Anti-Racism Resources

We have all seen and heard of the effects of racial tensions across the country… And so have our students. As we partner with our schools, may we make time to listen to every child, parent, and teacher living with the traumas of racism. May we deeply examine our own hearts. And may we join God in ensuring that everyone created in His image will be treated as such, individually and systemically. 

Racial Reconciliation in Church School Partnerships:

• Race, Politics, and Church School Partnerships (Brittani Davis)
• Missional Theology and Racial Reconciliation (Brittani Davis and Melissa Toon)
• Church School Partnerships for Racial Reconciliation (Dr. Michael Emerson, Dr. Ruth Lopez Turley, Pastor Bryant Lee)
• Loving Houston Like Jesus Taught (Dr. Ruth Lopez Turley)
• Cultural Intelligence in Church School Partnerships (Blake Thomas)
• How Church School Partnerships Can Move Toward Racial Reconciliation (Pastor Bryant Lee)
• How Understanding Cultural Awareness Will Help Churches Volunteering in Schools (Blake Thomas)
• Recognition Before Reconciliation (Dr. Lawrence Scott)
• Living Reconciliation (Pastor David Swanson)
• The Biblical Vision of Reconciliation (Dr. Steve Bezner)

For Kids

• 6 Ways to Show Your Child God’s Design for Ethnic Diversity (Shai Linne)
• Start a Conversation About Race (Books and Videos)
• Talking to Kids About Race (Kristen Howerton)
• Talking to Children Authentically About Race and Racism (PBS Kids)
• Anti-Racism for Kids 101 (Book Collections)

For Churches 

• Racial Righteousness Resources (Evangelical Covenant Church)
• Intercultural Development Resources (ECC)
• Justice Resource List (ECC)
• Houston Area Pastors: United We Stand
• Undivided: Your Church and Racial Reconciliation (North American Mission Board)
• The Black Church in Action Against Racism During COVID-19 (Humanitarian Disaster Institute)
• How White Churches Can Work for Racial Justice (Rice University Religion and Public Life Program)

On Education

• Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools (Jonathan Kozol)
• The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (Jonathan Kozol)
• Pathologizing the Poor: Implications for Preparing Teachers to Work in High-Poverty Schools (Kerri Ullucci and Tyrone Howard)

Listen to Black Voices

• “America Needs to Change” (12 year old “This Is Us” Star Lonnie Chavis)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Free Audiobook)
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Emmanuel Acho)
• “George Floyd and Me” (Shai Linne)
• “Let America Be America Again” (Langston Hughes)
• “My First Experience with Racism” (Pastor Parris Patrick)
• “I Can’t Breathe” (Pastor Bryant Lee)

General

• Be the Bridge
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity Resources (CCCU)
• 5 Ways to Approach Racial Equity at Work
• Resources for Faithful Justice (IVP)
• Overcoming Racism
• The Anti-Racist Curriculum White Evangelicals Need (CT Creative Studio)
• Anti-Racism Resources for White People (Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein)
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Resources For Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders
• Justice Resources for Asians

Books

• Divided by Faith (Michael Emerson, Christian Smith)
• Woke Church (Eric Mason)
• Be the Bridge (Latasha Morrison)
• The Color of Compromise (Jemar Tisby)
• Stamped from the Beginning (Ibram X. Kendi)
• The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
• Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity (David Swanson)
• Jesus and the Disinherited (Howard Thurman)

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Last updated: November 13, 2021