Anti-Oppression Resource List
PlatteForum is committed to taking daily actions to address systemic oppression and dismantle white supremacy in all its forms on a daily basis.
The following is a list of resources we recommend to support our community, educate ourselves and others, and elevate our understanding of issues that impact our communities and overlooked histories.
DENVER AREA ORGANIZATIONS:
10for10 a group of Black young men aimed on uniting their communities and black men through community service initiatives and eventsPalm Wine Collective a Black creative arts collective that is deepening the conversation around the African Diaspora through innovative cultural experiencesBlack Lives Matter 5280 assists in building more loving and united Black communities while eliminating anti-Black violence and racismCreative Strategies for Change mission is to mobilize arts and education for social justice. We define social justice as both a process and a goal. Informed social change, with lasting effect requires substantial time and responsiveness.Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center founded in 1994 is located in the historic Five Points District in Northeast Denver—a space committed to fostering growth, strength, and voice in the community. These ends are achieved through the exploration of visual and performing arts, celebrations, and programs that inform and enrich people’s lives. Denver Justice Project formed in 2015, this organizaiton's mission is to work with historically marginalized communities to address systemic racism by transforming law enforcement and the structure of the criminal justice system through intersectional movement building, direct action, advocacy, and collaborative education.Metro Deep To improve the health of Metro Denver's African Descended community through ownership of our economyStruggle of Love Foundation - Montbello based food distribution, mentorship programs, and moreBlack Business Initiative – Economic Revitalization Program committed to growing a stronger businesses presence within the black community.Soul 2 Soul Sisters – Black Womxn-led, faith-based programming that focuses on anti-Black racism, reproductive justice and voter engagementSCD Enrichment Program – Recruit and mentor students of color (specifically Black) into AP, IB and accelerated coursework. scdenrichment.orgBreaking Our Chains – Disrupting and dismantling the pre-school-to-prison pipeline.The Black Men's Project, a project of Another Life Foundation – Bringing awareness of mental wellness in the Black/African American communitySecond Chance Center – Helping formerly incarcerated people transition to lives of success and fulfillmentYoung Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism-YAASPA – Encourage and support under-served youth to participate in their communities socially and politically.Slam Nuba – Promote the creation and performance of poetry and cultivate literary activities and engage community, focused on the power of the written and spoken wordShop Talk Live– Dedicated to the education and empowerment of Black people affected by social economic, educational, housing, employment, political, health (etc) challenges. shoptalklive.org
ALLYSHIP + DEI TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS (DENVER)
Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
The Equity Project, LLC Regan Byrd Consulting, LLC
NATIONAL ORGS
DoSomething.org - youth led organizationBlack Youth ProjectAlly Resource Teaching ToleranceSeeding Sovereignty
READING
For teensThis Book is Anti-Racist - Tiffany JewellBlack Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America- edited by Edi ZoboiYouth to Power: Your Voice and How to Use ItWe Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices - 50 authors For childrenAntiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi Anti-racismSo you Want to Talk about Race - by Ijeoma OluoMe and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestorby Layla Saad with forward by Robin DiangeloAnti-Racism Daily - sign up for daily reminders on everyday actions you can take to fight racism Mass IncarcerationJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (discussion guide + movie available)13th - 2016 documentary by Ava DuVernay about the U.S. prison system and its roots in racial inequalityThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of Colorblindedness - book by Michelle Alexander Activism and LiberationFrom #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (discussion guide available)Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela DavisWhose Streets? An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising - free to watch on KanopyTear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today by Anna Feigenbaum Understanding Race and Dismantling WhitenessWitnessing Whiteness: The Need it Talk About Race and How to Do It by Shelly TochlukWhite Fragility: Why It’s So Hard of White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (discussion guide available)Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class by Ian Haney LopezCitizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine PolicingPolicing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton Black History and CultureArt, Slavery, and the Site of Blackness in Multicultural AmericaBraided - documentary short about braids and cultural appropriation in America (19 minutes)1619 Project readings and podcastWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - Saidiya HartmanThe Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto - Martine Syms and Ways and Means Studio ABOUT IMPLICIT BIASWho Me, Biased? - New York Times videoCheck Our Bias to Wreck Our Bias New York Times video
