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INTRODUCTION

This guide is meant to provide additional resources to support the work of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office. For more specific resources look at the Social Identifier Pages.

Antiracism at Rivers Family Learning Guide: Unpacking Racial Violence and Protest Take Five Steps

DEI Resource Page

The following are links to a recent articles that may be of interest to all of the PLN groups.

A Beautiful Resistance
"Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt" This series has both text and video.
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"We are more than police brutality and suffering. We can acknowledge injustice without being defined that way. Blackness is not a burden. Here, we tell our stories and our struggles, too, through the lens of love. We amplify the truths of Black folk and other people of color living as their fullest selves in a region, in a country, set up to keep them from doing just that. Their joy is a form of resistance."
How Has Boston Gotten Away with Being Segregated for So Long? This article appeared in the December issue of Boston magazine and examines the history and current reality of Boston's neighborhoods.
Massachusetts’ public schools are highly segregated. It’s time we treated that like the crisis it is

ORGANIZATIONS

The following are some of the National Organizations that are dedicated to fighting racism, hate, and discrimination in the United States:

ADL
The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Project (BIPOC) "The BIPOC Project aims to build authentic and lasting solidarity among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), in order to undo Native invisibility, anti-Blackness, dismantle white supremacy and advance racial justice. " (from the website)
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts "The mission of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, Inc. (BECMA) is to advance the economic well-being of Black businesses, organizations that serve the Black community and Black residents of Massachusetts." (from the website)
Boston University Center for Antiracist Research Ibram X. Kennedy, one of the country's leading scholars and historians, joined the faculty of Boston University is is the founder of this new center. The center’s mission, he says, will be “to solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.”
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) "CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization."
Equal Justice Initiative: Racial Justice
Facing History and Ourselves: Topics
Race Forward "Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Founded in 2002, CSI catalyzes community, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racial inequity and create equitable outcomes for all. In 2017, Race Forward united with Center for Social Inclusion to become the new Race Forward."
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy: Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project "The Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project is a newly formed initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Shorenstein Center. The goal of this enterprise is to use research and policy to promote antiracism as a core value and institutional norm."
Southern Poverty Law Center
Learning for Justice
Teaching While White "Teaching While White (TWW) seeks to move the conversation forward on how to be consciously, intentionally, anti-racist in the classroom." (from the website)
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There are resources, a blog, and podcasts as well as a section called Students Teaching Anti-Racisism (S.T.A.R.)
UNWomen "UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide."
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The global organization is involved in a wide range of areas that include economic empowerment, violence against women, humanitarian action, and HIV and AIDS. They publish briefs, research reports, policy papers and more.

ONLINE MAGAZINES

There are several online publications that feature contributions from writers who talk about race and other topical areas. Below are links to a few of them.

Boston Review
Medium Medium publishes thousands of articles on topical issues and has a wide viewership. Writers are both well-known and invites anyone to submit their stories.
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Medium provides free access to a few articles each month. If you can't read the full text you can email Ms. Starr for the entire article.
Yes! Magazine "Through rigorous reporting on the positive ways communities are responding to social problems and insightful commentary that sparks constructive discourse, YES! Media inspires people to build a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world." (from the website)

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INTRODUCTION

ORGANIZATIONS

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ONLINE MAGAZINES

ARTICLES

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