18)
- “What Do You Do When Someone Makes a Racist Remark?” by Rachel L. Swarns in The New York Times (9/21/18)
- “Succeeding While Black” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in the Boston Review (4/13/19)
- “White supremacy must be undone - institution by institution” by Michael Gerson in The Washington Post (4/4/19)
- “Can black women and white women be friends? Not until this changes.” by Kim McLarin in The Lily (4/6/19)
- “Privileged” by Kyle Korver in The Players’ Tribune (4/8/19)
- “A Look at Implicit Bias and Microaggressions” by Todd Finley in Edutopia (3/25/19)
- “Fossil Fueled Foolery: An Illustrated Primer on the Top 10 Manipulation Tactics of the Fossil Fuel Industry” by Jacqueline Patterson and Mike Alksnis at NAACP (4/1/19)
- “Key findings on Americans’ views of race in 2019” by Anna Brown from the Pew Research Center (4/9/19)
- “The Howard University controversy was never just about dogs. It was about respect.” by Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post (4/24/19)
- “Budgeting for Equity: How to Advance Opportunity for People of Color in DC” by Kate Coventry, Doni Crawford, Kamolika Das, Simone Holzer, Ed Lazere, Amy Lieber, and Ronald Mak at the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (4/25/19)
- “Voting Rights Hearings Reveal Widespread Suppression” by Natalie P. McNeal in The Crisis Magazine (5/6/19)
- “My Fellow White People: This Is What’s Meant by ‘White Privilege’” by Martie Sirois in Medium (4/21/19)
- "We need to make proactive accountability regular praxis in organizing and beyond" by Leslie Mac in Black Youth Project (3/13/19)
- "How the politics of racial resentment is killing white people" by Sean Illing at Vox (3/19/19)
- "From Words to Action: Showing Up for Black Trans Women In response to our sister, Muhlaysia Booker" by Janetta Johnson at TGI Justice (accessed 5/23/19)
- "What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019" by Patricia Cohen in The New York Times (5/23/19)
- "What's in a name? In Arlington, 'Nauck' becomes 'Green Valley.' Again." by John Kelly in The Washington Post (6/3/19)
- "Weekend Read: Challenging the whitewashed history of women's suffrage" by Southern Poverty Law Center (6/1/19)
- "It can be awkward for men to speak out on abortion rights. But we need them to try." by Monica Hesse in The Washington Post (5/22/19). This is relevant for our group because she encourages the group with the most power to speak out on issues that affect those with less power, a model that can be applied to any marginalization of a group. It could just as easily be titled "It can be awkward for white people to speak out on racism. But we need them to try."
- "Testimony of Lecia Brooks, Southern Poverty Law Center, Before the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Committee on Oversight and Reform, United States House of Representatives: Confronting White Supremacy (Part II): Adequacy of the Federal Response" (PDF) by Lecia Brooks from Southern Poverty Law Center (6/4/19)
- "Hosts of NPR's 'White Lies' on how 'white' Alabama talks about troubling history" by Shauna Stuart at AL.com (6/20/19)
- "What Is Juneteenth, How Is It Celebrated, and Why Does It Matter?" by Jameelah Nasheed in Teen Vogue (6/19/19)
- "SCOTUS Blocks Census Citizenship Question, but Rules Political Gerrymandering Constitutional" by Anne Branigin in The Root (6/27/19)
- "Here’s what a good LGBTQ ally looks like" by Ana Valens in Vox (6/22/19)
- "N.C. Wyeth painted the world full of beauty, resilience and adventure. And full of white people." by Philip Kennicott in The Washington Post (7/3/19)
- "The extraordinary trek of George Takei: The cult icon is on a mission to make sure America doesn’t forget a shameful legacy" by Karen Heller in The Washington Post (7/16/19)
- "The psychological phenomenon that blinds Trump supporters to his racism" by Kathleen D. Vohs in The Washington Post (7/18/19)
- "How do you beat Trump in 2020? The same way we beat David Duke in 1991." by Tim Wise in The Washington Post (7/23/19)
- We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we refuse to sit idly by" by Clarence J. Fluker, Jesse Moore, and Khalilah M. Harris in The Washington Post (7/26/19)
- "The darker the skin, the harder the game: How South Park pretended to care about race" by Jeremy Winslow in Polygon (10/9/17)
- "A Primer: Black August and Its Importance to Black Resistance and Survival" by Destiny Keys at Medium (8/31/17)
- "Jamestown ceremony marks birth of democracy in America; black Va. legislators skip because of Trump" by Gregory S. Schneider, Michael E. Ruane and Laura Vozzella in The Washington Post (7/30/19)
- "Meet the Virginia lawmaker who protested Trump at Jamestown" by Gregory S. Schneider in The Washington Post (8/2/19)
- "Powhatan and his people: The 15,000 American Indians shoved aside by Jamestown’s settlers" by Dana Hedgpeth in The Washington Post (8/3/19)
- "How White People Handle Diversity Training in the Workplace" by Robin DiAngelo at Medium (6/27/18)
- "How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism" by Elly Belle in Teen Vogue (8/2/19)
- "Get a grip, white people. We’re not the victims." by Max Boot at The Washington Post (8/6/19)
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CULTURAL APPROPRIATION RESOURCES:
- “4 Ways To Honor Native Americans Without Appropriating Our Culture” by Tate Walker in Everyday Feminism (8/26/14)
- “The Caucasian’s Guide to Halloween Costumes” by Michael Harriot in The Root (10/28/17)
- “The Difference Between Cultural Exchange and Cultural Appropriation” by Jarune Uwujaren in Everyday Feminism (9/30/13)
- “How Not to Appropriate: A Guide for White People” by Courtney Ariel in Sojourners (10/17/17)
- “Cultural Appropriation at Halloween: My Culture is Not a Costume” by Jessica Andrews in Teen Vogue (10/25/17)
- “The History of Dia de los Muertos and Why You Shouldn’t Appropriate It” by Nik Moreno in Wear Your Voice (10/24/16)
- “Celebrating Dia de los Muertos Without Appropriating” by Tracy Lopez in Latinaish (10/20/16)
- “Do Native Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving and Should You?” by Nadra Kareem Nittle in ThoughtCo (updated 8/26/18)
- “How To Enjoy Thanksgiving Without Swallowing the Stereotypes” by Leah Donnella in NPR (11/22/17)
HEALTH EQUITY RESOURCES:
- Destination 2027 - improving health equity, including “Arlington’s Plan for Achieving Health Equity by 2027: A Report of the Destination 2027 Steering Committee” (April 2019)
- “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis” by Linda Villarosa in The New York Times Magazine (4/11/18)
- “We scorned addicts when they were black. It is different now that they are white.” by Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post (4/12/18)
- “Black Woman Pfizer Executive Outlines Solution To Fixing Racial Healthcare Disparities” by Kandia Johnson in Black Enterprise (10/20/18)
- “Why Washington is one of the worst places to be black and pregnant” by Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post (6/15/18)
- “Now That We Know There’s a Maternal Mortality Crisis, How Can We Help Fix It?” by Sunshine Muse in The Glow Up (The Root) (4/17/19)
- "Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students - 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017" from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1/25/19)
- "Weekend Read: Racism is Killing Black Americans" by Southern Poverty Law Center (7/19/19)
- "Burned-out doctors may be more prone to racial bias" by William Wan in The Washington Post (7/26/19)
- "Racism has devastating effects on children’s health, pediatricians warn" by William Wan in The Washington Post (8/2/19)
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE/MASS INCARCERATION RESOURCES:
- Real Justice Campaign - Elect prosecutors who will fix our broken criminal justice system
- National Bailout - help us #FreeBlackMamas and End Pretrial Detention
- Winning Justice: The Prosecutor Project by Color of Change
- “Criminal Justice Fact Sheet” by NAACP
- “How to Make Change Happen” by Shaun King in In Justice Today (10/20/17)
- “The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter” by Shaun King in The Intercept (10/2/17) about the role whiteness is playing in the treatment of the Las Vegas terrorist.
