ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT

• Black Abolitionist Network Chicago / #DefundCPD

• Chicago Community Bond Fund

• Black Lives Matter Chicago

• Campaign Zero / 8cantwait.org / Nixthe6.org

• Poor People’s Campaign

• Christian Community Development Association

• List of Black-Owned Independent Book Stores

• List of Black-Owned Online Sellers

LEARN MORE

Articles:

• “What is White Privilege, Really?” by Cory Collins

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Books:

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Podcasts

• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

Videos:

• Why Cities Are Still So Segregated | Let's Talk | NPR (History of Redlining)

• How Structural Racism Works (Redlining & the death of Trayvon Martin)

Social media to follow:

• Black Liturgies

• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

BLC Sermons:

• God of the Oppressed - discussion series

• High Stakes Peacemaking - Vince Brackett

• James 4-5: Autopilot doesn’t just suck; it’s unjust - Vince Brackett

• James 5: Comfort in injustice, patience in suffering - Vince Brackett

• How Jesus helps us talk about race - Kyle Hanawalt

• Injustice & Resistance - Vince Brackett

• Justice: Equity & Dignity - Kyle Hanawalt

FOR PARENTS

• A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory

• A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara

• Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey