Religious Literacy Resource Guide: Resources for Racial Justice
Racial injustice has been amplified during COVID-19.
- Racial Equity Tools - COVID-19 Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources
These injustices surface at work, including remote work, and in daily life.
- Black Lives Matter (research guide created by Rice University's Fondren Library)
- Remote DEI Toolkit - Virtual Workplace Culture and White Identity
- CNN - There's One Epidemic We May Never Find a Vaccine For: Fear of Black Men in Public Spaces
- Charis Books & More - Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Book List for White Readers
- Awaken - 30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Every Day
Understanding the historical contours of the present moment is important.
How Others Are Responding
The call to social justice is central to many faith and philosophical traditions. Below are examples of how people inspired by these traditions are responding to racial injustices.
- AP News - Amid Protests, US Faith Leaders Engage Racism and Politics
- Reuters - After George Floyd's Death, a Groundswell of Religious Activism
- Religion News Service - Faith-Driven Activism is Pushing This California County to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
- NPR - 'Breathe, Pray, Meditate': Born From Resistance, Black Churches Now Leading in Crisis
- Time - Pope Francis Sends Strong Message to US Catholics After George Floyd's Death
- Religion News Service - Prayer is Essential. Protest is Required. Policy is Necessary
- The Guardian - Church of England Accused of 'Utter Hypocrisy' Over Backing for Black Lives Matter
- NPR - Evangelical Christians Grapple with Racism as a Sin
- Union for Reform Judaism - Black Lives Matter is a Jewish Value
- The Forward - How New York's Haredim are Responding to George Floyd Protests
- The New York Times - How to Feed Crowds in a Protest of Pandemic? The Sikhs Know
- Al Jazeera - US Muslims Join Calls for Police Reforms in Wake of Floyd Killing
- Insider - I'm a Black American Muslim. After the Killing of George Floyd, I Hope that My Community Will Speak Out Against Injustices Faced by Black People
- Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative
- Saalt - Racial Justice
- Religion News Service - Facebook, Instagram Unblock #Sikh Hashtag Amid 1984 Massacre Remembrance
- Interfaith Youth Core - Racial Justice, Interfaith Cooperation, and Black Lives Matter
Listen, Understand & Act
Building skills to have an empathic, civil dialogue on justice issues in public, at school and work is critical to fostering racial justice.
Pause & Listen
- Remote DEI Toolkit - Take a Decision Pause
- Beloved Community - Equity Audit
Dialogue to Understand
- National Museum of African American History & Culture - Talking About Race
- Cult of Pedagogy - How One District Learned to Talk About Race
- One Being - Who Will We Be to Each Other?
- The Aspen Institute - The Better Arguments Project
- Eric Deggans - How To Talk About Race (Part 1)
- New Impact - The 8 R's of Talking About Race: How to Have Meaningful Conversations
Manage Conflict, Build Understanding
- The Management Center - How to Manage When Things Are Not Okay (and Haven't Been for Centuries)
- Remote DEI Toolkit - Embrace Conflict with Proactive Checkpoints
- Remote.co - 4 Ways to Work Through Conflict on Remote Teams
Act
- IOBY - A Guide to Racial Justice Projects
- Diversity Facilitators at Rice University - Action Items for Allies
- Medium - 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Awaken - 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
Heal
- American Psychological Association - Building Your Resilience
- Psychology Today - Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
- Anxiety.org - The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach
- National Alliance on Mental Illness - NAMI"s Statement on Recent Racist Incidents and Mental Health Resources for African Americans
Work with Youth, Families & Educators
Since 2016, bullying, intolerance and violence have increased on American college campuses, and toward racial, religious and sexual minorities in middle and high schools*. Below are curated resources guides for students, parents and educators which may help dampen these trends.
- Sharable Anti-Racism Resource Guide
- Resource Guide for White Teachers & Parents Developing Racial Consciousness and Moving into Action
- An Educators Guide to This Moment: Resources for Educators, Parents & Students
- Interfaith Youth Core - How to Weave Worldview into Online Orientation
- Center for Anti Racist Education (CARE)
- Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
- Western States Center
* https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15210960.2017.1335039
https://www.fcis.org/uploaded/Data_Reports/Teaching_-_Learning_in_the_Age_of_Trump.pdf
https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/School-Teasing-and-Bullying-After-the-Presidential-Election