- “Calling the police on black people isn’t a Starbucks problem. It’s an America problem.” by Karen Attiah in The Washington Post (4/18/18)
- “What white people can learn from the Starbucks arrests” by Radley Balko in The Washington Post (4/17/18)
- “Info on 2017 Police Infiltration of SURJ DC” by SURJ DC on Medium (5/13/18)
- “‘You know why the lady called the police’: Black people face 911 calls for innocuous acts” by Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. in The Washington Post (5/29/18)
- “#LivingWhileBlack victims want congressional hearing on racial profiling” by Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. in The Washington Post (6/4/18)
- “Police attacked me for stealing a car. It was my own.” by Lawrence Crosby in The Washington Post (6/29/18)
- “If family separations at the border outrage us, so should family separation through prison and policing” by Leslie Mac in Black Youth Project (6/23/18)
- “Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Promised a Criminal Justice Revolution. He’s Exceeding Expectations.” by Shaun King in The Intercept (3/20/18)
- “America’s Justice System Has the Wrong Goals” by Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Miriam Aroni Krinsky in Citylab (4/26/18)
- “On Labor Day a Reminder That Incarcerated Laborers Don’t Have a Choice” by Southern Poverty Law Center, Weekend Read, Issue 95 (9/1/18)
- “Everything You Need to Know About the Prison Strike, One of the Largest in U.S. History” by Amanda Arnold in The Cut (updated 8/29/18)
- “Smart Justice 50-State Blueprints” from the ACLU
- “Race, Equity and Leadership: Race & Law Enforcement in the Urban Community” by National League of Cities (2017)
- “Black men - not white guys - face false accusations and a presumption of guilt” by Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post (10/8/18)
- “The First Step Act, explained” by German Lopez in Vox (updated 2/5/19)
- “No More Stop and Frisk” by Stop Police Terror Project DC (accessed 1/8/19)
- “Weekend Read: ‘If I’d been white, I guarantee you they wouldn’t have taken my money’” by Southern Poverty Law Center (3/1/19)
- “On DC’s MLK Avenue, Where Over-Policing Reigns, King’s Dream Is Far From a Reality for Residents” by Jessica Moulite and Ashley Velez in The Root (1/31/19)
- “Dozens of Civil Rights Groups Ask Presidential Candidates To Support Letting People In Prison Vote” by Sam Levine in HuffPost (4/30/19)
- “Drastically Changing How We Fight for Justice in America” by Shaun King in Medium (2/15/18)
- “The Single Most Important Person to Reform the Criminal Justice System is Not…” by Shaun King in The Appeal (2/13/18)
- "Report connects school suspensions with pipeline to prison" by Mike Desmond at WBFO (NPR) (5/14/19)
- "Blanket Bans on People with Criminal Records from Housing Opportunities are Discriminatory and Illegal. So We Sued." by Jennifer Safstrom and Rachel Goodman at ACLU (5/31/19)
- "These Massachusetts Student Journalists Exposed Their High School's Use of Prison Labor" by Eli Hager and The Marshall Project in Teen Vogue (6/24/19)
- "The money was fake. The police were real. It happened in an elementary school." by Donna St. George in The Washington Post (7/5/19)
- "A black principal, four white teens and the ‘senior prank’ that became a hate crime" by Jessica Contrera in The Washington Post (7/9/19)
- "Eric Garner is proof that we need to reform laws on excessive force" by Alvin Bragg in The Washington Post (7/17/19)
- "Civil rights commission calls for schools to combat racial disparities in discipline" by Laura Meckler in The Washington Post (7/23/19)
