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"I Can Fix It" by Damali Ayo is a user-friendly booklet compiling hundreds of practical tips for creating more racial justice. With a frank, down-to-earth, and sometimes humorous style, she shows that although there is no “quick fix” to racism, there are simple steps we can all take that will make a big difference. It is available in two formats: CAN FIX IT_racism.pdf and

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel. As a white author, Kivel writes to support other white people in the work against racism. He shares stories, exercises, suggestions, and techniques to make this work possible and practical for individuals and our communities, workplaces and nation.

Witnessing Whiteness: First Steps toward an Antiracist Practice and Culture by Shelly Tochluk delves deep into the impact of whiteness

on white people and their interactions so that from a place of race consciousness, they can more effectively build relationships and address racism. Tochluk takes readers inside long-term cross-race friendships and collaborations,and gives practical information on how white people can be allies in the work for racial justice. The introduction, discussion questions, and more can be found at

Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development by Enid Lee is a great guide for diversity and anti-racism work with all ages, including university students and adults. This practical and easy-to-use toolkit uses resources and non-alienating activities to help your group or class go beyond “celebrating diversity” and understand how individuals’ differences can translate into experiences of privilege or discrimination in our society.

Working Together: Succeeding in a Multicultural Organization by George Simons is a user-friendly book full of exercises to improve communication within organizations which include members of different cultures and backgrounds. Using the 30+ interactive activities, individuals and groups can learn to value themselves and each other while improving their daily interactions.

Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation is a practical guide which leads small, diverse groups through activities and discussions to build trust, raise awareness, and seek solutions while engaging in meaningful dialogues about race. This guide was created and just revised for 2008 by Everyday Democracy (formerly known as the Study Circles Resource Center) and it is available for free download if you register at their website Click on “Racial Equity” to obtain this guide in Spanish, or for more resources.

Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good (2007) is a brand new booklet published by Catholic Charities USA. This little gem clearly and succinctly shows how poverty and racism are intertwined, and that poverty cannot be eliminated without working against racial injustice and white privilege. It also gives public policy suggestions based on the broad experience of Catholic Charities, and shares what organizational and individual commitments to racial . It is available to download at

The Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide is an eye-opening book, even for white people with the best intentions. Author Barbara Trepagnier helps white people become more aware and challenge the assumptions and passivity which are instrumental in producing

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (2nd edition) by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. The skills taught in this book can help us in all communications, especially in situations where we often experience tension or internal pain. By learning new skills, patterns of thinking, and vocabulary, we find we can stop unconsciously generating conflict – and instead resolve conflicts peacefully. Rosenberg also founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) and conducts trainings.

institutional racism. Now that racial injustice takes the form of institutional racism rather than the more blatant slavery and segregation of the past, such understanding and action creates a way to be part of the solution.

The Cost of Privilege by Chip Smith is an enlightening read for activists, trainers, and everyone who cares about justice. It has been praised for its “comprehensive look at racism and white supremacy and their effects on individuals and organizations.” This book keeps the reader’s interest as it provides an analysis of the past and ways to work against systemic racism in the 21st century.

101 Tools for Tolerance resource from Hatred and intolerance can be overcome only when citizen activists stand up and make a difference. 101 Tools for Tolerance provides simple ideas for promoting equity and celebrating diversity. The booklet offers steps specifically designed for individuals, schools, businesses and communities.

Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn Singleton and Curtis Linton provides tools and resources to promote conversations and action. By guiding conversations and team work, this book helps teachers, education staff, parents, and community leaders succeed in their work to close the racial achievement gap.

Yo!Yes? by Chris Raschka is a simple picture book that appeals to all ages with the message of overcoming stereotypes to find friendship with another person. Through expressive drawings and color, the author helps us to see the evolving mood as two boys of different backgrounds begin to open up to each other. This book is well-received by young children and can be a conversation starter for adults.

The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community by Rev. Eric Law, Chalice Press (August 1993). In his book, Rev. Law gives practical suggestions and some helpful theoretical frameworks to assist those who are struggling with multi-culturalism issues or those working with those of different cultural mindsets.

Racial Sobriety: A Journey from Hurts to Healing; Inst for Recovery from Racism; August 28, 2002 by Fr. Clarence Williams. Fr. Williams presents a process for dealing with racism as a social illness in the human family. The book outlines a treatment program for individuals and groups seeking to recover from the ‘stinking thinking’ of racism. The racial sobriety approach focuses on our white supremacy culture as the source of the various racisms which affects every

member of society.

Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice is a much needed resource that addresses the need to facilitate communication and understanding between members of diverse social groups. It provides a unified framework by which students can engage and critically analyze several forms of social oppression, including racism, sexism, classism, antisemitism, heterosexism, and ableism. The sourcebook provides illustrated examples and workshop activities.

