Faith Based Resources to Confront Anti-Black Racism

Workshops, Trainings, and Organizations to Actively Engage:

• A Letter to White Jewish Educators
• An Urgent Moment for Racial Justice- Co-Sponsored by the CCAR and the RAC
• Anti-Racist Resources Curated by the Catholic Community at Stanford 
• Anti-Racism Training Resources from the Episcopal Church 
• Anti-Racism Workshop: The Call of This Moment Join Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis from Middle Collegiate Church for a master class in anti-racism. 
• Be’Chol Lashon
• How to Talk to Your Kids About Police Brutality
• IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Action Network)
• Intervarsity Black Campus Ministries Juneteenth Celebration
• Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
• Jews of Color Field Building Initiative
• The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University
• Moishe House Anti-Racism Resources
• Muslim Anti-Racist Collective        
• Muslim Wellness Foundation    
• Network Activists for Catholic Social Justice 
• People of Color Sangha of the East Bay 
• Poor People’s Campaign
• Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Reform Jewish Leadership Statement: Black Lives Matter is a Jewish Valueby Union for Reform Judaism
• Sapelo Square 
• Showing Up for Racial Justice
• The Sky Is Ours: Resources for Self-care for Black Muslims
• #VigilantLOVE 
• Ways Yours Congregation Can Act Now for Racial Justice

Books, Podcasts, Videos, and Speeches:

•  Association for Baha’i Studies 2017 Ruha Benjamin - The Beautiful Struggle Understanding Racism and Transforming Words into Deeds
• Columbia Theological Seminary: Conversation with Dr. Marcia Riggs and Colleagues
• Dear Church: A Love Letter From A Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in America by Lenny Duncan.
• A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in any Moment by Spring Washam
• Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
• I’m Still Here; Black Dignity in a World Made For Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (become a subscriber to her substack, ROLL CALL here)
• Imagining a new America? Ta-Nehisi Coates  
• Is America Possible?, Vincent Harding
• Islah L.A.’s Online Call to Action for George Floyd which includes six action items for the Muslim community. 
• More Beautiful, Imani Perry
• Multi-Faith Anti-Racist Artwork from Sangeetha Kowisk 
• Othering and Belonging: An Embodied Spiritual Practice, john a.powell
• Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens et al.
• Revolutionary Love Multi-Faith Approach to Racism  
• The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming our Communities through Mindfulness by Rhonda Magee
• The Spiritual Work of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors and Robert Ross
• The Weaponizing of 911 Calls against the Black Community  organized by CAIR with Dr. Kameela Rashad of the Muslim Wellness Foundation

***Thank you to ASSU, Asian American Activities Center, Black Community Services Center, El Centro Chicano y Latino, The Markaz: Resource Center, Queer Student Resources, the Women's Community Center, the Centers of Equity, Community and Leadership, the First Generation and/or Low-Income Office, and more for assiting in the curation of these resources.