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HOUSING EQUITY RESOURCES:
- Arlington County Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development's list of Affordable Housing in the county
- “Addressing Racial Equity is Essential to Preventing and Ending Homelessness” by Katie Hong (Raikes Foundation) in Giving Compass (2/16/18)
- “Seattle’s Approach to Housing and Education Alignment Seeks Results and Longevity” by Maya Brennan in How Housing Matters (1/11/18)
- “Developing Housing and Education Partnerships” by Megan Gallagher in Urban Institute (4/9/15)
- “The New Segregation” by Carl Chancellor and Richard D. Kahlenberg in Washington Monthly(Nov/Dec 2014)
- "Who Gets to Live Where, and Why? The Answer May Be Settled By Our Narratives." by Tiffany Manuel in Shelterforce (1/30/18)
- "Black Homeownership and the American Dream: An Expert Dialogue" in How Housing Matters (2/15/18)
- “The ghettoization of black Americans hasn’t been reversed” by Charles Lane in The Washington Post (4/9/18)
- “The Most Inclusive U.S. Cities, Mapped” by Tanvi Misra in Citylab (4/25/18)
- “Bleak New Figures Show Just How Unaffordable Rent Is In Every U.S. State” by Laura Paddison in Huffington Post (6/13/18)
- “‘White Flight’ Persists in America’s Suburbs” by Tom Jacobs in Citylab (3/7/18)
- “Citylab University: Inclusionary Zoning” by Benjamin Schneider in Citylab (7/17/18)
- “Federal Fair Housing Data Can Tell Us about Access to Quality Schools” by Ruth Gourevitch in How Housing Matters (8/22/18)
- “Eviction isn’t just about poverty. It’s also about race - and Virginia proves it.” by Terrence McCoy in The Washington Post (11/10/18)
- “Communities of Color Are More Vulnerable to Wildfire” by Nicole Javorsky in CityLab (11/14/18)
- “The devaluation of assets in black neighborhoods” by Andre M. Perry, Jonathan Rothwell, and David Harshbarger in Brookings Institute (11/27/18)
- “There’s No Such Thing as a Dangerous Neighborhood” by Stephen Lurie in CityLab (2/25/19)
- “How Poor Americans Get Exploited by Their Landlords” by Richard Florida in CityLab (3/21/19)
- “As Suburbs Diversify, the Legacy of School Segregation Persists” by How Housing Matters (3/27/19)
- “The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes” by National Low Income Housing Coalition (March 2018)
- “Disrupting the Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School Segregation” by Philip Tegeler and Michael Hilton from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ “A Shared Future: Fostering Communities of Inclusion in an Era of Inequality” (April 2017)
- “Unlocking the (Neon Green) Door to Gentrification” by Emily Badger in The New York Times (5/3/19)
- "Using Data to Promote Equity: The Demographic Data Project" by Joy Moses at National Alliance to End Homelessless (6/24/19)
- "UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSECTIONS" by Safe Housing Partnerships (accessed 12/31/19)
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PARENTING/KIDS/FAMILIES AND RACISM RESOURCES:
- Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families (APCYF) - particularly their “Let’s Talk About Race” series, and including “2019 Community Report on the Status of Children, Youth, and Families” (April 2019)
- The Clothesline - clothing for low-income school-aged children
- Forward Together - Rights, Recognition and Resources for All Families
- Embrace Race - Raising A Brave Generation
- Hold The Line Magazine - Where parenthood + social justice collide
- "Are We Raising Racists?" by Jennifer Harvey in The New York Times (3/14/17). Related to parenting, this also has good advice for having conversations about race in general.
