Monday, August 10, 2020

Now What? Continuing the Work after Day 28

What do you do with your Me and White Supremacy journal?
  • Return to the prompts again and again, going deeper each time.
Keep learning.
  • Attend workshops.
  • Take courses.
  • Find articles.
  • Read books (see the list on pp. 231-233, but also look for new books that are being published).
  • Listen to podcasts (start with the list on p. 234).
  • View films and documentaries (a few are listed on p. 234).
  • Make lifelong learning about antiracism a goal.
  • Check out all the Resources at the end of this book.
Show up for BIPOC.
  • at meetings.
  • at rallies.
  • at marches.
  • at fund-raisers.
Financially support those working for BIPOC rights.
  • organizations.
  • nonprofits.
  • political candidates.
Live your commitments with integrity for your antiracist values.
  • Challenge systems.
  • Work to create structural changes.
  • Dismantle white supremacy institutionally as well as personally.
  • Do the work that you CAN do every day to create the change the world needs by creating change within yourself.
  • Help change the world.
Work in groups (see the Appendix).
  • Learn about The Circle Way (p. 213).
This chart is found on p. 217 (with "Hosting" and "Invitation" reversed).
Here's the link to The Circle Way found on page 212 in the Appendix
and links to the book's website, author's page, and her blog.

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