Anti-Racism Resources

The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

The ACLU Racial Justice Program aims to preserve and extend constitutionally guaranteed rights to people who have historically been denied their rights on the basis of race.

Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons.

Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. The organziation challenges injustice, holds corporate and political leaders accountable, commissiosn game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advances solutions for racial justice that can transform our world.

The SPLC is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen inter-sectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. The SPLC's Intelligence Project is internationally known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate groups and other domestic extremists. The Learning for Justice program provides free resources to create civil and inclusive school communities where children and youth are respected, valued and welcome participants.

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

Campaign Zero encourages policymakers to focus on solutions with the strongest evidence of effectiveness at reducing police violence. The organization provides analysis of policing practices across the country, research to identify effective solutions to end police violence, technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy to end police violence nationwide.

Bringing together researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.

A multi-racial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents. With offices in East and West Oakland and in San Francisco’s Mission and Bayview neighborhoods, CJJC builds grassroots power and leadership to create strong, equitable communities through rights-based services, policy campaigns, civic engagement, and direct action.

In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, AAPI Equity Alliance (AAPI Equity), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate coalition to track and respond to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

A New York Times audio series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that examines the long shadow of American slavery.

From NPR, this podcast explore show race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between.

From Serial and the New York Times, this podcast looks at a 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.

From the African American Policy Forum and hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.

Ibram X. Kendi (professor, author, activist) and Jemelle Hill (the Atlantic) explore what an antiracist society might look like, how we can play an active role in building it, and what being an antiracist in your own context might mean.

Stanford professor and psychologist Jennifer L. Eberhardt explores how our biases unfairly target Black people at all levels of society -- from schools and social media to policing and criminal justice -- and discusses how creating points of friction can help us actively interrupt and address this troubling problem.