- “No, Kids are not “Colourblind”” by Ijeoma Oluo in Today’s Parent (10/17/17)
- “How to Talk to Kids About Racism: An Age by Age Guide” by Alex Mlynek in Today’s Parent (2/9/17)
- “Watching My 5-year-old Wrestle With His Whiteness” by Shannon Cofrin Gaggero in EmbraceRace on Medium (4/19/18)
- “Parenting during Ferguson: making sense of white parents’ silence” by Megan R Underhill in Ethnic and Racial Studies (September 2017)
- “Where American Renewal Begins: A Baltimore-based community program provides the architecture for kids’ success” by David Brooks in The New York Times (7/26/18)
- “They opened their home to dozens of young people. Then he learned he could give one more thing: A kidney.” by Allison Klein in The Washington Post (10/18/18)
- “SURJ Families: Holiday Resources” by Showing Up for Racial Justice (accessed 11/28/18)
- “How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism” by Joe Pinsker in The Atlantic (9/4/18)
- “#TalkAboutTrayvon: A Toolkit for White People on the Fifth Anniversary of Trayvon’s Death” by Black Lives Matter (October 2017)
- “They were raised to be ‘colorblind’ - but now more white parents are learning to talk about race” by Caitlin Gibson in The Washington Post (2/27/19)
- “The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss’s Children’s Books” by Katie Ishizuka and Ramon Stephens (2/18/19) and the article published in Research on Diversity in Youth Literature
- “Managing unconscious bias and talking to kids about race” by Rachel Nania in WTOP (3/27/19)
- “Teaching First-Graders About Microaggressions: The Small Moments Add Up” by Bret Turner in Teaching Tolerance (3/26/19)
- “How to dress your Paheka child up as Maui or Moana without appropriating Pasifika culture” by Emmaline Matagi (2/1/17)
- “White people are still raised to be racially illiterate. If we don’t recognize the system, our inaction will uphold it.” by Robin DiAngelo in NBC News Think (9/16/18)
- "It's Time for White Parents of White Kids to Bring the Resistance Home" by Gayle Kirshenbaum in Huffington Post (5/8/17). I know it says resistance, but the subtitle is "Conversations about race have to start much earlier than most white people think they do."
- "Study: Transgender teens at higher risk of violence, suicide attempts" by Melissa Jenco at AAP News (1/24/19)
- "Transgender Children & Youth: Understanding the Basics" from Human Rights Campaign (accessed 5/23/19)
- "The money was fake. The police were real. It happened in an elementary school." by Donna St. George in The Washington Post (7/5/19)
- "Racism has devastating effects on children’s health, pediatricians warn" by William Wan in The Washington Post (8/2/19)
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SCHOOL EQUITY/EQUALITY RESOURCES:
- Teaching Tolerance - Diversity, Equity and Justice
- Teaching for Change - Building social justice starting in the classroom
- The Center for Educational Equity at the Teachers College at Columbia University
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) has many resources especially those about poverty and equity
- Integrated Schools including the Parent-to-Parent Program and their podcasts, including the Board v Brown at 65 series
- Portland, Oregon’s public school district’s Five Year Equity Plan
- Integrated Schools on Facebook. This is a FB group called "Families Choosing Integration: Parent-to-Parent Grassroots Movement to Choose Diverse Schools."
- "How Marginalized Families are Pushed Out of PTAs" by Casey Quinlan in The Atlantic (7/13/16). Please read this one especially if you are involved in your child's PTA.
- "School Segregation Didn't Go Away. It Just Evolved." by Alvin Chang in Vox (7/27/17). This one is REALLY long, but has wonderful graphics and a huge amount of very useful information.
- "Parents, Privilege, & Public Schools" by Molly McClure in Medium (12/10/17)
- “Study suggests gentrification has boosted integration in D.C. schools” by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post (12/18/17)
- “Study: Parent groups in Northwest D.C. raise thousands for schools” by Alejandra Matos in The Washington Post (4/12/17)
- "We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does." by Alvin Chang in Vox (1/8/18)
- “Analysis: PTA Purchasing Power Leaves Low-Income Schools Even Further Behind” by Samantha Batel and Erin Roth in The 74 Million (1/1/18)
- “Hidden Money: The Outsized Role of Parent Contributions in School Finance” by Catherine Brown, Scott Sargrad, and Meg Benner in Center for American Progress (4/8/17)
- “Is Bilingual Education Inherently Anti-Racist?” by Nelson Flores in The Educational Linguist (11/9/14)
