Racial Justice Resources

Antiracist Resources - compiled 8/4/2020

Resources - updated 7/2

• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

  • Episode #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jUA7JBkF4 - approx 9 mins

• Episode #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwiY4i8xWIc - approx 12 mins

• Episode #3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfo1XJDJKSU - approx 9 mins

• Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Ph.D. anti-racism workshop

  • The Call of This Moment Night 1 – June 17

The Call of This Moment Night 2 – June 18

Additional Resources

• Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps

• https://www.umc.org/en/how-we-serve/advocating-for-justice/racial-justice/united-against-racism

• https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/06/18/structural-racism-and-covid19-the-political-divide-re-opening-the-society-and-health-impacts-on-people-of-color/

• The Commonwealth Club is doing all sorts of marvelous, free webinars.

• Read and engage with anti-racism literature and articles. A list of resources has been compiled by FightForBreonna.org HERE

• Donate to groups/funds which are on the front lines of the ongoing protests, including:

• Minnesota Freedom Fund

• Reclaim the Block (Minneapolis), 

• I Run With Maud

• Justice for Breonna Taylor Petition and Fund

• National Bail Out

• Donate to Black-led, LGBTQ+ organizations, including"

• GI Justice Project

• National Black Justice Coalition

• Center for Black Equality

• Vote for pro-equality candidates and candidates of color, up and down the ballot: Check out our Election Center to see a full list of our endorsed candidates

• The United Methodist General Commission on Religion and Race: General Secretary Erin Hawkins responds to George Floyd’s murder

• The racial justice programs from Just Faith, which Rev. Debbie Weatherspoon shared with us when she preached at Epworth in February

• United Methodist General Commission on Religion and Race: What We Don’t Think We Think

• Healing from internalized whiteness

Financial Support

May we use this moment to double our contributions to racial justice organizations and bail funds and recommit to anti-racism work in our community. The following list includes resources shared with me by Dianne Rush Woods (which is drawn from a list put out by Equality California in solidarity) and resources I have also found helpful:

• Read and engage with anti-racism literature and articles. A list of resources has been compiled by FightForBreonna.org HERE

• Donate to groups/funds which are on the front lines of the ongoing protests, including Minnesota Freedom Fund, Reclaim the Block (Minneapolis), I Run With Maud, Justice for Breonna Taylor Petition and Fund and National Bail Out.

• Donate to Black-led, LGBTQ+ organizations, including TGI Justice Project, National Black Justice Coalition and Center for Black Equality.

• Vote for pro-equality candidates and candidates of color, up and down the ballot. Check out our Election Center to see a full list of our endorsed candidates

• The United Methodist General Commission on Religion and Race in this link, General Secretary Erin Hawkins responds to George Floyd’s murder

• The racial justice programs from Just Faith, which Rev. Debbie Weatherspoon shared with us when she preached at Epworth in February