Resources

Read

BOOKS

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 

• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown

• Soul of Money by Lynne Twist

• Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

• Uncollected Writings edited by Randall Kenan

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• James Baldwin by David A. Leeming

• Black Women, Black Love by Dianne Stewart

• Deficit Myth by stephanie kelton

• A Wealthy Girl: 7 Steps to Prosperity, Peace, and Personal Power by Charisse Conanan Johnson, CFA

• Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing by Esther Armah

• Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities by Andre Perry

• Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace by Daisy Auger-Domínguez

• The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships by Susan McPherson

• Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One by Majora Carter

• The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

ARTICLES

• White Supremacy Culture by Dr. Tema Okun

• Fast Company: If you are looking to be a changemaker, elevate your mission and purpose by Susan McPherson

• The Power of Connection and Memory: A Tale from the Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire by Susan McPherson

• SSIR: Partnering with Philanthropy in Native America by Nick Tilsen

• SSIR: Building Indigenous Power and Investing in Indigenous Self-Determination by Nick Tilsen

• Medium: It’s Bigger than Fox News: Time for Mainstream Journalism to Reckon with Monetizing Disinformation and Eroding Truth by Farai Chideya

• Medium: The Reconstruction of American Journalism in the Age of Culture War by Farai Chideya

Watch

• Darrick Hamilton’s Ted Talk: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap

• My conversation with Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on creative solutions to build connections and trust

• Nick Tilsen’s Ted Talk: Building Resilient Communities: A Moral Responsibility

• Daisy Auger-Domínguez’s Ted Talk: Inclusion Revolution

• Majora Carter’s Ted Talk: You don't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one

• Majora Carter’s Ted Talk: Greening the ghetto

• Majora Carter’s Ted Talk: Stories of local eco-entrepreneurship

Listen

• NPR’s James Baldwin “Fire”

• Our Body Politic with Farai Chideya

• The Sum of Us Podcast with Heather McGhee

Explore

• Anti-Racism and Healing Resources from AfroFlow Yoga

• White Supremacy Culture from Dr. Tema Okun

• What is Emotional Justice? from Esther Armah

• The Righting: Alerting Mainstream Audiences to Today’s Headlines from the Right

• The Black Progress Index from Brookings Metro and NAACP