Anti-Racist Path

Correction to the July IDI newsletter: Anti-Racist Path registration for fall was listed as open, but it doesn’t open until Sep. 5, 2023. We apologize for any confusion, read below for fall schedule.

 

Anti-Racist Path Series

 

Anti-Racist Path: Series for dialogue, skill-building, and action

Information about Anti Racist Path Series offerings for fall 2023 coming soon. Please contact Lynn Lammers with any questions or concerns. 

This series invites you to commit or re-commit yourself to anti-racism. We will notice and name racism and envision what dismantling white supremacy looks like for each of us. As we begin this work, we’ll emphasize building emotional resilience and honoring the myriad of emotions that arise when we do the hard work of challenging white supremacy. Affinity space may be provided at certain points in the process. 

There will be a limit of 40 participants. 

We will keep a waitlist.

 

Throughout this series, participants will:

  • Examine social identities with respect to power and privilege
  • Identify and express processes of racial identity development
  • Develop skills to recognize and navigate a full range of human emotions related to justice work
  • Analyze the destructiveness and persistence of whiteness and white supremacy in individual, interpersonal, systemic, and cultural environments
  • Engage in a community of co-learners to build capacity and support for continued action

 

Series facilitators: TBD

 

Fall 2023 Anti-Racist Path Series Timeline:

Starting in October 2023, the Anti-Racist Path will be open to a new cohort of participants. This series invites you to commit or recommit yourself to anti-racism learning and work.  

Save the dates: 

  • Sept. 5: Registration information will be released 
  • Sept. 13: Information meeting to give an overview of the series and answer questions 
  • Oct. 4 - Nov. 15: Sessions will be held on Wednesdays, 3-5 pm, on campus  

Registration Link: TBD

 

 

Books 

(please consider supporting a Black-owned bookstore)

  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
  • How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks
  • Identity Consciousness Supervision by Robert Brown, Shruti Desi, and Craig Elliott (available online through MSU Library)
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
  • Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
  • Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
  • Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
  • Everday Bias by Howard Ross
  • Campus Uprisings by Ty-Ron M.O. Douglas, Kmt G. Shockley, Ivory Toldson
  • Blackhood Against the Police Power by Tyron P. Woods
  • The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison
  • Making All Black Lives Matter by Barbara Ransby
  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  • Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
  • Race Matters by Cornel West
  • Can We Talk About Race? By Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
  • Campus Counterspaces by Micere Keels
  • Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
  • My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
  • Toxic Ivory Towers by Ruth Enid Zambrana
  • Microaggressions and Marginality by Derald Wing Sue
  • Critical Race Theory by Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
  • Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry
  • We Want to Do More Than Survive by Bettina Love
  • White Working Class by Joan Williams
  • We Cast A Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Articles

 Podcasts

  • NPR’s Code Switch
  • New York Time’s 1619
  • Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
  • Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla Saad

 Movies and Videos

Local Black-led Organizations to Follow

National Organizations to Follow

Hashtags to Follow

  • #blackintheivory
  • #sayhername