In companionship with the Reflecting on race equity work video, circle practitioner and The Circle Way board member Diane Jordan shares her list of "movement resources”.

On May 25, 2020, the day George Floyd was murdered by the City of Minneapolis Police Department, my white friends and colleagues called me in disbelief of the gravity of the 24/7/365 experience of racism that African Americans must experience. They were mortified at their own lack of awareness, in fact, the more active they believed themselves to be regarding social justice, the more disappointed they were that they had only reached the tip of the iceberg of awareness and understanding. This list was born out of their request for recommended resources to study as individuals, families, and communities.

These two quotes amplify my hope that the resulting moments of protests become a movement that yields the reversal of structural and systemic racism across America.

• “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced” James Baldwin.

• “There is freedom that comes with awareness because with it comes with the opportunity to make a choice.”

Netflix

• 13th (about 13th Amendment)

 Youtube Videos of Note

• Ethnic Notions: Ethnic Notions takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-Black prejudice. The insidious images exacted a devastating toll on Black Americans and continue to undermine race relations.

• The School to Prison Pipeline

• What genetic thread do these 6 strangers have in common?

• What I’m thinking about, General CQ Brown

• BOLD Allies

Online Articles

• Redlining

• Color of Law

• How Federal Government Intentionally Racially Segregated America

• Dear White Boss

• U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism

• Toward A Racially Just Workplace

• Why Black Americans Remain Scarce in Executive Suites

• The 1619 Project: The New York Times Magazine

• Historical Foundations of Race

Books

• White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

• White by Law, The Legal Construction of Race by Ian Haney Lopez

• Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi

• How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

• Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

Diane S Jordan has more than 20 years of executive leadership and management consulting experience in nonprofit, profit, and healthcare sectors. She is an award-winning leader in organization and professional development, change management, executive coaching, employee relations, diversity and inclusion. As a facilitator, she designs and delivers content and techniques to engage small and large groups in problem solving, decision-making, promoting and creating energy. She inspires individuals and teams to lead from aspiration, increase accountability and decision-making, and deliver sustainable results. 

Diane’s desire to make a difference in the world took her on a journey that led her to historic and culturally rich Liberia West Africa. There she owned a business, served as midwife, volunteered with World Health Organization, and witnessed the coup d'état.