Racial Justice: For Educators, Teens, and Our Community

This is one of three parts in our Collection on Racial Justice.

For Teens

• Do Something.Org and Spaces for Teens to Speak Up for Justice
  
  A not-for-profit exclusively for young people and social change, DoSomething’s millions of members represent every US area code and 131 countries.
  
   
• Teens Resist: Learn About It. Then Take Action
  
  All of our staff are teens. We have writers who have applied and been accepted. Any student from 8th-12th grade can apply.
  
   
• Racial Injustice: 5 Ways Jewish Teens Can Stand Up, Speak Out and Take Action | by Rachel Fredman for the Jewish Teen Initiative
  
   
• Publications of Jewish Teen Women around Race | J Girls Magazine
  • Why My Hair Falls the Way it Does | by Makeda Zabot Hall
  • Black Swan vs. White Swan | by Ela Solmson
  • The Color of Water: A Discussion of Personal Identity in America | by Gali Davar
    
     

Articles/Media to Discuss

• As a Jew of Color, I Need More People in My Community to Speak Up | Haaretz
  
  An interview with Yehuda Webster, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, and April Baskin
  
   
• The Power of “We” | Yavilah McCoy | JTS Gleanings and eJewish Philanthropy
  
  Yavilah is CEO of the Diversity consulting group, DIMENSIONS Inc., and was a presenter at our Jewish Futures Conference on Power to the People.
  
   
• Remember, No One Is Coming to Save Us | Roxane Gay | New York Times Opinion
  
   
• Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People. | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | New York Times Opinion
  
   
• From Christian Cooper to George Floyd: A Letter To White Parents | Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs | Romper
  
   
• "This Is Why We Kneel" | Music Composed by LBT Music Director Charles Dickerson III, Music Performed by Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles & Men's Chorus
  
   
• Why Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Hopeful | The Ezra Klein Show
  
  “I can’t believe I’m gonna say this,” he replied, “but I see hope. I see progress right now.” For those of us who read Mr. Coates, this is not his usual stance. The author of Between the World and Me on why this isn’t 1968, the Colin Kaepernick test, police abolition, nonviolence, and the state, and more.
  
   

For All Of Us: Other Resources and Collections

• Independent Google Doc collections of resources
  • Scaffolding Anti-Racism Resources
    
    A thoughtful resource list that scaffolds anti-racism resources for white people and provides a framework for white identity recognition and development. Includes Stages, Resources, and What To Do Next. Author credits listed.
  • Anti-Racism Resources: Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klei.
    
    This is particularly useful as a curated list of diverse media (appropriate for high school+).
  • Anti-Racism & Jewish Resources: A collaborative document including suggestions and edits by Gabby Switzer, Jared Jackson, Ikenna Maduno, Gavi Welbel, Hannah Joy Sachs, Hannah Isaacs, Trudy Morse, and many more.
  • Justice in June: Compiled by Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace (joint Twitter @Autumn_Bry) with engagement options divided by 10/25/45 minutes per day.
    
     
• Singular/Exemplar Resources
  • Avodah: In Memory of George Floyd | Statement and educational/action resources
  • Torat Chayim: Statement on the Death of George Floyd (includes links to The 2020 Uri L’Tzedek Anti-Racism Campaign)
    
    A new association of pluralistic and progressive Orthodox Rabbis.
  • JEWTINA y Co.
    
    An organization and website that foregrounds the stories and experiences from the Jewish-Latinx community (appropriate for teens+).
  • Judaism Unbound Podcast: Episodes on Social and Racial Justice
    • JewTube | Oona King
    • Audacious Hospitality | April Baskin
    • 100% Black, 100% Jewish | Shais Rishon (MahNishtana)
  • Mike Brown Niggun - Koach Baruch Frazier
    
    Dr. Koach Frazier, a black Jew, was one of Avodah’s featured speakers. Posted by Rabbi Micah Shapiro of Penn Hillel: “As a Jewish community, we must not stay silent for so many reasons, just one being the profound presence of black Jews in Jewish life. My colleague and teacher Koach Baruch Frazier puts into melody what words are unable to express: communal resilience, collective grief, determination for a country that doesn't trample over black and brown bodies.”
  • Ben & Jerry’s
    
    An example of what corporations are capable of if they are willing to take a stand. Teaching and learning with these resources can be powerful for teens and adults (and lovers of ice cream).
    • Silence is NOT An Option (2020)
    • 7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real (2016)
    • From Slavery to Mass Incarceration (2019)