Black Lives Matter

To support our personal and communal growth in regards to our year-long enrichment theme of Black Lives Matter, here are some resources to consider. This is an ever-evolving list, so check back for what is added. If you have any recommendations or additional resources you would like shared, please contact Motoko Maegawa, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

General

• Black Lives Matters
• BLM - Chicago
• BLM - Chicago, Ten Demands
• BLM 13 Guiding Principles (from Los Angeles)
• Birchfields Primary School (this is a school in the UK and has an incredibly rich collection of different types of resources)
• So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, Chapter 6: Is Police Brutality Really About Race? [Copies are available on campus]
• National Geographic, 2020 is not 1968: To understand today’s protests, you must look further back
• Refinery29, Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not

Videos

• BrainPOP Black Lives Matter and protests (9:20)
• What Black Lives Matters Means to an 11-year-old (2:58)
• The kids and teens marching for Black Lives video (4:03) [includes footage of violence in protests]
• A Brief History of the Black Lives Matter Movement (7:00) 
• “Black Lives Matter To Me,” a song by Raffi (3:46)