Community Resources & ACTION
YEAH! amplifies youth voices that have otherwise been told to be silent. Music, art, and creative expression are our tools in building a loud, celebratory, and formidable movement. We choose these tools purposefully because they are accessible, community-based, collaborative, and powerful catalysts for change.
Our feminist roots have grown to encapsulate discussion and work to liberate all oppressed peoples. YEAH! remains committed to actively naming and addressing the deep well of violence that disproportionately affects communities of color, in addition to acknowledging the history of the land we occupy. We recognize that every day provides us with the opportunity to create empowering spaces for all.
This evolving resource collection supports our commitment to creating empowering spaces for all. We invite you to join us in this ongoing work of growth, learning, and bold engagement with courageous opportunities to love each other better.
Below you'll find tools to educate ourselves, encourage conversations, and engage in action. These resources are regularly updated and strengthened through community participation.
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Books
31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Are Prisons Obsolete?/Angela Davis/2003
Between the World and Me/Ta-Nehisi Coates/2015
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins/2000
Black Marxism: The Making of Black Radical Tradition/Cedric Robinson/1983
Black Skin, White Masks/Frantz Fanon/1952
Common Ground/J. Anthony Lukas/1985
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper/2018
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon/2018
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi/2019
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/Maya Angelou/1969
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson/2014
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad/2020
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold/2020
Racism 101 booklist by Nicole Zhou
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, and So Much More/Janet Mock/2014
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde/1984
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 8/2018
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison/1970
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin/1962
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness/Michelle Alexander/2010
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century/Grace Lee Boggs, Scott Kurashige, and Danny Glover/2011
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson/2010
The World That Made New Orleans/Ned Sublette/2008
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldua/1984
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race/Debby Irving/2014
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility/Robin J. Diangelo/June 26, 2018
White Rage/Carol Anderson/2017
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race/Beverley Daniel Tatum/2017
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race/Renni Eddo-Lodge/2017
Women, Race, and Class/Angela Davis/1981
Wretched of the Earth/Frantz Fanon/1961
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to To Talk About Race: Resource Roundup/Katrina Michie
Articles
11 Things To Do Besides Say ‘This Has To Stop’ In The Wake Of Police Brutality by Brittany Wong (HuffPost)
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice/Corinne Shutack/Aug. 13, 2017
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 ‘Fed Up’-rising/Michael Harriot/May 30, 2020
America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
Amy Cooper, White Spaces and the Political Projection of Whiteness/Lara Witt/May 26, 2020/
Breaking Barriers: Strategies for Inclusivity in Sports/Alexis Bennett/October 18, 2023
Discourse and Debate: Is performative activism inherently bad?/Kayla Abrams, Jemima Fregene, and Lana Awadallah/Mar. 26, 2019
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
Food Has Always Been Political/Adam Rapaport/May 31, 2020
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies/Courney Ariel/Aug. 16, 2017
How Not To Be An Ally/Dr. Kim Case/April 19, 2019
How To Be An Ally If You Are a Person With Privilege/Frances E. Kendall, Ph.D./2003
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change/Barack Obama/Jun. 1, 2020
How White Women’s Tears Threaten Black Existence/Cameron Glover/May 15, 2018
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
My White Friend Asked Me to Explain White Privilege/Lori Lakin Hutcherson/Sep. 8, 2017
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul Jabbar: Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge/Kareem Abdul Jabbar/May 30, 2020
Reckoning with white supremacy: Five fundamentals for white folks/Lovey Cooper/Jun. 1, 2020
Remember, No One Is Coming to Save Us/Roxane Gay/May 30, 2020
Several Antiracist Books Are Selling Out. Here’s What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read by Suyin Haynes (Time)
Teaching Your Child About Black History Month/Nefertiti Austin/Feb. 15 2018
The 1619 Project (all articles)/New York Times Magazine
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying/Adam Serwer/May 8, 2020
The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
The Minneapolis Uprising in Context/Elizabeth Hinton/May 29, 2020
The Souls of White Folk/Stephen Jamal Leeper/ Dec. 22, 2016
The Sugarcoated Language of White Fragility / Anna Kegler/Jul. 22, 2016
The White Space/Elijah Anderson/2015
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups / Craig Elliott PhD/2016
