Black Lives Matter in Our Human Family, and Global Family Travels stands with the black community and other communities of color, and we commit to gain knowledge by reading and listening to black voices to understand how we can help play a role in building a just system to end to help dismantle institutional racism.  We start this important action in sharing some valuable resources we graciously received from friends, colleagues and researching media links, which we hope you can also use to help you learn, discern, take action, and heal.   

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 GET INFORMED: 

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• Talking About Race: An online portal through the National Museum of African American History and Culture to help families, individuals, and communities talk about racism and commit to being antiracist. 

• Learn more about police use of force in your city from the Leadership Conference Education Fund. 

• Campaign Zero: Understand what is happening in your state in regards to legislation that has passed and what still needs to be considered.  

• The Art of Community: Seven Principals for Belonging. - The Brave Invitation. 

• “White Awake; Waking Ourselves for the Benefit of All”: On the concept of “White Supremacy”  

• ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’: Onbeing with Resmaa Menakem who talks about race and oppression as it lives in black and white bodies and why an embodied practice needs to be present with just anti-racist learning. 

• INSTITUTIONAL RACISM CHEAT SHEET: Sarah Rainwater created this wonderful document that she has been sharing widely - it is HUGE and overwhelming but has a lot of info. 

• 15+ Tools and Resources to Challenge Racism - CompassPoint 

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: Book by Michelle Alexander  

• How to be an Antiracist: Book by Ibram X. Kendi  

• Me and White Supremacy: A 28-Day Challenge to Combat Racism, by Layla F Saad. This is a great book to work through with friends. It started as a group of folks who wanted to work through these issues to understand them better and this year came out as a book that breaks down studying these issues day by day over the course of 28 days.

• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community  Sunshine Behavioral Health

• Pull Up for Racial Justice; Resources – provided by Phila Engaged Giving  

 
 
GET ENGAGED & TAKE ACTION: 

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• Anguish into Action  

• NAACP Legal Defense Fund 

• George Floyd Memorial Fund 

• Justice for Breonna Taylor Fund  

• National Bail Fund Network 

• Black Table Arts  

• Fair Fight: To help advocate for fair and free elections. 

• Communities United Against Police Brutality  

• Know Your Rights Campaign: Educational camps and a campaign started by Colin Kaepernick to “advance the liberation and well-being of black and brown communities”. 
   
   

Podcasts:  

• A Courageous Presence with Racism by Tara Brach  

• How to Be an Anti-racist, Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi. GREAT podcast on anti-racism and what that means.  

• 1619: From The New York Times, an audio series about the beginning of American slavery.  
   

 

For Parents:  
 

• Mom Why Don’t You Have Any Black Friends?: “Before you speak to your kids about race, answer this question.”- Article by Michelle Silverthorn 

• Resources on Anti-Racism: Ideas on how to get your family learning and talking about race from ParentMap.  

• ANTI-RACIST PARENTING: A Discussion about raising anti-racist kids with author of the new book, Antiracist Baby, Ibram X.Kendi, in conversation with Derecka Purnell. This book will be released as a picture book, due to high demand! 

• Incubate a Better World in the Minds & Hearts of Students: By Ruha Benjamin, an African American studies prof at Princeton who speaks, or 'sparks us', to our need to re-imagine the design of 'imagination' to get to a better world.  It seemed particularly relevant because she speaks from a framework of hard-core rational compassion.  I think it aligns with Courage.  o fluff.   

• These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids - The New York Times 

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For Non-Black Community Family and Friends :  Act by being an ally, use your voice, use your body, your privilege and resources to show up for black people. Please do not just post on social media or stay silent. Do your work and act now. Beyond the resources above here are a few more for you:

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• A Guide to Supporting Grieving Black Communities (for Non-Black people)  

• 5 ways to start being a better ally for your black coworkers - CNBC by Courtney Connley  

• Black Lives Matter: Ways to Help  

• Resources for White Allies 

• Anti-Racism Education Resources for White Allies 

• Some practices I hold on being a non-black brown person 

• Chopra Center - Meditation: For selfcare, release and meditation.  

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For the Black Community: Self-care and mental health are important right now, so here are some resources below.  

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• BEAM - Black Virtual Therapist Network 

• Loveland Foundation 

• Colors of Compassion 

• Coming Back to Breath: A poem by Alexis Pauline Gumbs 

• Chopra Center - Meditation: For selfcare, release and meditation.  
   

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Seattle Metro /Northwest Specific: 

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Because our Global Family Travels is located in the Pacific Northwest, we share these valuable resources 

• BLM Seattle Freedom Fund 

• Northwest Community Bail Fund  

• 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets  

• The Intentionalist: A great resource in Seattle. A search engine for Black-owned businesses, artists, and creators to support.  

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From our partners at the Impact Travel Alliance: The Impact Travel Alliance has put together a round-up of books, podcasts, movies and more on their  blog. We’ve been sharing resources, tools, and thoughts from Black voices in our Instagram stories, and those are saved as highlights. We encourage you to follow those accounts and continue to support their efforts. 

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#BlackLivesMatter #Unity #Compassion

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