racial justice Resources
This is a working list of resources for anti-racism and other projects that I support—just a tiny selection of the ones that have impacted me. There are infinite other resources available online, so feel free to start here and see where your research takes you. You can also read my statement on the death of George Floyd. There’s so much to learn and unlearn on this journey—it’s the work of a lifetime.
Spirituality shouldn’t be an escape from the world; it should help us wake up to the injustices in our society so we can do something about them. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “No one is free until we are all free.”
A good place to start: Anti-racist resources for white people.
Become an accomplice - a great resource, edited by BIPOC (black, indigenous, & people of color)
Anguish & Action - Resource list by Barack Obama
Racial Justice Resources - great list of articles from the Greater Good
Spiritual Resources
Black Yoga Teacher’s Alliance
blackyogateachersalliance.org
Dignity & Power Now
Healing Justice Toolkit
Embracing the World
embracingtheworld.org
Insight Meditation Society
Diversity and the Dharma
Insight Timer
Teachers of Color
Layla Saad
The Good Ancestor Podcast
Liberate Meditation App
liberatemeditation.com
The Nap Ministry | Rest as Resistance
thenapministry.wordpress.com
Rites of Passage & The Resilience Collective
ritesofpassageproject.org
Teyuna Foundation
teyunafoundation.org
White Awake
whiteawake.org
Read
Please support black-owned bookstores
All About Love by Bell Hooks
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (also coming to HBO November 2020)
Black Feminist Joy: A Photo Essay
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams and Lama Rod Owens with Jasmine Syedullah
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Watch & Listen
“13th” by Ava DuVernay (Netflix)
1619 - NY Times podcast
How to Be an Antiracist - podcast with Brené Brown & Ibram X. Kendi
Act
Support black-owned businesses and Etsy shops
Donate to the victims of police brutality
Support the The Loveland Foundation, which provides financial assistance for Black women and girls seeking therapy
Fight police brutality: Campaign Zero
Listen and learn from BIPOC on social media
Challenge your organizations, studios, boards, etc. to have diverse representation and amplify BIPOC voices