RACIAL EQUITY + JUSTICE
The St. Charles Center is currently forming a New Orleans cohort of communities and faith and conscience who desire to be in vital conversations for collective impact around Racial Equity + Justice. Eventually, the work within this cohort will generate a Toolkit to be shared with your community of faith and conscience. Until then, please explore some of our favorite organizations the the essential work they are already doing.
TOOLS, TRAINING, and WHITE PEOPLE
“75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice”
by Corinne ShutackTraining for Racial Equity and Inclusion: A Guide to Selected Programs
by Ilana Shapiro, Ph.D. for The Aspen InstituteWhite Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D.
DiAngelo writes, “whites are often at a loss for how to respond in constructive ways, as we have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that that would allow for constructive engagement across racial divides. leading to what I refer to as White Fragility.”Trouble the Water: A Christian Resource for the Work of Racial Justice
Editors: Michael-Ray Mathews, Marie Clare P. Onwubuariri, and Cody J. Sanders
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Black Lives Matter
Programs, Global Action, Education
“The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.”The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons
by Ashley Nellis, Ph.D. for The Sentencing Project
”African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at more than five times the rate of whites, and at least ten times the rate in five states. This report documents the rates of incarceration for whites, African Americans, and Hispanics in each state, identifies three contributors to racial and ethnic disparities in imprisonment, and provides recommendations for reform.”Anti-Defamation League on Race & Racial Justice
Tools, Strategies, and Reports toward Fighting Hate for GoodCrossroads Anti-Racism Organizing and Training
Recognizing that racism goes beyond personal prejudice, Crossroads offers a distinctive Power Analysis of how racism functions in institutions, and offers tools to create antiracist transformation.Faith in Harm Reduction Co-creating a justice movement which connects people who use drugs, people who do sex work, and communities of faith through the development of harm reduction centered spiritual resources, ritual support, and spiritual care.
NEW ORLEANS + LOUISIANA
https://www.abolitionapostles.com National abolitionist jail and prison ministry founded in the most incarcerated place in the world — New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Center for Equity, Justice, and the Human Spirit at Xavier University led by the brilliant (and VP of the St. Charles Center Board) Dr. David W. Robinson-Morris
Undoing Racism: The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
Dialogue on Race | Louisiana
”Dedicated to the elimination of racism through education, action, and transformation.”Plessy and Ferguson Foundation: “mutual history can be a tool to create unity and understanding.”
New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice: Building Worker Power, Advancing Racial Justice, and Organizing to Build a Social Movement
POLICING NEW ORLEANS: PAST, PRESENT + FUTURE (resources from the 4-part series, Summer 2020)
How do the police actually spend their time? Jeff Asher & Ben Horwitz, NY Times
The Guardian: “The Counted” (US police shootings database, 2015-16)
Jamison vs McClendon: Qualified immunity related to a traffic stop
ALL ABOUT: ORLEANS PARISH COURT SYSTEM (resources from the 4-part series, Fall 2020)
DA’s Role in Orleans Parish Criminal Legal System - September 15, 2020 Presentation by Sarah Omojola, Vera Institute
Glossary of Juvenile Justice Terms- September 29, 2020 Shared by Prof. Hector Linares, Loyola Law School