A Place to Start
The Racial Justice Task Force compiled a list of resources for both adults and children to increase our awareness and address racism in our world. As well, we will be offering other opportunities for our members to listen, learn and lead.
This resource list will be updated periodically. Suggestions and feedback are welcome.
Children - Teen Resources:
Adult Resources (and older teens)
Books: Children
God’s Dream- Desmond Tutu
We are different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street) – Bobbi Keats
All Are Welcome - Alexandra Pendold
When God Made You- Matthew Paul Turner
Picture book Antiracist Baby by Ibram X Kendi
Books: Teens
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi This Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell & Aurélia Durand
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Additional Resources for talking with children-youth
https://safespaceradio.com/talking-to-white-kids-about-race-racism/
Books
America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan
Movies
Just Mercy
To Kill A Mockingbird
Selma
13th- Netflix Documentary
White Savior
12 Years a Slave
The Hate U Give
Podcasts
- Brene Brown interview with Ibram X Kendi: https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/
- Next Question with Austin Channing Brown: https://www.tnqshow.com
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man: Conversations with Emmanuel Acho about race that many white people have never been able to have: https://uncomfortableconvos.com
