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Teaching Young Children About Bias, Diversity, and Social Justice
5 Keys to Challenging Implicit Bias
99 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
WHITE PEOPLE – Let’s do the 75 things.
ASALH – Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Black People in History: Profiles in Perseverance

Connect with Local Organizations

NAACP Bucks County Branch
African American Museum of Bucks County

Articles

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests
Five Practices and Three Myths That Fuel Inequality
U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
Resources to understand the long history of injustice and inequality

 

DVD, Streaming Video

Race: The Power of an Illusion

Movies to Watch

12 Years a Slave
13th
Clemency
Dear White People (Netflix series)
Fruitvale Station

I Am Not Your Negro
If Beale Street Could Talk

Just Mercy

When They See Us

Pertinent Information

An Anti-Racist Reading List for Children & Adults
Black Lives Matter: From Hashtag to Movement
Diverse Books Matter
How Did We Get Here?  163 years of The Atlantic’s writing on race
                    and racism in America
NAACP Criminal Justice Fact Sheet
Pew Research Center: 10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S.
Policing and Democracy | John Noakes, Ph.D. | TEDxWestChester
Race & Policing Facilitation

Race Talk: Engaging Your People in Conversations about Race and Racism
Walking While Black Trailer and AJ Ali Interview
Working for Racial Justice as a White Teacher

Reading List of One Book, One Bucks

01/17/2019 – Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
03/27/2019 – Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehsi Coates
06/25/2019 – The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
09/05/2019 – Ghettoside by Jill Leavy
11/19/2019 – Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
02/26/2020 – The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

More Books

1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehsi Coates
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy
                    and the Racial Divide by Crystal Fleming
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World,
                    and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
My Grandmother’s Hands – Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to
Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem
Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach by Tanya Golash Boza
Racial Divide by Crystal Fleming
Racism without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial
Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
The Mis-Education of The Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Souls of Black Folks by W. E. B. Du Bois
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Two Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage
                    by Leslie Picca and Joe Feagin
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to
Talk About Racism
by Robin DiAngelo
White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?  And
                    Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD

 

Racial Justice Books for Kids

 

Racial Justice Books for Young Adults

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Upcoming Events

Bridges to Peace Programs

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6/21 – Democracy Circle: Juneteenth

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7/19 One Book ~ One Bucks: Disability Visibility

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Our Mission

To educate, empower and support individuals and organizations in efforts to prevent violence, promote the peaceful resolution of conflict and foster inclusive, equitable and safe communities, locally, nationally, and worldwide.

2023 Teen Peace & Social Justice Summit – Resources

Improve Police-Community Relations

Anti-Racism Resources

Anti-Semitism Resources

S.A.F.E. Podcast

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