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This is a way to organize my posts so information can be found more easily now that I have a lot on here. I hope this helps you use this blog to learn and do more to help end racism & white supremacy, support equal opportunity. (as of May 2023, I haven't kept this up well so not all is here.) -DG

Deaths/Police Shootings (questionable/unjust ones I heard about in the news...sadly, I know there were many more than this!)

• Trayvon Martin, Sanford, FL, February 2012
• (Black Lives Matter started)
• Jordan Davis, Jacksonville, FL, November 2012

• Eric Garner, New York City, NY, July 2014
• Michael Brown Jr., Ferguson, Missouri, August 2014
• An Open Letter From Ferguson Protestors and Allies (this is powerful, see excerpt)
• A Year Later
• VonDerrit Myers, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2014
• Laquan McDonald, Chicago, IL, October 2014
• Tamir Rice, Cleveland, November 2014

•  Freddie Gray, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2015
• Walter Scott, North Charleston, South Carolina, April 2015 
• Charleston church shooting - 9 killed
• Sandra Bland, Texas, July 2015
• Kayla Moore, Yvette Smith, Kajieme Powell, Dontre Hamilton, Taneisha Anderson
• 15 Black Women Killed During Police Encounters
• Jamar Clark, Minneapolis, November 2015

• Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, July 2016, petition on link
• Charles Kinsey, N. Miami, FL, July 2016
• Delrawn Small, New York, July 2016
• Alva Braziel, Houston, July 2016
• Terence Crutcher, Tulsa, OK, September 2016
• Keith Lamont Scott, Charlotte, NC, September 2016

For White People (awareness leads to positive change)

• Behaviors of the Dominate White Culture
• White Privilege
• True Colors - Racial Discrimination in Everyday Life
• White People, documentary
• A Helpful White Privilege Metaphor 
• White Silence
• Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, more about White Privilege
• say "White Supremacy" every day
• Solidarity and 'Ally Theater'   
• Resolve to Do Your Part to Dismantle White Supremacy 
• non-racist vs. anti-racist (video)
• a simple list for what some POC want
• uncomfortable conversations and gentrification
• Contract for Building Power and Relationships 
• The Definition of Racism and Race
• Internalized Racial Oppression vs. Authenticity
• more helpful tips and links: Ten Things White People Need To Quit Saying, 6 Words And Phrases You Didn’t Know Were Rooted In Racism, Here's What Native American Designers Want You to Know About Cultural Appropriation, 10 Excuses Used To Deny Racism DEBUNKED!
• more great resources and things to read: Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston, Be Less Racist: 12 Tips for White Dudes, by A White Dude, 6 things I wish people understood about being biracial, 11 Things White People Can Do to Be Real Anti-Racist Allies
• maturation of a white ally
• being an active bystander (upstander) 
• Advice for White Folks in the Wake of the Police Murder of a Black Person
• White Boy Privilege, a slam poem by a 14 year old boy
• links for further education, a long list of things to read and watch as you can find time, including White Fragility article and Jesse Williams' BET award speech
• BLM: The Real Reason White People Say ‘All Lives Matter’
• Harry Potter and White Privilege
• Supporting Racism or Intentionally Working Against It (moving sidewalk metaphore)
• Dr. Robin DiAngelo's Talks

Actions

• Highway Action (Update: 14 Of 'Somerville 18' Avoid Jail Time For Blocking I-93 During Black Lives Matter Protest)
• Boston Olympics, Why Oppose
• Ferguson 1yr. anniv. Moment of Silence
• call to support sentencing alternatives: HB 1382
• anti-racism education and fill-in-the-blank activity at Ashland Farmers Market and Framingham Concert on the Green
• my protesting and activism
• Act to Increase Diversity in Books

Other Ways to Be Engaged

• Links to great groups doing anti-racism work
• Cross-racial Conversations
• Black Lives Matter
• Boston Knapsack Anti-Racism Group
• Anti-Racism in the 'Burbs...monthly discussion group in Medfield, MA:
• 1st 12 meetings listed here (click on "see all" next to the description)
• see future meetings (look for meetings with "ARB: Medfield" in the title)
• Street-Outreach Model
• Criminal Justice Policy Coalition (see calendar for events in MA)
• Contract for Building Power and Relationships 
• Internalized Racial Oppression vs. Authenticity

History

• National Day of Mourning vs. Thanksgiving 
• Rethinking Thanksgiving
• MLK Jr.'s Dream speech, 150 years since Emancipation Proclamation
• Confederate Flag
• Langston Hughes' poem “Kids Who Die” in current day video
• Selma (movie) and voting rights
• Lynching History
• Beyond Ally is Accomplice

Awareness

• Human Limits...Last Straws... 
• Race, video
• Why "Black" Lives Matter, not: "All" Lives Matter
• Reverse Racism
• Minority - Why to Stop Using this Word
• Alabama restricting non-white registered voters 
• Book Recommendations
• Inspiring Chant about our Duty
• Native Appropriation, Mascots, boycotting
• Solidarity and 'Ally Theater'
• Color-Conscious vs. Color Blind
• An Example of Living without White Privilege
• Outreach in White Communities Project
• Muslims: support and education
• Contract for Building Power and Relationships 
• The Definition of Racism and Race
• Internalized Racial Oppression vs. Authenticity
• David Copperfield show - Racial Issue I Observed
• links for further education, a long list of things to read and watch as you can find time, including White Fragility article and Jesse Williams' BET award speech
• Supporting Indigenous Peoples in various ways, National Day of Mourning, Indigenous Peoples Day, support efforts against the Dakota Access Pipeline
• Marijuana and Racial Bias
• Spoken Word Artist: Jonathan Mendoza
• Presidential Election Results and Effects
• Roxbury Film Festival
• Charlottesville Video

Signs of Hope (and positive change in the area of anti-racism)

• starting list 
• law school course inspired by the events following the tragic death of Freddie Gray
• Judge Withdraws Arrest Warrants in Ferguson
• Emmys Speech by Viola Davis (video)
• Karim Sulayman - "I trust you" video
• Removing Conderate Monuments Speech 

My Racial Justice "Poems" and Letter

• Let's Talk About Race, July 2016
• Cats and Dogs, August 2016
• Deciding Where to Care, September 2016
• Letter I Wrote to My Family Sharing My Thoughts about Saturday, see Charlottesville Video

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Please comment below if you have a positive suggestion for how this page could be more helpful to you. Thanks, DG