Racism is a public health crisis. It has devastated our communities for generations.
Learn. Act. Heal.
We've gathered different resources below. We hope they will be helpful to you. As we identify more, we will add to the lists.
To view the resources, click on each tab below (LEARN \ ACT \ HEAL).
Podcasts
CODE SWITCH Code Switch is a multi-racial, multi-generational team of NPR journalists who cover race and identity.
BhD: BLACK & HIGHLY DANGEROUS The purpose of the Black and Highly Dangerous podcast is to take everyday questions, conversations, and debates and attempt to provide answers by including up-to-date research along with occasional interviews from experts. We are a black podcast that discusses black topics.
Read about some of our Black history health care heroes here.
New to Juneteenth? Looking for events or resources? Look here for education and inspiration.
SEEING WHITE – SCENE ON RADIO Host and producer John Biewen set out to take a different kind of look at race and ethnicity, by looking directly at the elephant in the room: white people, and whiteness. White supremacy was encoded in the DNA of the United States, and white people dominate American life and its institutions to this day, and yet whiteness too often remains invisible, unmarked, and unnamed.
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AFRO-LATINA: HOW SYSTEMIC RACISM FOLLOWED ME EDNIN MARTINEZ
MOVIE: 13TH BY AVA DUVERNAY ON NETFLIX
THE HISTORY OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES IN AMERICA
WHITE MEN: TIME TO DISCOVER YOUR CULTURAL BLIND SPOTS
BLACK SELF/WHITE WORLD — LESSONS ON INTERNALIZED RACISM
Reading
"A READING LIST FOR ALLIES WHO WANT TO DO BETTER"
CASTE BY ISABEL WILKERSON
MEASURING RACISM'S PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON ASIAN AMERICANS
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE BY IJEOMA OLUO
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: THE HISTORY OF RACIST IDEAS BY IBRAM X. KENDI
Learn
ABOUT MICROAGGRESSIONS:MICROAGGRESSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION: Today, we’re seeing more incidents of harassment and physical attacks against Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Jews, and those perceived as those identities. Do you know what to do if you witness such an attack in public?
As targeted, political, and white supremacist violence is on the rise, it is more important than ever that we know how to keep each other safe. Use these tips to assess how to intervene while considering the safety of everyone involved.
Join
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE
BALTIMOREANS UNITED IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (BUILD) BUILD is a broad-based, non-partisan, interfaith, multiracial community power organization rooted in Baltimore’s neighborhoods and congregations.
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ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE- 5D'S OF BYSTANDER INTERVENTION
RACISM IS A SYSTEM: WE CAN ACT TO DISMANTLE RACISM
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106 THINGS WHITE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
JUST MERCY: A STORY OF JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION BY BRYAN STEVENSON
Donate
BALTIMORE ACTION LEGAL TEAM Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT) has been operating a bail fund since April 2015. In times of crisis, we receive donations and post as many bails as possible.
THE NATIONAL BAIL OUT COLLECTIVE The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.
BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ+ individuals on the South and West sides of the city.
BLACK GIRLS CODE Black Girls Code strives to build pathways for young women of color to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders and creators by introducing them to skills in computer programming and technology.
HOME Equal Justice Initiative. The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
INNOCENCE PROJECT The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.
THE LOVELAND FOUNDATION With the barriers affecting access to treatment by members of diverse ethnic and racial groups, the Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and girls seeking therapy nationally.
TEACH THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE CAMPAIGN The Teaching for Black Lives campaign of the Zinn Education Project (coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) supports teachers with free lessons for teaching about racism and anti-racist struggles, distribution to school districts of the book Teaching for Black Lives, teacher study groups, a podcast, online classes for teachers, and more.
FEED BLACK FUTURES Feed Black Futures (FBF) was founded in 2020 as a means to create sustainable change for food autonomy within Black communities. Our organization feeds Black mamas and caregivers impacted by parole, probation, and/or caring for incarcerated loved ones, in the greater Los Angeles area by partnering with Black & Brown owned farms and food suppliers across Southern California.
CASA With over 155,000 lifetime members across 46 US states, CASA is a national powerhouse organization building power and improving the quality of life in working-class: Black, Latino/a/e, Afro-descendent, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities. CASA creates change with its powerbuilding model blending human services, community organizing, and advocacy in order to serve the full spectrum of the needs, dreams, and aspirations of members.
The CASA Baltimore committee, in deep relationship with dozens of Black-led groups, has done some of the deepest work in the country to inform a consent decree on policing.
These committees and activists come together to guide our demand for justice for TPS and DACA holders and all 11 million undocumented in this country.
Podcasts
DEAR BLACK BOY: THE THERAPEUTIC PODCAST FOR BLACK MEN
THERAPY FOR BLACK GIRLS The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.
SHINE BRIGHT TOGETHER The Shine Brighter Together Podcast is a place where we share the challenges, complexities and sheer joy of building healthy relationships and doing the heart work for true diverse unity.
Reading
HEALING THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF RACISM ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN AAPI COMMUNITIES
THE NAP MINISTRY Created by Tricia Hersey, Book: Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto Music, including Rest Life: You Tube https://youtu.be/nENorI4rWeU
Guided Meditations
BLACK LIVES MATTER MEDITATION FOR HEALING RACIAL TRAUMA
THE ALLY + ACCOMPLICE MEDITATION FOR CULTIVATING AN ANTI-RACIST MINDSET
(Scroll halfway down the page to get to the meditation.)
Watch
EMBRACE YOUR RAW, STRANGE MAGIC The way we're taught to live has got to change, says author Casey Gerald.
LEGENDARY ACTIVIST RUBY SALES ON WHOLENESS
DEAR BLACK WOMEN. LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALING
Other Resources
CALL BLACKLINE provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. Call BlackLine® prioritizes BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). By us for us. Also an App (Apple, Google Play)
ONE SKY CENTER Offered by the American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center for Health, Education, and Research, One Sky Native has resources related to mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention.
STONGHEARTS NATIVE HELPLINE This service offers a national helpline that people can call (1-844-762-8483) for anonymous and culturally sensitive help with dating and domestic violence.
WERNATIVE Aimed at and created by Native youth, this site offers information on mental health, culture, relationships, and LGBTQ/Two Spirit issues.
Get Support. Talk. Connect.
Chase Brexton Behavioral Health team: Our behavioral health team provides culturally-competent, affirming care and therapy. Just call: 410-837-2050
In a medical or emotional emergency, please call 911 immediately.
If you are in immediate crisis - feeling depressed, overwhelmed, or hopeless, call the 24/7 Disaster Distress Help Line: 1-800-985-5990 OR text the 24/7 Text Line: Text “TalkWithUs” to 6674
Note: These resources may contain language that is not appropriate or comfortable for all. Be aware that these resources are not created by Chase Brexton Health Care. They do not replace therapy or medical advice from an actual certified provider or any Chase Brexton Health Care provider. Choose what to and what not to listen to, read, and engage in based on your own judgments.