- “Schools Are Incredibly Segregated, But Teaching Kids In Two Languages Could Help” by Rebecca Klein in the Huffington Post (12/16/15)
- “Why are Black and Hispanic students underrepresented in this Northern Virginia gifted program?” by Moriah Balingit in The Washington Post (2/3/18)
- “Tell Me About… How Your Disrupt Inequity at Your School” in ASCD (November 2016)
- “Racial Inequality in Public Schools” by Kimberly Jade Norwood in American Bar Association’s TYL
- “Racial Inequities: What Schools Can Do” in Education World
- “Local education inequities across U.S. revealed in new Stanford data set” by Jonathan Rabinovitz in Stanford News (4/29/16)
- “The Inequity in Public Schools” by Michael Godsey in The Atlantic (6/15/15)
- “Good School, Rich School; Bad School, Poor School” by Alana Semuels in The Atlantic (8/25/16)
- “Civics, Community, and Allyship: Why We Chose Our Local Public School” by ILOVECAKE in Integrated Schools (8/15/17)
- “IntegrateNYC4Me: Pushing Back Against Segregated Public Schools in NYC and Beyond” by Embrace Race (9/26/17)
- “One Reason School Segregation Persists” by Dana Goldstein in Slate (7/15/16)
- “D.C. school lottery may cause parental anxiety, but it’s a research gold mine” by Joe Heim in The Washington Post (7/11/16) and the original study, “Market Signals: A Deep-Dive Analysis of Parental School Choice in Washington, DC” by Steven Glazerman in Mathematica Policy Research (2013-2015)
- "Students in Poverty Less Likely to be Identified as Gifted" by Kenneth Best in UConn Today (2/20/18)
- "Is There a Gifted Gap?" by Christopher Yaluma and Adam Tyner in Fordham Institute report (1/31/18)
- "Is My Child Gifted?" by Adrienne Wichard-Edds in Arlington Magazine (9/12/16)
- “Sharing the Wealth” by Kitson Jazynka in The Washington Post Magazine (3/16/18)
- “Racial disparities in school discipline are growing, federal data show” by Moriah Balingit in The Washington Post (4/24/18)
- “Computer-based tests are another challenge for low-income students, teachers say” by Talia Richman in The Washington Post (4/30/18)
- “I taught at a nonselective New York City school. Your assumptions about low-scoring students are wrong.” by Vicki Madden in Chalkbeat (5/1/18)
- “What Should PTOs Pay For?” by Sharron Kahn Luttrell in PTO Today (4/28/15)
- “School Fundraising: How Much Is Too Much?” by Evelyn Beck and Emily Graham in PTO Today (4/23/15)
- “Teachers shelling out nearly $500 a year on school supplies, report finds” by Moriah Balingit in The Washington Post (5/14/18)
- “The Good Kind of School Choice: When Public Schools Integrate by Race and Class” by Richard D. Kahlenberg in The Century Foundation (5/23/18)
- “How Entitled Parents Hurt Schools” by Annette Lareau, Elliot B. Weininger, and Amanda Barrett Cox in The New York Times (6/24/18)
- “For some teachers, there’s no better place to learn about slavery than the birthplace of Robert E. Lee” by Courtland Milloy in The Washington Post (7/31/18)
- “School Segregation in 2018 with Nikole Hannah-Jones” on “Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes (7/31/18)
- “Tax credits can help high-poverty schools attract more teachers” by Dick Startz and Kate Walsh in Brookings Institute (7/30/18)
- “Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students” by Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero in Brookings Institute (8/15/18)
- “34 problems with standardized tests” by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post (4/19/17)
- “The Problem with ‘Great Schools’” by Ali McKay in Integrated Schools (5/30/18)
- “Stop Asking and Answering Other People’s Questions” by Courtney E. Martin in On Being (4/18/18)
- “The Problem with Seeking the Best for Your Kids” by Courtney E Martin in On Being (2/9/18)
- “What to know before using school ratings tools from real estate companies” by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post (6/14/17)
- “Neighborhood segregation is driven by income inequality, choice of school districts” by Emily Gersema in USC News (5/10/16)
- “Opponents ready to fight Trump’s plan to repeal Obama’s ‘rethink’ of school discipline” by Joe Davidson in The Washington Post (4/10/18)
- “Race, Discipline, and Safety at U.S. Public Schools” by ACLU (8/24/18)
- “Holy Cross Education Professor Publishes Book on How to Better Measure School Quality” by Evangelina Stefanakos (8/28/17)
- “White Families do Stand Up Sometimes… (and we need to do more!)” by Integrated Schools (9/27/18)
- “De Blasio Is Stalled on School Integration, but Brooklyn Parents Have a Plan” by Eliza Shapiro in The New York Times (8/23/18)