Communicating Across Cultures by Don W. Prince and Michael H. Hoppe (2000), Center for Creative Leadership. If you are a manager anywhere in the world, you are almost certainly dealing with people of nationalities and cultures different from your own. This guidebook will help you become aware of cultural differences and show you how to adapt your communication style to enhance your managerial effectiveness.

Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity by John Dawson (2004). Randy Woodley, a Keetoowah Cherokee, casts a biblical, multi ethnic vision for people. He carefully unpacks how Christians should think about racial and cultural identity, demonstrating that ethnically diverse communities have always been God’s intent for his people. Woodley gives practical insights for how we can relate to one another with sensitivity, contextualize the gospel, combat the subtleties of racism and honor one another’s unique contributions to church and society.

Hawn, C. Michael, One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship. Hawn and four colleagues from Perkins School of Theology in Dallas formed a diverse team in ethnicity, gender, academic field of study, and denominational affiliation to study four United Methodist congregations in the Dallas area that are grappling with cross-cultural ministry. Hawn offers a concise and practical theological framework as well as numerous strategies and an extensive bibliography for implementing “culturally conscious worship.”

Enter the River: Healing Steps from White Privilege Toward Racial Reconciliation,Herald Press,1994 by Jody Miller Shearer. So rarelydo White American males speak out onracism, and this is especially lackingin the Christian Church. Which is whythis book is so necessary. Jody writesout of his experience especially toother White Christians in America,giving Biblical, historical, personal,and social reasons to examineracism and work for reconciliation.

O Lord, Hold Our Hands: How a Church Thrives in a Multicultural World,by Nibs Stroupe and CarolineLeach, journeys to Oakhurst PresbyterianChurch in Decatur, Georgia, a churchnationally recognized as a model of asuccessful multicultural church. Here, inO Lord, Hold Our Hands, pastors NibStroupe and Caroline Leach share theirstory - with all of its peaks and valleys -and, in doing so, provide a guide tomulticultural ministry that any church canuse to build or enhance their own ministry.

Black Like Meby John Howard Griffin is a groundbreaking and controversial novel about his experiences as a white man who transforms himself with the aid of medication and dye in order to experience firsthand the life of a black man living in the Deep South in the late 1950s. It is a mesmerizing tale of the ultimate sociological experiment. The book is of course dated, but it is unique in that it is a viewpoint that is undeniably credible.

Lifting The White Veil: An Exploration Of White American Culture In A Multiracial Contextby JeffHitchcock is a book on the developmentand current characteristics of the whitesubculture in the United States. Hitchcockis white, married to a black woman, andworked many years in the field of diversitytraining and racial reconciliation. He giveswhite Americans the information theyneed to start to move beyond ingrainedbeliefs toward a clearer and more accurateunderstanding of our society andrelations with other races.

White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racism Trainingby Judy Katz -Originally designed for facilitators as atraining handbook complete withexercises and tools to assist white peopleaddress racism, this book guides whitesthrough the process of understanding,challenging, and confronting issues ofracism. This training program provides a meaningful way to help create change inthe white community.

Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Actionby Thomas Massaro,SJ - Based on the broad tradition ofCatholic social teaching, Living Justiceis a fresh and thoughtful look atcontemporary issues and our responseto them. Rooted in Scripture, Tradition,and living examples of holiness, this is arelevant and timely book that will informand inspire you for service.

Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim: A Personal Manual for Prayer and Ritualby Fr. Edward Hayes – Thisbook calls us out of a parochial way ofpraying into a way that is truly global. This practical guidebook provides apattern for prayer in response to thecompelling challenge of the Spirit. It callsus to expand our religious boundaries toembrace ever larger and wider worlds, tofind a new and more expansive spirituality.

Teaching/Learning Anti-Racismby Derman-Sparks Phillips – Thistext offers a guide to the development ofanti-racist identity, awareness andbehavior. The book seeks to provide botha “how-to” and a conceptual frameworkto help adapt anti-racism education.

Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America by Joseph Barndt, 1991- Racism hasreemerged, dramatically and forcefully. Allof us — people of color and white peoplealike — are damaged by its debilitatingeffects. In this book, the author addressesthe “majority,” the white race in the UnitedStates. Racism permeates the individualattitudes and behavior of white people,but even more seriously, it permeatespublic systems, institutions, and culture.

The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community by Rev. Eric Law, Chalice Press (August 1993). In his book, Rev. Law gives practical suggestions and some helpful theoretical frameworks to assist those who are struggling with multi-culturalism issues or those working with those of different cultural mindsets.

Building Community - Christian, Caring, Vital by Loughlan Sofield, Rosine Hammett, Carroll Juliano.