SFA: Ally or Accomplice: Multiple Pathways to Racial Justice

Original Program Date: July 16, 2020

We all need to make a choice…are we going to be part of the solution, or are we going to be part of the problem?  On the journey to racial justice, it is important to recognize that each of us has a role to play – and even inaction has major consequences.  There is not one right approach, though. In fact, it is going to take a multi-pronged strategy for sustainable change.  What action will you take?

This session will define the terms ally and accomplice, and explore a variety of ways that each of us can make positive changes towards understanding, community building, and justice. Join facilitators Rachel Luce-Hitt and Anjella Warnshuis in a discussion on being part of the solution.

NOTE:  RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING PRESENTATION

Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex

http://www.indigenousaction.org/accomplices-not-allies-abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex/

Principles for How We Treat Each Other

https://valenciacollege.edu/students/peace-justice-institute/who-we-are/principles.php

Buycott – Vote with your wallet  https://www.buycott.com/

Justice in June:  https://justiceinjune.org/

Washington Post article about Bryanna Wallace and Autumn Gupta, creators of Justice in June.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/19/ally-syllabus-anti-racism-black-lives-matter/

Raising Antiracist Kids: Empowering the Next Generation of Changemakers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnqS49Zfrjw

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Social Equality and Antiracist books you can read free online until 8/31/20

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/free-ebooks-on-policing-social-inequality-and- antiracism/?fbclid=IwAR1i-ysxjyY8MAZCgDE8Hea6G1gYF8Kl-NfObLbqNGARHbEwGtQqNq5otMw

97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Resources Suggested by Participants in the Chat

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson America’s Enduring Caste System

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/magazine/isabel-wilkerson-caste.html

Dismantling the Racism Machine by Dr. Karen Gaffney Film: 13th
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