CHANGE WE NEED

“Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.” – B.K.S. Iyengar

The key to the societal change so many of us hope to see is new information piercing the bubbles we live in. Racism is real, alive, and prevelant. For the first time in years, EVERYONE is talking about it.

In the spirit of the times, I decided to create this list to help us ALL better ACCEPT and CREATE the CHANGE we want to see!

BOOKS (Adults)

• Assasta – An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
• Beloved – By Toni Morrison
• Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth – by Richard Wright
• Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom – by Catherine Clinton
• How To Be An Anti-Racist – by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings – by Maya Angelou
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl – by Harriet Jacob
• Invisible Man – by Ralph Ellison
• Malcolm X – by Alex HaleyMe and White Supremacy – Layla F. Saad
• Rosa Parks: My Story – by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskin
• So You Want To Talk About Race – by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored – by James Weldon Johnson
• The Marrow of Tradition – by Charles W. Chestnutt
• The Miner’s Canary – by Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
• The New Jim Crow – by Michelle Alexander
• White Fragility – by Robin DiAngelo

BOOKS (Kids)

• A Kids Book About Racism – by Jelani Memory
• All Are Welcome – by Alexandra Penfold
• AntiRacist Baby – by Ibram X. Kendi
• I Am Enough – by Grace Byers
• Let’s Talk About Race – by Julius Lester
• Little Leaders: Bold Women In Black History – by Vashti Harrison
• My Family Divided – by Diane Guerrero
• My Hair Is A Garden – by Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Separate Is Never Equal – by Duncan Tonatiuh
• Shades of People – by Shelley Rotner & Sheila M. Kelly
• Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story – by Paula Yoo & Lin Wang
• The Day You Begin – by Jaqueline Woodson
• The Night Is Yours – by Adbul-Razark Zachariah
• We’re Different, We’re The Same (Sesame Street) – by Bobbie Dates
• Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? – by Bonnie Bader
• Whoever You Are – by Men Fox
• Young Water Protectors – by Aslan Tudor & Kelly Tudor

MOVIES

• 12 Years of Slave
• 13th
• A Time to Kill
• Amistad
• Belle
• Fruitvale Station
• Hidden Figures
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Just Mercy
• Let It Fall
• Loving
• Malcolm X
• Mississippi Burning
• Race
• Rosewood
• Selma
• The Birth of a Nation
• The Hate You Give
• The Help
• When They See Us

PODCASTS

• 1619
• About Race
• Code Switch
• Identity Politics
• Invisibilia
• Momentum: A Race Forward
• Pod For The Cause
• Pod Save The People
• Seeing White
• Still Processing
• The Breakdown
• The Diversity Gap
• The Nod
• The Stoop
• Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
• Yo, Is This Racist?

DONATE

• And Campaign: https://andcampaign.org/
• Black Futures Lab: https://blackfutureslab.org
• Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
• Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
• Center For Policing Equality: https://policingequity.org
• Civil Righteousness: https://civilrighteousness.org
• Know Your Rights Camp: https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal
• Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
• NAACP: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/naacp-1
• National Black Justice Coalition: http://nbjc.org
• Run The Maud: https://www.runwithmaud.com
• The Innocence Project: https://www.innocenceproject.org
• Run The Maud: https://www.runwithmaud.com

VOTING

• Register To Vote: https://www.vote.org
• Confirm your voter registration status
• Know your polling place location and hours
• Know your State’s voter identification (ID) requirements
• Understand provisional voting
• Check the accessibility of your polling place
• Consider voting early
• Understand absentee voting requirements
• Learn about military and overseas voting
• Get more information: https://ballotpedia.org/Main_Page

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