He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8
Mission Statement: Acknowledging the many injustices in our community both past and present,we come together to educate ourselves and others, and to inspire reflection based on our Christian values and a commitment to faith-based action.
Education
Readings
Adult
Ar’n’t I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehsi Coates
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Young Adults & Children
Shades of People by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly (ages 3-6)
Many Thousands Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
All Because You Matter by Tami Charles, illustrated by Byran Collier (ages 4-8)
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel, illustrated by Shane W. Evans (ages 4-8)
It Takes A Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher (ages 4-8)
Saturday by Oge Mora (ages 4-8)
Sister Anne’s Hands by Marybeth Lorbiecki, illustrated by K. Wendy Popp (ages 4-8)
Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen (ages 4-8)
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, illustrated by George Ford (ages 4-8)
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, illustrated by Leslie Staub (ages 4-8)
Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children selected by Wade Hudson, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (ages 5-9)
The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Tim Ladwig (ages 6+)
The Children of the Morning Light: Wampanoag Tales as told by Manitonquat (Medicine Story), illustrated by Mary F. Arquette (ages 6+)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson, paintings by James Ransome (ages 6-10)
Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson, illustrated by EB Lewis (ages 7-10)
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell (ages 10-13)
Ka-ha-si and the Loon: An Eskimo Legend written and adapted by Terri Cohlene, illustrated by Charles Reasoner (ages 7-11)
Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You by Jason Reynolds (ages 14+)
Films
“13th” (2016) documentary directed by Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)
“42” biography/drama/sport directed by Brian Helgeland (available on YouTube and Apple TV+)
“Amistad” (1997) biography/drama/history directed by Steven Spielberg (available on HBO Max and Hulu)
“Hidden Figures” (2016) biography/drama/history directed by Theodore Melfi, based on book by Margot Lee Shetterly (available on Hulu and Disney+)
“If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018) drama/romance directed by Barry Jenkins, based on book by James Baldwin (available on Hulu and Amazon Prime)
“Just Mercy” (2019) biography/crime/drama directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, based on book by Bryan Stevenson (available on HBO Max and Hulu)
“Moonlight” (2016) drama directed by Barry Jenkins (available on Netflix and Amazon Prime)
“Remember the Titans” (2000) biography/drama/sport directed by Boaz Yakin (available on Disney+ and YouTube)
“The Color Purple” (1985) drama directed by Steven Spielberg, based on book by Alice Walker (available on HBO Max and Hulu)
“To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962) crime/drama directed by Robert Mulligan, based on a book by Harper Lee (available on Amazon Prime and YouTube)
Reflection (Listen)
Poetry
American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
Bringing the Shovel Down by Ross Gay
Art
Installation at Smith Museum by Amanda Williams
A daily devotional resource: Prayers for Anti-Racism written by Derek Weber on behalf of Discipleship Ministries The United Methodist Church.
Action
Petitions
Businesses
Local
An extensive list of businesses sorted by Western Mass geographical location provided by Mass Live.
National
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a33561639/black-owned-businesses/
Donations
https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
Get Involved
https://www.auce-ucc.org/anti-racism-resources
https://www.centerforracialhealing.org/training
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