Trump Defends White-Nationalist Protesters: ‘Some Very Fine People on Both Sides’ / Rosie Gray / Aug 15, 2017
We are not okay. And you shouldn’t be either.” / Meg K. Guilford/May 31, 2020
What Do We Do With White Folks? / Anthony James Williams/Feb. 4, 2019
When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels/Rachel Cargle/Aug. 16, 2018
Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
White Anti-Racism: Living The Legacy/Flinn, Norman, Patel and Robles
White Fragility/The Conscious Kid
White People Have No Culture/Lorena Wallace/Feb. 19, 2018
White People: This Is How To Check Your Privilege When Asking People Of Color For Their Labor/Sophia Stephens/July 30, 2018
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
White Supremacy Culture, From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change/Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun/2001
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Why Pronouns Matter by Brenda Alvarez | (October 5, 2022) nea.org
Why White People Freak Out When They’re Called Out About Race/Sam Adler-Bell/Mar 10, 2015
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
Movies and Documentaries
13th/Ava Duvernay/2016 – Netflix
American Son/Kenny Leon/2019 – Netflix
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975/Göran Olsson/2011
Blackkklansman/Spike Lee/2018
Clemency/Chinonye Chukwu/2019
Fruitvale Station/Ryan Coogler/2013
Get Out/Jordan Peele/2017
I Am Not Your Negro/Raoul Peck/2017
If Beale Street Could Talk/Barry Jenkins/2018 – Hulu
Just Mercy/Destin Daniel Cretton/2019
King In The Wilderness/Peter Kunhardt/2018 – HBO
See You Yesterday/Stefon Bristol/2019 – Netflix
Selma/Ava Duvernay/2014
Sorry To Bother You/Boots Riley/2018 – Hulu
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution/Stanley Nelson Jr./2015
The Hate U Give/George Tillman Jr./2018 – Hulu
When They See Us/Ava Duvernay/2019
Podcasts
Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Videos
“How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”: Peggy Mcintosh at TedxTimberlaneSchools/Tedx Talks/Nov. 5, 2012
A Mindful Approach to Race and Social Justice | Rhonda Magee, Jon Kabot-Zinn, Anderson Cooper/Wisdom 2.0/May 28, 2019
Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Caruthers/National LGBTQ Task Force/Jan. 23 2016
Brené Brown on Empathy/The RSA/ Dec. 10 2013
Courageous Conversations: Sharing Stories About Race and Pledging to Practice More/WHYY/May 23, 2017
Dr. Robin Diangelo discusses ‘White Fragility’/Seattle Channel/Jul. 3 2018
George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show/The Daily Show with Trevor Noah/May 29, 2020
The Difference Between Being “Not Racist” and “Antiracist”: A TED Talk by Ibram X. Kendi
The Inner Work of Racial Justice | Rhonda Magee/Wisdom 2.0/Mar. 23 2019
Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story/Robin Diangelo | Big Think/Oct. 1 2018
More Resources
A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources by Katie Couric (Medium)
America’s Long History of Scapegoating Its Asian Citizens (National Geographic)
Anguish & Action (Obama Foundation)
Anti-racism Resources(Google Doc compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein)
Asian Americans Are Calling on Allies in Response to a Wave of Violence(VICE)
Black LGBTQ Individuals Experience Heightened Levels of Discrimination
Black Men Matter – Examining Mental Health Issues Among Black Men – A Guide To Freedom
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
Free and Low-Cost Healthcare Resources for Minority Communities
How to Survive the End of the World: A Podcast with the Brown Sisters
IG: 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship (@mireillecharper)
Not Equal: Racial Disparities In Addiction/Substance Abuse Treatment
Recognizing White Supremacy: A resource to identify characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our individual identities, our institutions, and our communities.
Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
Solutions (Campaign Zero)
Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
The Summit Wellness Group’s Top 61 BIPOC Addiction & Mental Health Resources
Ways You Can Stand in Solidarity with the Black Community (AdHoc)
Organizations to Follow on Social Media
Antiracism Center
Audre Lorde Project
Black Women’s Blueprint
Color Of Change
Colorlines
The Conscious Kid
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
Families Belong Together
Justice League NYC
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL)
MPowerChange
Muslim Girl
NAACP
National Domestic Workers Alliance
RAICES
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
SisterSong
Trans Lifeline
United We Dream
For Teachers & Mentors
A Guide for Teachers Who Want to Discuss Race but Don’t Know Where to Start
Financial Literacy in the Black Community
Healing Justice Practice Spaces: A How-To Guide
How to Use Your Social Work Degree to Help Decriminalize Mental Illness
Liberating education: how schools can empower and transform | Trish Millines Dziko | TEDxSeattle
Programming for Social Justice with Campers
Social Justice Series: Recognizing Microaggressions at Camp
Student Activism in Schools: Getting Your Voice Heard
Teaching Social Justice Resource Exchange Facebook Group
Organizations to Support
We support the following organizations and appreciate your contributions to their efforts.
AFRORACK
Black Lives Matter
Black Visions
Color of Change
Gideon’s Army
Nashville Community Bail Fund
National Museum of African American Music
Reclaim the Block
The Equity Alliance
Trans Lifeline
Youth Activism Project
The Nashville Trans Solidarity Project
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