Speak Out for Racial Justice
Resources
In an ongoing effort to transform and educate our community on anti-racism we have compiled this page of resources. We hope that as our mission calls us to work towards a just society
Please use this list of resources to advocate, inform yourself on this issue, etc.
Advocacy:
https://naswnj.socialworkers.org/News/Race-and-Justice
- CALL and write to your state legislators about racial justice-minded legislation: https://cqrcengage.com/socialworkersnj
- Create an action plan for racial equity: www.racialequitytools.org/plan/action-plan
- Develop a Racial Equity Tool
NETWORK Advocates for Catholic Social Justice
Learn:
https://naswnj.socialworkers.org/News/Race-and-Justice
How the Church can Combat Racism and White Privilege
Listen:
Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church
Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist | Brené Brown
Brené with Austin Channing Brown on I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
Articles:
The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it
Catholic Discourse on Black Lives Matter Must Amplify Women’s Voices
What White People can do for Racial Justice
Pope Francis on the death of George Floyd: We cannot tolerate racism and claim to defend life
Catholic Social Justice explained by Network Lobby
Catholic Social Teaching and Racism
What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice
Black theology and a legacy of oppression
For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies
An open letter to my fellow white Americans
Four Ways for White People to Challenge White Apathy
Why I stopped Talking about Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking about White Supremacy
Prayers:
Prayer to Address Sin of Racism
Prayer to Heal Racial Division
Prayer for the Elimination of Racism
A Prayer for Dismantling Racism by Pax Christi USA (scroll down to prayer section)
Books:
Required reading: A Black Catholic syllabus
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan Massingale
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Knowing Christ Crucified: The Witness of African American Religious Experience by M. Shawn Copeland
Becoming an Anti-Racist Church by Joseph Barndt
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
Emotional and Mental Health:
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective: BEAM
The Steve Fund – Achieving Equity in Mental Health
African Americans Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/