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Know Your People
Knowing your people entails developing a robust vocabulary and historical understanding of race, gender and other identity markers -- and these resources will help, writes Alaina Kleinbeck, the director of the Duke Youth Academy. Includes a list of…
Just what is "diversity" and why is it important in leadership? (Videos)
Bob Ross explains the definition and relevance of "diversity" - humans have far more similarities than differences.
Jesus Would Be Jim Crowed: Bishop Robert Lawson on Race and Religion in the Harlem Renaissance
This article first identifies Lawson’s place within clerical discourses of race in early Pentecostalism. The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, an interracial Oneness Pentecostal body, rent asunder over race in 1924 owing to Jim Crow laws and overt…
Jesus is woke and we should be too
On Scripture - The Bible produces weekly multimedia resources on a number of social issues that are a unique combination of Christian Scripture, video, and Bible commentary. Released in the week after the Charlottesville weekend white supremacy…
JCLC Conference
The Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) is a conference open to all library staff, students, influencers, and decision-makers interested in exploring inclusive policies, practices, and issue of diversity in libraries and how they affect…
Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise
This is the website of Jane Elliott, internationally known teacher, lecturer, diversity trainer, and recipient of the National Mental Health Association Award for Excellence in Education. Here, Jane exposes prejudice and bigotry for what it is, an…
Jan Edmiston: GA222 Co-Moderator reflections (Videos)
GA 222 Co-Moderator Reflections is a video series where Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston, Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), share weekly reflections each Wednesday in a video blog. This week Jan…
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Jacob as Whiteness
Tyler Mayfield imagines the Old Testament character as whiteness.
Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology
Revised edition, 1995. Original edition published in 1972.This book was the first single-authored book that covered ecological ethics and theology. It discusses key philosophical, theological, and ecological issues for Christians and other concerned…
Introducing CEDAW
CEDAW stands for Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. It is a UN treaty. Rupsi Burman, Chair of the OC Cities for CEDAW taskforce briefly describes it.
Intersectionality Matters! (Podcasts)
Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading critical race theorist who coined the term "intersectionality," Intersectionality Matters! brings the academic term to life. Each episode brings together lively political organizers, journalists and…
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
Syllabus Subtitile: How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?Introduction: The United States has seen escalating protests over the past week, following the death of George Floyd while in…
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Infographic: The American Identity According To Social Media
The Atlantic Monthly article highlights what social media strategy firm Hasai put together, an infographic, not focused on individual bits of information -- phone numbers and movie preferences, email addresses and gender -- but what a bunch of data…
Inclusion: Making Room For Grace by Eric H. F. Law (St. Louis, Chalice Press, 2000)
Inclusion: Making Room For Grace by Eric H. F. Law (St. Louis, Chalice Press, 2000). 130 p.Contents: Introduction -- Now that faith has come : resisting the impulse to exclude -- The fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them -- Crumbs, leftovers,…
In the USA (Art print)
"When situations turn horrible and I find it hard to move on, I usually draw my way through it. .." So wrote Mary Engelbreit Licensed Studios and shared In the USA, an art print, made in the wake of the racial unrest in their hometown of…
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In Pursuit of Antiracist Social Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library
This article examines racism and the culture of Whiteness in academic libraries in three major areas of public services: space, staffing, and reference service delivery. The authors perform a critical discourse analysis, drawing on critical race…
In Pursuit of Antiracist Justice: Denaturalizing Whiteness in the Academic Library
This article examines racism and the culture of Whiteness in academic libraries in three major areas of public services: space, staffing, and reference service delivery. The authors perform a critical discourse analysis, drawing on critical race…
Implicit Racial Bias and School Discipline Disparities
This report from the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Ohio State University) seeks to uplift implicit bias as a possible contributing factor to the racialized discipline disparities seen in K-12 education. The key findings of the…
Tags: Racial Healing
Implementing CEDAW as a Local Ordinance (Cities for CEDAW Fact Sheet)
The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only international human rights treaty to focus exclusively on the rights of women. Adopted by many countries in 1979, CEDAW has been ratified by 186 of…
Identity in America
Using American Census data and story-telling, Anita Coleman shares how an American Identity is also an Anti-racist Identity. The US Census categorizes people using skin color labels but we're under no obligation to do so (e.g. "white" and "black"…
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How we think about beauty and blackness can save lives
4000 words. Longform article. In this article, Enuma Okoro drawing on her own experiences, history, and the U.S. philosopher Elaine Scarry's "lateral disregard" concept, she asks, "How much has been lost to the West by the refusal to see beauty in…
How to support minorities during a wave of hate crimes
Maeril, a Paris-based illustrator, film-maker and the creator of this guide writes: Following the model of my first guide about how to help when witnessing Islamophobia, here is a guide on how to be an ally to minorities in general: POCs, LGBTQIA+…
How to be an anti-intellectual
Book review of How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi (One World, 320 pp., $27.00). "A lauded book about antiracism is wrong on its facts and in its assumptions."
How Apps and Other Online Tools are Challenging Racist Attacks
This blog post describes how people are increasingly using online spaces and digital tools such as anti-racism apps to strategise, challenge racist views and strengthen anti-racist solidarity.
