In companionship with the Reflecting on race equity work video, circle practitioner and The Circle Way board member Diane Jordan shares her list of "movement resources”.
On May 25, 2020, the day George Floyd was murdered by the City of Minneapolis Police Department, my white friends and colleagues called me in disbelief of the gravity of the 24/7/365 experience of racism that African Americans must experience. They were mortified at their own lack of awareness, in fact, the more active they believed themselves to be regarding social justice, the more disappointed they were that they had only reached the tip of the iceberg of awareness and understanding. This list was born out of their request for recommended resources to study as individuals, families, and communities.
These two quotes amplify my hope that the resulting moments of protests become a movement that yields the reversal of structural and systemic racism across America.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced” James Baldwin.
“There is freedom that comes with awareness because with it comes with the opportunity to make a choice.”
Netflix
13th (about 13th Amendment)
Youtube Videos of Note
Ethnic Notions: Ethnic Notions takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-Black prejudice. The insidious images exacted a devastating toll on Black Americans and continue to undermine race relations.
Online Articles
Books
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
White by Law, The Legal Construction of Race by Ian Haney Lopez
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi
Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Diane S Jordan has more than 20 years of executive leadership and management consulting experience in nonprofit, profit, and healthcare sectors. She is an award-winning leader in organization and professional development, change management, executive coaching, employee relations, diversity and inclusion. As a facilitator, she designs and delivers content and techniques to engage small and large groups in problem solving, decision-making, promoting and creating energy. She inspires individuals and teams to lead from aspiration, increase accountability and decision-making, and deliver sustainable results.
Diane’s desire to make a difference in the world took her on a journey that led her to historic and culturally rich Liberia West Africa. There she owned a business, served as midwife, volunteered with World Health Organization, and witnessed the coup d'état.