Via Taking Action: Organizational: 1). Advice for Organizing Parents to Fight for Racial Equity at School. At Kindred (kindredcommunities.org), we have mobilized hundreds of parents in Washington, D.C. to engage each other across lines of race and class in the fight for racial equity in their children’s schools. Although every school is different, we’ve found … Read More
Via Re-Becoming Human: A 10-week online training for white allies committed to racial justice and collective liberation Get started immediately after you register! Do you struggle with how to respond to racism as a white ally even though you’re committed to racial justice? Does it leave you feeling overwhelmed and frustrated? It doesn’t have to … Read More
Via Elizabeth Picket: 1) Read as much as you can about feminist issues and feminist critical thinking … and keep reading. Not just mass media either. In fact, with a very few exceptions, reports about feminists and what they do in the mass media are apt to be oversimplified, sensationalised or outright sexist. 2) Talk … Read More
Via Melissa Harris-Perry: Don’t call first lady a ‘feminist nightmare’ Melissa Harris Perry reads her letter to Washington reporter Michelle Cottle, who called Michelle Obama a “feminist nightmare,” saying Cottle is wrong to write off the first lady’s priorities as fluff. Melissa Harris Perry reads her letter to Washington reporter Michelle Cottle, who called Michelle … Read More
Via Derrick Clifton and Everyday Feminism: September 27, 2014 by Derrick Clifton Originally published on Mic and cross-posted here with their permission. Let’s face it: Most white people don’t like being accused of racism or hearing that they have white privilege. For many whites, these types of accusations have nasty connotations, hearkening back to slavery, colonialism, rape, genocide, segregation, … Read More
Via Chescaleigh: 5 Tips for Being an Ally See more via Chescaleigh.
