Take Action Toolkit Recommendations: Volunteer, Donate, Advocate and Learn More
We’ve asked our speakers and partners in the July 29 Community Resilience event to let us know the resources that have inspired them to take action, so that we could share them with our attendees. Below are their top picks in the following categories:
Organizations
Arts Corps @artscorps
Black Minds Matter @blackmindsmatterofficial
Byrd Barr Place @byrdbarrplace
Choose 180 @ichoose180
Gates Discovery Center 100 Local Changemakers @discovergates
Hopelink @hopelinkhelps
Noname Book Club @nonamereads
Northwest Arts Streaming Hub @nwartstream
Othering & Belonging Institute @otheringandbelonging
Queer the Land @queertheland
Red Eagle Soaring @redeaglesoaring
Seattle Together @seattletogether recommends @jordanloves.life post
Seattle Parks and Recreation has their Big Day of Play virtual event on August 15, 12PM-3PM
The Creative Advantage @thecreativeadvantage
Totem Star @totemstar
United Way of King County @unitedwaykc | COVID-19 Updates | Community Relief Fund at Work | Volunteer | Donate/Fundraise
World Without Hate @wwhforgive
Articles
“Seattle Children’s March Evokes Legacy of Civil Rights Movement Youth” by Sharon H. Chang
Artists
Earl Sweatshirt
Erykah Badu, @erykahbadu
MAVI
Medhane
MIKE
Slauson Malone
Pink Siifu
Books
A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
Black Looks: Race and Representation by Bell Hooks
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness by Matt Wray
Otherful by Mike Kleba and Dr. Ryan O’Hara
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
This Bridge Called My Back by Rosario Morales
White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of “Post-Racial” Higher Education by Nolan L. Cabrera
Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Teacher-Student Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement by Jason Rawls and John Robinson
Playlists
Podcasts & Blogs
Revisionist History (Season 2)
Slow Burn (Season 4)
