Racial Equity Challenge Resources

• Being Antiracist - National Museum of African American History & Culture (web)
• Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity (4:13 min video)
• How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race - Jay Smooth (12 min TEDX video)
• I Am Not Your Negro - OfficiIal Trailer - James Baldwin (2:16 min video)
• Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale - American Journal of Public Health (article)
• Race: The Power of an Illusion - Public Broadcast System (website)
• Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society - john a. powell (book)
• Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation - Rev. kyodo Angel williams, Lama Rods Owens, Dr. Jasmine Syedullah (book)

• Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation - Beverly Daniel Tatum (book)
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race? - Beverly Daniel Tatum (book)
• Assimilation Blues: Black Families In White Communities, Who Succeeds And Why  - Beverly Daniel Tatum (book)
• Moving beyond diversity towards equity - Harvard Business Review (article)
• Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World - john a powell and Stephen Mendenian (book)
• The Cost of Inheritance - The Reparations Project  (film)

• If You're New to Abolition: Study Group Guide - Abolition Journal (web)
• Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why - National Public Radio (article)
• A deeper Challenge of Change: The role of land-grant universities in assessing and ending structural racism in the US food system - Agriculture Sustainability Institute (article)
• The Making of Ferguson: How Decades of Hostile Policy Created a Powder Keg - The American Prospect (article)
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander (book)
• Zootopia wants to teach kids about prejudice. Is it accidentally sending the wrong message? - VOX Media (movie review)
• Black Parent Voices: Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics—COVID-19 and Racism - University of North Carolina Child Development Center (article)

• Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety and Stereotype Threat in Health Care and Education - R. Godsil, L. Tropp,  P.Goff, and  j powell, The Perception Institute, Haas Institute & Center for Policing Equity (report)
• Belonging: A Culture of Place - Bell Hooks (book)
• State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review - Kirwan Institute, Ohio State University (report)
• Survey of Americans on Race, Section 1: Racial Discrimination, Bias, and Privilege - Kaiser Family Foundation (report)
• Uncomfortable Truths: Confronting Racism in America - WNYC Studios (podcast series)
• We All Have Racial Bias - Mamoudou N’Diaye (3:25 min video)

• Position Statement Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education - National Association for the Education of Young Children (report)
• Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms - Iheoma Iruka, Stephanie Curenton, and Tonia Durden (book)
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People - Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald (book)
• The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams - Pamela Fuller (book)

• The case for interpersonal reparations - Aaron Goggins, Fellowship Magazine (article)
• Good Ancestor Podcasts - Layla Saad (podcast series)
• 18 Things White People Should Know/Do Before Discussing Racism - Billy Antoinio, The Frisky (article)
• Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston - Jon Greenberg, Citizenship and Social Justice (curriculum materials)
• Dear White America - George Yancy, New York Times (Op-Ed)
• DeRay Mckesson Helps Stephen Colbert Address His Privilege - The Colbert Show (8:18 min video)
• Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person - Gina Crosley Corcoran, Huffington Post (blog)
• How White People Got Made - Quinn Norton, The Message
• Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America - Michael Eric Dyson, Philadelphia Free Library (102 min video)
• Waking Up White - Debby Irving (book)
• White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son -Tim Wise, Soft Skull Books (book)
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack - Peggy McIntosh (article)

• Identifying and Countering White Supremacy Culture in Food Systems - Duke Sanford/World Food Policy Center (report)
• What is White Privilege,Really? - Cory Collins, Learning for Justice (article)
• Everyday White People Confront Racial & Social Injustice: 15 Stories - Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., Dr. Marguerite Penick-Park and Dr. Ali Michale (book)

• An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System - Rachel Kelly, Rich Pirog and Kimberly Carr, Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University (annotated bibliography)
• Black Farmers in America, 1865-2000: The Pursuit of Independent Farming and the Role of Cooperatives - Bruce J. Reynolds (report)
• Black Farmers Reviving Their African Roots: “We Are Feeding Our Liberation” 

