Antiracism Resources

A Message From our NACC Board Chair, Jim Letourneau

Reflection on Antiracism by Executive Director David Lichter – NACC Now, June 8, 2020

Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary – Klau Center for Civil & Human Rights

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources is an extensive Google Document created by Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, and Bailie Gregory, M. Div, M.S. Ed.
Description: This is a working document for scaffolding anti-racism resources. The goal is to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies, and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work. These resources have been ordered in an attempt to make them more accessible.

What it really means to be an anti-racist, and why it’s not the same as being an ally – Hillary Hoffower, Business Insider, Jun 8, 2020

The document Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love – A Pastoral Letter Against Racism was developed by the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it – Fr. Brian Massingale, National Catholic Reporter, June 1, 2020

Bishop Braxton of Belleville explores racial divide in pastoral letters – articles by Bishop Edward K. Braxton

A Black Catholic’s Perspective on the Church’s Response to the Black Lives Matter Movement – Andrea Marissa Auguster, Consultant, Subcommittee on African American Affairs

How To Be An Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies – by Resmaa Menakem

We Came A Long Way By Faith: Catholic Hill and St. James the Greater Catholic Church from George Wingard on Vimeo.