Resources

Toward an Anti-Racist/Equitable Future - Tools for Building a Better World

This glossary by Madhuri Sathish-Van Atta is a critical resource for activists and allies. LINK

This website is an excellent resource for those learning about and those working toward an anti-racist future.

Resources for Dismantling Racism.

SPLC has many resources, both educational and legal.

The Center for Anti-Racist Research has programs and information, as does Kendi’s personal website.

The Adaway Group provides equity audits and organizational consulting as well as educational programs. Visit their website.

Franchescha Ramsey and the MTV Decoded team make excellent, easy-to-understand and even humorous videos to unpack most issues dealing with race and racism. 8 years strong! DECODED

When it comes to dealing with issues of race, many people who identify as white are easily moved to anxiety, defensiveness, misplaced anger, and other behaviors which center their personal feelings. This is an excellent explainer video by Dr. Robin DiAngelo.

Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, is a leading authority in the area of civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. Her work has been foundational in two fields of study that have come to be known by terms that she coined: critical race theory and intersectionality. MORE

Rest is resistance, especially for people of color and others with historically marginalized identities. Visit  Tricia Hershey’s THE NAP MINISTRY

LGBTQ+ glossary and other resources for building safe  and equitable community.

The Transforming Hearts Collective represents a vision of a world in which queer and trans people can show up fully as ourselves in all of the places we call home. Visit the website

With the history of genocide and colonization of First Nations in the U.S., people interested in justice and faith should partner to support the rights of First Nations.

Storytooling

Sometimes a good idea isn’t enough to drive social change; more important is how you communicate that idea. This is where “issue framing” comes in. In his TALK, Nat Kendall-Taylor, PhD, breaks down the science of framing for philanthropy and nonprofit communications. He explores how people think about social issues and how advocates, experts, and strategic communications professionals can use an understanding of culture, storytelling, and science to communicate about social and scientific issues, shape policy, and lead change.
 

The magical science of storytelling | David JP Phillips

Storytelling.NYC can take you further in learning how to tell a story that leads to change.

Their homepage is https://storytelling.nyc/

Community Tooling

For those who want to Build a Better World, there are few resources as excellent as Yes! Magazine. Those interested in community building should visit their community building  archive.

For those who are working to build community on teams, this is one of the best resource books of activities around.

Do what you love, meet others who love it, find your community. The rest is history!  MeetUp.com

A community garden is a great way to build community — and create more sustainable community! Here’s a great community garden start-up resource.

The work of the Black Church Food Security Network transforms the power of spiritual community into the power of sustainable food-secure community!

Spiritual Exploration

Unitarian Universalism may be the progressive modern faith you’ve been looking for. Find out more at UUA.org

The mission of the Parliment of the World’s Religions is

  • To cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities
  • To foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions to address the critical issues of our time

The Center for Contemplative Outreach has resources on lectio divina.

Visit the Reformed Judaism page

To learn more about Engaged Buddhism and the work of Thich Nhat Hahn, visit his Plum Village website.

Joanna Macy Ph.D, author & teacher, is a scholar of Buddhism, systems thinking and deep ecology. A respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with learnings from six decades of activism.

Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and postmodern science. The many dimensions of this work are explored in her thirteen books, which include three volumes of poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke with translation and commentary.

As the root teacher of The Work That Reconnects, Joanna has created a ground-breaking framework for personal and social change, as well as a powerful workshop methodology for its application.

A brief introductory video by Ken Wilbur of his Integral Theory. For further reading, see his book A Brief History of Everything

Bibliography/For further study