• Census on Agriculture 2017 Race, Ethnicity and Gender Profiles - National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture *NOTE: 2022 mapping will be available early 2024 (online map)
• Commentaries on Race and Ethnicity in Food Systems - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development (articles)
• Cultivating Equality: Delivering Just and Sustainable Food Systems in a Changing Climate - CARE (report)
• Good Food and Good Jobs for All: Challenges and Opportunities to Advance Racial and Economic Equity in the Food System - Yvonne Yen Liu, Race Forward (report)
• Growing Justice: Transcending racism in the food system - Michelle Stern, The Next Systems Project, The Democracy Project (article)
• A More Abundant Share – The Future Of Food Is Black - Shakirah Simley, HuffPost (article)
• Race and Food are Intertwined. Here’s How We Can Do Better - Hannah Wallace, Civil Eats (article)
• Racial Equity in the Farm Bill: Recommendations and Opportunities - Noah McDonald, Intern, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (blog post series)
• Racialized Rhetoric’s of Food Politics: Black Farmers, the Case of Shirley Sherrod, and Struggle for Land Equity and Access  - Eileen Schell, Porio Journal, Syracuse University (article)
• Reparations and Rematriations for Black-Indigenous Farmers - New England Farmers of Color Land Trust (map)
• Reveal: Losing Ground - Revealnews (53 min podcast)
• Tangled Roots and Bitter Fruit: What Ferguson can teach the food movement

• The US Farm Bill: Corporate Power and Structural Racialization in the US Food System - Hosselin Ayaz and Elsadig Elsheikh, Othering & Belonging (report)
• What Ferguson Means for the Food Justice Movement - Beatriz Beckford, WHY Hunger (journal series)
• What is the Color of the New Economy? And Why It Matters - Penloh, Practical Visionaries (article)
• The White Lies of Craft Culture - Lauren Michele Jackson, Eater (article)
• Why Are There So Few Black-Owned Grocery Stores? - Tom Perkins, Civil Eats (article)
• Why We Can’t Talk About Race in Food - Shakirah Simley, Stephen Satterfield, Dakota Kim and Tunde Wey, Civil Eats (article)
• Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit - The National Young Farmers Coalition (website)

• African American Land Ownership And Black Wealth - Global Black History (article)
• ‘America is a factory farming nation’: key takeaways from US agriculture census - The Guardian (article)
• United States Department of Agriculture - USDA (official website)
• USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (website)
• Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at a‘black commons’ and collective ownership? - The Conversation (article)

Food Systems: Focus on Food Security, Hunger and Nutrition Issues

• Black Food Matters: Race and Equity in the Good Food Movement  - Devita Davison, Food Lab Detroit (13.03 min video)
• Hunger in the US - Bread for the World (website)
• Food Deserts and the Politics of Food Insecurity: Structures and Sustainability - Angela Odoms-Young (4 min video)
• Food + Justice = Democracy: Ladonna Redmond, TEDx Manhattan (12:10 min video)
• Food Justice Voices: A Farmer Like Me: Exploring Hunger, Race and Farming in America - Lorrie Clevenger, Why Hunger (interview)

Food Systems: Focus on Food Security, Hunger and Nutrition Issues

• A Food Relief Charter for South Australia-Towards a Shared VIsion for Pathways Out of Food Insecurity - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (article)
• The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch - Food Research & Action Center (report)
• Hunger and Food Insecurity - Foodprint (article)

• • Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk? - Beverly Daniel Tatum (video)
  • Framing Racial Equity in Adolescence: Messaging Strategies for Social Change - Frameworks Institute (article)
  • NY Times Resources for Teaching About Race and Racism - Nicole Daniels, Michael Gonchar and Natalie Proulx (article)
  • Ours - Ruth Forman (book)
  • Zora’s Garden - Rae Chesney (book)
  • Corduroy - Don Freeman (book)
  • The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys -Dr.  Eddie Moore Jr., Dr. Ali Micheal and Dr. Marguerite Penicks- Park (book)
    • Chocolate Me - Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans (video about 2 min)
    • The Colors of Us - Karen Katz (book)
    • EmbraceRace (online community)
    • Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez - Kathleen Krull (book)
    • Let’s Talk about Race - Julius Lester (book)
    • A Letter to My Son - Ta-Nehisi Coates (article)
    • Spring 2024 Workshop Series - Raising Race Conscious Children (resources and workshops)
    • The Skin You Live In - Michael Taylor (book)
    • Learning for Justice Classroom Resources - Southern Poverty Law Center (website)
    • Little E; The Big Misunderstanding - Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr, (book)