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Hosting a Racial Justice Conversation
This 3 page resource is based on a staff-wide conversation on “What is the Church to do with #Ferguson, #MichaelBrown and #HandsUpDontShoot?” that took place at the Presbyterian Center. It includes the opening and closing prayers, framing for the…
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Heineken | Worlds Apart | #OpenYourWorld (Videos)
Heinken’s ad features people who disagree on issues like climate change, feminism, and transgender rights. The ad shows them getting to know each other at first doing a task. Then, they are shown short videos that reveal their true opinions. Finally…
Growing a Personal Anti-racist Voice and Identity (2021 Update)
This anti-racism study takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and may be done individually or in small groups by downloading the text (15 pages) or as an online study. Contents include:
Invitation, Prayer for Illumination, Outcomes
Glossary…
Growing a Personal Anti-racist Voice and Identity
This is an 18-page 90 minutes anti-racism study about racialization. It includes a glossary with terms and definitions for 16 words, three poems, and several reflection questions. It can be done individually, with a friend, small group or large…
Groundings in anti-racism : racist violence and the 'War-on-Terror' in East London by Mohan Ambikaipaker ([Austin, Tex.] : [University of Texas], [2011] Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin 2011)
Provides understanding of Black and British anti-racism. "Black anti-racism is tacitly understood -- at least by its practitioners -- as having the goal of making public institutions and the powerful accountable and answerable to the commoner, in…
Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of England
Ghost Ship by Fr. Azariah, aka A.D.A. France-Williams, explores the harrowing stories of institutional racism within the Church of England. Through conversation with clergy and campaigners in the Church of England, A.D.A France-Williams issues a…
From Classical Tradition Maintenance to Remix Traditioning:
Revisioning Asian American Theologies for the 21st Century
In this chapter, Tan examines the implications of hybridities, multiple belongings, and multiple border crossings on Asian American theological reflections in twenty-first century United States. First, early Asian American theologies emphasized the…
Freedom from the Culture: Our Identity is in Christ
This blog post is adapted from Day 26 of the devotional and Bible study, Casa Charis: A Daybook of Freedom published in 2013. Coleman reflects on Galatians 5: 26 and the lessons of peace and freedom from the culture that the diverse cultures of…
François Hollande's misguided move: taking 'race' out of the constitution.
In this opinion piece in The Guardian anti-racism scholars Alana Lentin and Valerie Amieux discuss why not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of 'race thinking' but instead just obscures the persistent inequalities. "What makes…
Francis Sumner, PhD, and Inez Beverly Prosser, PhD.
Brief biographical sketches of the first two African Americans psychologist , male and female, to get a Ph.D. in this discipline.
Francis Sumner, PhD, is referred to as the “Father of Black Psychology” because he was the first African American…
Francis Sumner, PhD, is referred to as the “Father of Black Psychology” because he was the first African American…
For All That Is Good and Holy: Reclaiming Religion for the Black and Latinx Victims of the #PulseOrlando Massacre
Elizabeth Pérez, assistant professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa-Barbara, notes that "Information is just beginning to emerge about their trajectories as parishioners, converts, and clergy members. Photographs and…
Flint Fights Back: Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis
This book discusses residents and activists in Flint, Michigan working for water justice within environmental justice frameworks. The author highlights the emphasis on democracy moving citizen and activists toward justice. Open access book from MIT…
Fifty Years of Bleeding: A Storytelling Feminist Reading of Mark 5: 24-43
This paper is based on three texts: (1) an African oral tale of a young girl who is buried by her friends but sings out from her grave, telling her story; (2) a biblical tale of a bleeding woman (Mark 5:35-43) who had visited many physicians until…
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Fielding The “What Are You?” Question
Anna Coats, Children’s Librarian at East Rutherford Memorial Library, Rutherford, New Jersey recounts a set of real-life conversations about the confusion her multi-ethnic and multi-cultural origins usually invoke. Coats, who is half Indian Guyanese…
Facing Racism: A Vision of the Intercultural Community Churchwide Antiracism Policy
This is the new churchwide anti-racism policy of the Presbyterian Church (USA) submitted for approval at the 222nd General Assembly (2016). 21 pages (with blank pages at end for Notes).
Statements include:
The Bible insistently reveals that God…
Statements include:
The Bible insistently reveals that God…
Facing Racism: A Vision of the Intercultural Community Anti-racism Guides
This series of six antiracism study guides is appropriate for an hour-long conversation among adults or teens (one per week over 6 weeks). They provide a pedagogical tool for empowering church communities to have important conversations about race…
Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government
Executive Order 13985 announced that the Biden administration would pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, in particular by fighting systemic racism. By promoting the federal government's equality, historically neglected…
Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government
Executive Order (EO) 14091 addresses specific barriers faced by underserved communities by requiring US federal agencies to integrate equity into planning and decision-making. The EO builds upon other executive orders and directives concerning equity…
Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico plays critical role in changing face of denomination
Theological education in the PC(USA) is shifting to support and embrace diversity. The denomination is increasing its efforts to become more global as well as to reach Latin@ populations through the historic partnership signified by the presence of…
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Equity in International Law: Its growth and development.
This article discusses the origins of equity and explores its use in international law.
Embracing God's Diversity
Language and images are powerful ways to practice anti-racism, bring social change, and dismantle racism. Yet, we continue to use color labels such as "white people" "women of color" and "blacks.” This often perpetuates divisions and guilt rather…
Tags: Color Labels, Homelessness, Presentations
Edward Alexander Bouchet: The First African American to Earn a PhD from an American University
The remarkable story of Edward Alexander Bouchet, Yale College class of 1874, the first African-American to graduate from Yale College. Later, researchers found at least three other black men had graduated earlier. "Whether Bouchet was the first,…
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2023 Global Anti-racism Champions Honored (Videos)
59 second video. Hear from the winners of the U.S. Secretary of State's 2023 Award for Global Anti-Racism Champions. The award honors individuals who…