- “‘You Are Still Black’: Charlottesville’s Racial Divide Hinders Students” by Erica L. Green and Annie Waldman in The New York Times (10/16/18)
- “The Fight to Integrate New York City’s Specialized Schools is Misguided” by K.A. Dilday in CityLab (10/19/18)
- “We’re a middle-class black family. Here’s why we’ve skipped our local schools for now.” by Saratu Ghartey in Chalkbeat (10/17/18)
- “The Persistence of Segregated Schools” on WAMU 88.5 1A program, with Eve Ewing and Nikole Hannah Jones, produced by James Morrison (11/29/18)
- “How To Help Kids In Poverty Adjust To The Stability Of School After Break” by Meg Anderson at NPR (1/7/16)
- “Parents Are Biased Against Even Quality ‘Urban’ Schools” by Alia Wong in The Atlantic (12/12/18)
- “Why Struggling Schools End Up With Less Effective Principals” by Denisa R. Superville in Education Week (2/1/19)
- “Now that we see what stealing a college slot really looks like, can we stop making students of color feel like frauds?” by Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post (3/13/19)
- “The Integrated Schools Podcast: Episode 14: Kirkland on Integration” by Integrated Schools (3/28/19)
- “They believe more students should attend neighborhood schools. But what happens when it’s their child?” by Perry Stein in The Washington Post (4/13/19)
- “Facing Segregated Schools, Parents Took Integration Into Their Own Hands. It’s Working.” by Eliza Shapiro in The New York Times (4/16/19)
- “School Diversity News Roundup: Focus on Pittsburgh” by Peter Piazza in IntegratedSchools (11/5/18)
- “Hate at School” by Southern Poverty Law Center (5/1/19)
- "Weekend Read: Brown v. Board of Education and modern-day segregation" by Southern Poverty Law Center (5/11/19)
- "It's in the hands of white parents to dismantle segregation" by Katharine Strange in The Seattle Times (5/10/19)
- "A Framework for Teaching American Slavery - from Teaching Tolerance" by Glenn Wiebe in Tech & Learning (5/14/19)
- "School Officials Agree: Policies Protecting Transgender Student Do Not Compromise the Privacy or Safety of Other Students" from National Center for Transgender Equality
- "Planting of Cotton at Arlington Elementary School Prompts Discussion" by Airey in ArlNow (5/16/19)
- "Feds Seek Settlement with APS, Alleging English-Learning Students Need More Help" by Airey in ArlNow (5/21/19)
- "Position Statement: Advancing Equity & Diversity" (PDF) by Virginia PTA (accessed 5/23/19)
- "Recruiting and Enrolling a Diverse Student Body in Public Choice Schools: Strategies for School and District Leaders" by Halley Potter at The Century Foundation (1/29/19)
- "Arlington Schools has agreed to improve how it supports English learners. These parents and teachers want you to know why changes are needed." by Theresa Vargas in The Washington Post (6/5/19)
- "Few Talked About Race at This School. Then a Student Posted a Racist Slur." by John Eligon in The New York Times (6/7/19)
- "The Striking Outlier: The Persistent, Painful, and Problematic Practice of Corporal Punishment in Schools" by Derrick Johnson with Southern Poverty Law Center (6/11/19)
- "To fight hate and stereotypes, students and parents turn to textbooks" by Debbie Truong in The Washington Post (6/15/19)
- "Transgender students poised to get expanded protections in Arlington" by Debbie Truong in The Washington Post (6/24/19)
- "Report: Racial disparities persist on test scores, hiring and discipline in Virginia's largest school system" by Debbie Truong in The Washington Post (6/30/19)
- "'We can change something': These 13-year-olds found mold in their schools and did something about it" by Debbie Truong in The Washington Post (6/30/19)
- "Closing the achievement gap, with help from the Mayo Clinic" by Mikhail Zinshteyn in The Washington Post (6/27/19)
- "The money was fake. The police were real. It happened in an elementary school." by Donna St. George in The Washington Post (7/5/19)
- "School boundary questions touch off debates about race, income, equity" by Donna St. George in The Washington Post (7/7/19)
- "Effective but never popular, court-ordered busing is a relic few would revive" by Laura Meckler in The Washington Post (7/7/19)
- "What black students who were bused said about their experiences" by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post (7/8/19)
- "Civil rights commission calls for schools to combat racial disparities in discipline" by Laura Meckler in The Washington Post (7/23/19)
- "Students at a Virginia school set out to fight segregation. Would they succeed?" by Debbie Truong in The Washington Post (7/26/19)
- "Candidates’ debate over busing highlighted the paths to school integration" by Jay Mathews in The Washington Post (7/26/19)