• Curriculum - Othering & Belonging Institute
• Code Switch Listening Party Kit - Interaction Institute for Social Change
• Confronting Racial Bias at Work - Race Forward (podcasts)
• The 4th Box Sparks Imagination - Interaction Institute for Social Change (blog)
• Implicit Association Test - Project Implicit (website)
• Race, Equity and Inclusion Guide; Embracing Equity: 7 Steps to Advance and Embed Race Equity and Inclusion Within Your Organization - The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit - Race Forward
• Racial Equity Toolkit to Assess Policies, Initiatives, Programs, and Budget Issues, City of Seattle - Race & Social Justice Initiative
• Ten Lessons for Talking About Race, Racism and Racial Justice - The Opportunity Initiative
• Map the Meal Gap - Feeding America Hunger Map, (website)
• Our Fight for Climate Justice - Racial Equity Tools (article)
• Resources - Cause Strategy Partners (website)
• Color-Brave: An Early Childhood Learning Community of/for Adults Nurturing Resistance & Joy in BIPOC Children - EmbraceRace (website)
• Black Wealth Indicators - Black Wealth Data Center (website)
• White People Challenging Racism:Moving from Talk to Action - White People Challenging Racism (website)
• How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace - Harvard Business Review (article)
• 10 Effective ways to promote equity in the workplace - Recruiteeblog (blog)
• Tool for Organizational Self Assessment Related to Racial Equity 2014 - Coalition for Communities of Color (website)

• Children and their caregivers in low-opportunity neighborhoods face increased risk of early death - Harvard T.H. Chan, School of Public Health (newsbrief)
• A Poem in Three Parts: Meet me There (Part Three) - Othering & Belonging Institute (video)
• Center for the Healing of Racism (website)
• Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teaching of the Seventh Fire - Gregory A. Cajete (book)
• Emotional Justice: A Road Map for Racial Healing - Esther Armah (book)
• Esther Armah: Emotional Justice - (3:57 min video)

• Value: Advances justice - This Changes Everything and Beautiful Solutions
• Best social justice and equity conferences in 2018 - Beneficial State Foundation
• Catalyst Project
• Minority Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Color of Change
• Colorlines 
• Economic Policy Institute
• Equal Justice Initiative
• Government Alliance on Race and Equity
• Othering & Belonging Institute
• Interaction Institute for Social Change
• National Equity Atlas 
• The Opportunity Agenda 
• Undoing Racism People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
• PolicyLink
• Race Forward
• Racial Equity Tools - Equity in the Center
• Soul Fire Farm
• White Privilege Conference - The Privilege Institute
• Social Justice & Equity Movement Building - World Trust
• Coalition on Human Needs
• Courageous Conversation
• Food Research Action Center (FRAC) Working to End Hunger in America
• Learning for Justice - Southern Poverty Law Center

• This can be the hardest part, especially for people new to racial justice work. Engaging in racially mixed settings can trigger age-old power and privilege dynamics. The goal is to enter the process to learn and bridge knowledge gaps, not to take over, lead, and impose solutions.
• Stay engaged even when your mind and body start sending you signals to shrink or walk away.
• Ask clarifying questions.
• Acknowledge what you don’t know.
• Journal to process emotions such as shame and anger that can guide you to deeper self-awareness about how power and privilege impacts you.
• Find a mentor within your own racial group to support and guide your growth.
• Take a course or workshop. Connect with organizations listed above and see what opportunities they offer. The network of people you discover may point you to a class, or finding a class first may point you to a network.
• Call your local representatives and congress people and share your concerns about racial injustices. Learn about and support policies put forward by The Movement for Black Lives.
• Prepare yourself to interrupt racial jokes and racist comments. Click here for some advice about how.
• Organize a film night or book group with family, friends, colleagues, or neighbors to learn and discuss together the dynamics and realities of privilege and power.
• Attend an event in your area where issues of power and privilege are being addressed. Universities and bookstores often host speakers who draw the network you’ll want to plug into to keep engaged and motivated.
• Join the Poor People's Campaign to learn more and take action on poverty and its call for moral revival.