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Support for Black Lives Matter and the Anti-Racism Movement
“The emotional and psychological impact of racism means acutely, every day, being reminded that you are not enough, being reminded that you are not seen, being reminded that you are not valued, being reminded that you are not a citizen, being reminded that humanity is not something that applies to you.”
– Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia, past Prosper Portland Commissioner [USA Today, May 28, 2020]
Ways to support Black Lives Matter and the Anti-Racism Movement
Many local Black elected and civic leaders have shared powerful insights in recent days that help contextualize the current moment, including:
- JoAnn Hardesty – @JoannPDX (Twitter)
- Fire Chief Sarah Boone
- Rukaiyah Adams, co-founder of Albina Vision
- Former Portland State University professor Joy DeGruy has a seminal lecture on YouTube, a powerfully researched book, and a shorter video on her website, which all dig deep into multi-generational trauma in African American communities.
- “Structural racism, trauma and violence,” a talk by Alisha Moreland-Capuia, M.D., executive director, OHSU Avel Gordly Center for Healing, assistant professor of psychiatry, OHSU.
- Willamette Week article: “Four Black Leaders”
Fiction
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Piecing Myself Together by Portland author Renee Watson
Non-fiction
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- This is How We Fight for Our Lives by Said Jones (*Note: this memoir may be too explicit for some readers)
- A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
- A Colony Within a Nation by Chris Hayes
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
- For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies
Websites
- “Talking About Race” from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Anti-racism resources
- Explore the Portland Means Progress Cultural Change Road Map