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Anti-Racism Guide: Resources for Education and Action

Get Involved page

This page brings together opportunities to act on dismantling systemic racism and guidance on building a sustainable practice.

Beware of Burnout: Sustainable strategies for activism
Ways to focus on current and systemic change in order to sustain the practice today, tomorrow, and until the end of time.

Other resources

Looking for Images that Reflect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Ask the Community
Contributed by Heather Blicher, Assistant Professor and eLearning Librarian, Southern New Hampshire University.
Sources of free stock photos featuring people of color
By Diverse Tech Geek
Sources of free LGBTQ stock photos
By Diverse Tech Geek

Publication venues for anti-racism and DEI scholarship

Urban Library Journal
Urban Library Journal (ULJ) is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that addresses urban libraries and librarianship in relation to city environments.
Scope: Urban librarianship as it relates to topics in urban studies, higher education (with emphasis on public higher education), public and academic library collaboration, community outreach and programming, social justice, critical race studies, gender and work, sexuality and identity within librarianship, technology and privacy issues, or other topics.

Anti Racism: Get Involved

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)

Support independent black-owned bookstores