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Social Justice Resources From a Year of Learning

In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and in the fierceness of last summer’s rising Black Lives Movement, Bridgetown Baby formed a social justice study group that has since met monthly as part of our personal and collective commitment to dismantling white supremacy. Our discussions have ranged widely and moved us deeply - here is a selection of our favorites from among the diverse resources that have been most powerful for us:

Catching up and preparing to be engaged

Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement: Here’s What You’ve Missed ~ Medium.com

Want to Have Better Conversations about Racism With Your Parents? Here’s How. ~ NPR

Informing ourselves about Oregon’s racist history

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America ~ The Atlantic

Hidden History Oregon Timeline ~ Oregon Humanities

Some of our favorite podcasts

Seeing White

Seeing White: Study Guide

The 1619 Project

1619 Project: Discussion Guides

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown in Conversation with Brené Brown

Some of our favorite books

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person ~ Fredrick Joseph

The Black Friend: discussion

The Condemnation of Blackness - Khalil Gibran Muhammad

I’m Still Here ~ Austin Channing Brown

Me and White Supremacy ~ Layla F. Saad

My Grandmother’s Hands ~ Resmaa Menakem

So You Want to Talk About Race ~ Ijeoma Oluo

Waking Up White ~ Debby Irving

Some songs to move you

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Official Video 2019) - YouTube

Infinity Song - cover of What’s Going On

Tobe Nwigwe :: Wake Up Everybody

HER :: I Can’t Breathe