The following resources have been collaboratively gathered by the Office of Equity and Inclusion, Academic Affairs, Campus Ministry, CCSJ, Counseling Center, and individual student and faculty contributors. This is not an exhaustive list. It offers a beginning place for community members to learn about antiracism. In addition to these resources, please consult department and office webpages for additional information.

• Anti-Racism Resources for White People
• New York Times Teaching and Resource Guide
• National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race

Academic Affairs

• APA podcast
• Advocacy: Color of Change is good as an advocacy resource.
• Advocate for safe and fair elections through Michelle Obama’s organization
• List of 75 things white people can do for racial justice
• CNN guide about how you can be an ally to marginalized communities
• Resources for students of color

Campus Ministry

• Racial Justice Resources from Campus Ministry

Articles

• Black Lives Matter: Weeping with Mary at the Cross
• Crux article on George Floyd
• Sojourners article on becoming an ally
• How Can Catholics Help Lead the Fight Against Racism?
• The Assumptions of White Privilege and What We Can Do About It
• To Fight Racism, Catholics Must Hunger for Justice Like We Do for the Eucharist

Examens and Meditations

• Examen for White Allies
• Black Lives Matter Meditations

Books

• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson 
• Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan Massingale 
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 
• Christ Divided: Anti-blackness as Corporate Vice by Katie Walker Grimes 
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone 
• Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman

CCSJ

Extensive Resource Guide on Racism, Anti/Blackness and Allyship

Counseling Center

Articles

• View the anti-racism resources document, which is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work.
• Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources for Stages of White Identity Development
• Interrupting Bias: Calling out vs. Calling In
• National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race Portal
• Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives - this is a live document compiled by Carlisa Johnson
• Policing: NPR American Police
• HollaBack Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian American and Xenophobic Harassment
• Grief & Racism: 8 Ways to Care for Yourself
• Restorative Healing for People of Color
• Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
• Strategies for Disarming Racial Microaggressions
• Tips for Supporting Each Other

Books

On Anti-racism

• Anti-Asian Harassment Is Surging. Can Ads and Hashtag Help?
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, PhD
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, & Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
• ‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used As a Racial Wedge Between Asians and Blacks
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh

On the Experience of Racism

• An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• An African American & Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper, PhD
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
• Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipelines, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
• Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi,  PhD
• The Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa
• The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu

Advocacy & Activism

• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
• Color of Change
• Equal Justice Initiative
• Esperanza Center
• Network: National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
• The Anti-racist Research & Policy Center
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
• Register to vote