Anti-Racism Guide: Resources for Education and Action

Support the work, combat institutional violence toward BIPOC.

Nationwide Organizations

• Black Lives Matter (The official #BlackLivesMatter Global Network builds power to bring justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe, look for your local chapter to get involved)
• The Southern Poverty Law Center
• Hollaback Bystander Intervention Guide
• Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation (Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity.)
• The American Civil Liberties Union
• Movement for Black Lives
• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
• Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA) 
• Social Responsibilities Roundtable - American Library Association 
• White People for Racial Justice 101

Local ( Southern California) Organizations

• Alliance San Diego 
• Black Lives Matter San Diego
• Black Lives Matter Los Angeles
• California Conference for Equality and Justice
• DeDe McClure Bail Fund
• Encinitas4Equality
• North County For Racial Justice
• San Diego African American Museum of Fine Arts
• San Diego History Center - The Baynard Collection 
• SURJ (Showing up For Racial Justice) San Diego
• The San Diego LGBT Community Center
• During The Covid Pandemic, California adopted an emergency zero bail schedule. The National Bail Fund Network is monitoring those involved in protests, including those in California.
• What to Do Instead of Calling the Police

Inform Yourself

• Ask yourselves these questions (prepared by Jane Elliott)
• Use these anti-racism resources (prepared by Dr. Nicole Cooke)
• Learn from the information found on the National Museum of African American History & Culture’s web portal, “Talking About Race.”
• Things you can do if you can’t protest.  
• https://simmons.libguides.com/activism101
• Understanding the system
• You the activist
• 21 Things we can do right now
• Reimagining policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence (Obama conversation on YouTube, June 3, 2020)
• The Big Story: Protest and Policing in America. (webinar tomorrow with Ibram X Kendi, June 4, 2020)