- "This Supreme Court Case Made School District Lines A Tool For Segregation" by Elissa Nadworny and Cory Turner at NPR, Morning Edition (7/25/19)
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IMMIGRATION EQUITY RESOURCES:
- "Horrific detention center conditions expose Trump's true immigration policy: unmitigated, unrelenting cruelty" by Southern Poverty Law Center (6/26/19)
- “The time a president deported 1 million Mexican Americans for supposedly stealing U.S. jobs” by Diane Bernard in The Washington Post (8/13/18)
- “Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits” by Nick Miroff in The Washington Post (3/28/18)
- “This Isn’t a Border Wall: It’s a Monument to White Supremacy” by Bryan Lee, Jr. in CityLab (1/16/19)
- "Help a detained immigrant near you" by actionnow (4/29/19)
- "We are not a nation of immigrants" by actionnow (6/24/19)
- "New report examines weaponization of immigration court system" by Southern Poverty Law Center (6/12/19)
- "Amid immigration crackdown, undocumented abuse victims hesitate to come forward" by Rebecca Tan in The Washington Post (6/30/19)
- "Advocating for Undocumented Youth" by Teaching Tolerance (6/24/19)
- "When It Comes to the Census, the Damage Among Immigrants Is Already Done" by Jose A. Del Real in The New York Times (6/27/19)
- "What it means to be undocumented" by Keya Vakil in The Dogwood (7/23/19)
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS/FILMS/PODCASTS:
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
- The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color in a New Millennium by Russell, Wilson & Hall (2013)
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (2012)
- Racism: A Short History by George M. Fredrickson (2002)
- Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (2017)
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (2017)
- This is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century by Mark & Paul Engler (2016)
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving (2014)
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (2011)
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise (2011)
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson (2016)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum (2003)
- The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad (2010)
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois (1987)
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt (2019)
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (2017)
- Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How To Do It by Shelly Tochluk (2010)
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (2018)
- Woman of Color by LaTonya Yvette (2019)
- Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education by Noliwe Rooks (2017)
- Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities by Amanda E. Lewis (2003)
- White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America by Margaret A. Hagerman (2018)
- “10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things To You” by Sadie Trombetta in Bustle (3/20/18)
- “10 Books I Wish My White Teachers Had Read” by Crystal Paul in Bustle (4/11/16)
- “The Books We Read to Help Us Understand Racism” by Lauretta Charlton in The New York Times (12/1/18)
- “Seeing White” documentary podcast series on Scene On Radio
- “The Uncomfortable Truth: 400 Years of Racism in America” film by Loki Mulholland (2017)
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: School Segregation” video (10/30/16)
- “Rebecca Traister - How “Good and Mad” Women Continually Reshape America - Extended Interview” video by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (aired 11/7/18). The relevant part for this group is mostly in the second half when she talks about how white women have historically supported the white patriarchy and that those white women who are "waking up" need to follow the cues and leadership of Black women, who have been doing this work much longer.
- “The Racial Divide: Women of Color and White Women” video by Red Table Talk (posted 11/12/18)
- “How White &/or Privileged Families Interact with School Integration” video by IntegratedSchools (11/14/18)
- “‘We The People’ - the three most misunderstood words in US history” video by Mark Charles at TEDx Tysons (posted 1/24/19)
- “Segregated By Design” film based on Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law, directed by Mark Lopez (2019)
- "Jonathan Metzl on "Dying of Whiteness"" video clip by Amanpour and Company at WETA (NPR) (aired 3/29/19)
- "When They See Us" by Ava DuVernay on Netflix (2019)