Resource Hub: Tools for Your Journey

Here is an extensive collection of resources across various categories, offering congregations an array of tools to meet their needs at different stages of their journey toward decentering whiteness. Use these materials to guide discussions, study groups, book clubs, or personal research.

Note: Check www.archive.org - a free internet lending library.

Books

  • Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan

  • See Me, Believe Me: A Guide to Deepen Allyship with Congregational Leaders of Color by Yolanda Denson-Byers

  • Waking Up White by Debby Irving

  • The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone

  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

  • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation by Jennifer Harvey

  • America’s Unholy Ghosts by Joel Goza

  • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  • Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying Toward Wholeness by Joseph Barndt

  • Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life by David Billings

  • Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad.

  • Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts.

  • The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

  • Healing Haunted Histories: A Settler Discipleship of Decolonization by Elaine Enns and Ched Myers

  • I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision of Racial Reconciliation by Chanequa Walker-Barnes (Chapter: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being)

  • This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewel

  • The Hidden Wound by Wendell Berry

  • The History of White People by Nell Painter

  • Wait - Is this Racist?: A Guide to Becoming an Antiracist Church by Bryana Clover, Josh Riddick, and Kerry Conelly

  • The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future by Robert P. Jones

  • White Too Long Robert P. Jones

  • Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Documentaries and Films (Note access methods: free, streaming, pay-per-view)

  • 13th by Ava DuVernay (Netflix)

  • White Like Me by Tim Wise

  • Traces of the Trade by Katrina Browne

  • Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity by Shakti Butler

  • I Am Not Your Negro based on James Baldwin's writings

  • Slavery by Another Name by Sam Pollard (PBS)

  • Whose Streets? by Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis

  • Stamped From The Beginning (Netflix Documentary)

  • Ethnic Notions by Marlon Riggs

  • 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Hulu)

  • White Savior: Racism in the American Church

Podcasts (Search your favorite platform)

  • Code Switch by NPR

  • Seeing White by Scene on Radio

  • The Diversity Gap by Bethaney Wilkinson

  • Pod Save the People by DeRay Mckesson

  • The Anti-Racist Educator

  • Latinos Who Lunch

  • Black History Buff

  • 1619 by The New York Times

  • Speaking of Racism

  • Decolonize Me

  • How to Fix Racism in the White Church with Dr. Jamar Tisby

Articles and Online Resources

  • “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh

  • “What Is White Privilege, Really?” by Cory Collins (Learning for Justice/Teaching Tolerance)

  • Sacred Conversations to End Racism (UCC Resource) - [Link if available]

  • “What’s Wrong With Colorblind Christianity” by Joel A. Bowman Sr.

  • “Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide” by Southern Poverty Law Center

  • The Guardian’s Racial Justice in Religion Series

  • UCC’s White Privilege: Let’s Talk Curriculum - [Link if available]

  • “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)

  • “Dismantling Racism Works” (Workbook resource for racial justice training)

  • “Calling in and Calling Out Guide” from Harvard University

Workshops and Training Resources

  • Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) workshops

  • Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training

  • The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

  • Racial Equity Tools Training Modules

  • “Racism and Mental Health” Workshop by Mental Health America

  • “Exploring Implicit Bias” Training by the Kirwan Institute

  • Sojourners’ “Faith & Justice” webinars

  • UCC’s Sacred Conversations to End Racism - [Link if available]

  • White Fragility Discussion Group Kits

  • Anti-Racism Training by Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

  • The Southwest Conference’s Anti-Racism Community of Practice 

Interactive Tools and Reflection Guides

  • Harvard Implicit Bias Test

  • The Welcoming Diversity Inventory for Churches

  • “Building a Racial Justice Covenant” Templates (UCC Resource) - [Link if available]

  • Reflection Prompts: “Where Does Whiteness Show Up in Our Worship?”

  • “Seven Practices for Moving Beyond Implicit Bias” Guide

  • Intersectionality Mapping Exercise (based on Kimberlé Crenshaw’s work)

  • Visual Symbol Audit Worksheets for Churches

Bible Studies and Faith-Based Guides

  • A Journey Toward Racial Justice (UCC Resource) - [Link if available]

  • Acting on Faith: Stories of Courage in Action by the UUA

  • Liberating Love: 365 Love Notes from God by Sandhya Jha

  • God’s Justice: The Holy Bible (NIV Translation with commentary on justice themes)

  • Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

  • Preaching Black Lives (Matter) edited by Gayle Fisher-Stewart

UCC’s “Prayers for Racial Justice” Series - [Link if available]

Youth and Children’s Resources

  • Shades of Black by Sandra L. Pinkney

  • Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

  • Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester

  • The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake

  • The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson

  • Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh

  • The Colors of Us by Karen Katz

  • Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard

  • We’re Different, We’re the Same by Bobbi Kates

  • A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory