Racial Equity Resources
Resources for Anti-Racism Education
Links to help you get informed about how you can build racial equity
As humans, we are all part of a system that is embedded with systemic injustices. For some this includes racism and bias, both of which can shape the way we treat or mistreat people based on the color of their skin.
Becoming anti-racist is a lifelong process. We have gathered the following resources for anyone wishing to educate themselves on how long-standing historical oppression continues to manifest itself today and how we can each work to build a more just society.
Resource Lists and Toolkits
SmartGivers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion toolkit
Racial Equity Resource Directory from Minnesota Compass, listing racial equity programs and training providers for organizations and people working to combat racism and increase cultural competence
Racial equity, healing and justice resources from W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Resources for healing from racial trauma from Augsburg University
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership tools and resources for districts, schools and educators to supporting racial equity in distance learning
Anti-racist Parenting Resources from YWCA Minneapolis
Talking About Race from the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History & Culture
Resources to Help Empower Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
Respectful Conversations, organized by the MN Council of Churches, are structured, facilitated conversations designed not to change minds, but soften hearts
Articles, Podcasts and Websites
Books, articles, and more from the Anti-Racism Project
What Can I do About Racism? website
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership tools and resources for districts, schools and educators to supporting racial equity in distance learning
Respectful Conversations, organized by the MN Council of Churches, are structured, facilitated conversations designed not to change minds, but soften hearts
Anti-racism educational activities organized by Helms’ stages of White Identity Development
An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism book list from BuzzFeed News
Racial justice events and learning library from YWCA St. Paul
TPT’s Jim Crow of the North video
New York Times’ 1619 Podcast
NPR’s Code Switch: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die
Talking About Race from the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History & Culture
Seeing White, a podcast on whiteness and how history connects to today
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others from Pepperdine University
Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Feeling Overwhelmed by Racism by Rachel Wilkerson Miller for Vice
Racial Equity Educational Resources for White Allies
What Can I do About Racism? website
“For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies”, article by Courtney Ariel in Sojourners Magazine
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Implicit Bias test from Project Implicit, a nonprofit educating the public about bias
Anti-racism educational activities organized by Helms’ stages of White Identity Development
'Raising White Kids' Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race interview on NPR
Anti-racism resources for white people document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020
Foundation Events
Facing Race Awards - The Facing Race Awards recognize anti-racism activists in Minnesota who challenge absent and harmful narratives on race, build solutions that unite, instead of divide, and push for justice and equity. Through these Awards, we celebrate and learn from those leading the way forward.
Stories about Equity
The Byproduct of Putting People First
Board Member Feature: Nancy Lyons explores the roles equity and intersectionality play in creating a healthy work environment.
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Xavier Tavera
Latinx in Rural Midwest consists of film and photography from Xavier Tavera as part of an ongoing series about the Latinx community and their unique historic tie to American land.
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Foundation Invests in Afghan Resettlement Plan
The Foundation partners with the Minnesota Council on Foundations and others to help new Afghan arrivals resettle in Minnesota.
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The Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective
The Birch Bark Canoe was created by the Manidoo Ogitigaan Artist Collective, a group of Indigenous artists who work to preserve the teachings, practices and traditions of their people through traditional Anishinaabeg art forms.
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Art In This Present Moment Grants Announced
Funding recognizes Minnesota’s Black, Indigenous and people of color artists and their work created at the intersection of cultural art and activism.
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Thomas Stillday, Jr.
Thomas Stillday, Jr. is an Indigenous beadwork artist who mixes unique stitching techniques with a distinct choice of colors to create unique Ojibwe designs on bandolier bags.
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