Resources
Equality North Carolina is committed to ensuring that the members of our communities have access to the most comprehensive resources available.
For resources specific to the Covid-19 pandemic, please head here.
Anti-Racism
- Places to Donate
- Emancipate NC
- NC Community Bail Fund of Durham
- Fayetteville Bail Fund
- Take Action Chapel Hill
- Greensboro Bail Fund
- Official George Floyd Go Fund Me
- Black Visions Collective
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Minnesota Voice
- North Star Health Collective
- Communities Against Police Brutality
- Reclaim the Block
- Campaign Zero
- Unicorn Riot
- Black Lives Matter
- Bail Project
- National Bail Fund Network
- The Innocence Project
- Run with Maud
- Justice for Breonna
- People's City Freedom Fund
- BLM Los Angeles
- Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment
- Racial Equity Organizations
- The Antiracist Research and Policy Center
- The Audre Lorde Project
- Black Women's Blueprint
- Color of Change
- The Conscious Kid
- Colorlines
- The Equal Justice Initiative
- Families Belong Together
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Muslim Girl
- MPowerChange
- NAACP
- National Domestic Worker's Alliance
- RAICES
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
- SisterSong
- Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
- United We Dream
- United for Survival
- Self-Education
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not
- Seeing White Podcast
- Google Doc with anti-racism resources for white people
- James Baldwin - "A Letter to my Nephew"
- Avalanche COVID, Trump, Biden in Battleground States: Mobilization Report
- Color of Change Paper: Telling the Right Story on Race During COVID-19
- Amy Cooper from Central Park is a Liberal--That's Important!
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
- Black Immigration - Trump Administration expands travel ban to include six new countries
- Dr. Ibram X. Kendi- Who gets to be afraid in America?
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
- A Pastoral Letter to the Nation by Rev. Dr. William J Barber, II
- I’m White and I’m Outraged by Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder. Now What?
- Anti-Racism Resources for all ages
- Social Justice Storytime Resource List
- Anti-Racism Resources
- Talking About Race
- Movement for Black Lives
- Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Matrix of Oppression
- Cycle of Socialization
- Harvard Implicit Bias Test
- Yoga, Race, and Culture
- Cycle of Socialization
- 11 Harmful Types of Unconscious Bias and How to Interrupt Them
- Justice in June
- Reading List
- 10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A Person Of Color To Explain Things To You
- Antiracist reading list
- 'Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World' by Michelle C. Johnson
- 'White Fragility' by Robin DiAngelo (workbook)
- 'So You Want to Talk About Race' by Ijeoma Oluo
- 'When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir' by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
- 'Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower' by Brittney Cooper
- 'An African American and Latinx History of the United States' by Paul Ortiz
- 'The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority' by Ellen D. Wu
- 'Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race' by Debby Irving
- 'This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror' by Moustafa Bayoumi
- 'The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy' by Andrea Flynn, Susuan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, and Felicia J. Wong
- 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race' by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- 'Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism' by Safiya Umoja Noble
- “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
- “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
- “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You,” by author Jason Reynolds.
- “Stamped From the Beginning” by Jason Reynolds
- “Divided Sisters” by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
- “The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow. New York: The New Press, 2012.
- Bolgatz, J. Talking Race in the Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005.
- Derman-Sparks, Louise, and Patricia Ramsay. What If All the Kids Are White? Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006.
- Genishi, Celia, and A. Lin Goodwin. Diversities in Early Childhood Education: Rethinking and Doing. New York: Teacher College Press, 2008.
- Lee, Enid, Deborah Menkart and Margo Okazawa-Rey, eds. Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education, and Staff Development. Washington, DC: Network of Educators on the Americas [NECA], 1998.
- Loewen, James W. *Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.*The New Press, 2013.
- Michael, Ali. Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2015.
- Pollock, M. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2004.
- Pollock, M. (Ed.) Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School. New. York: The New Press. 2008.
- Steele, Claude M. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. New York: W. W Norton & Company, 2010.
- Stevenson, Howard C. Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference. New York: Teachers College Press, 2015.
- Tatum, B.D. “Can We Talk About Race?” and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation. New York: Beacon Press, 2007.
- Van Ausdale, D. & Feagin, J.R. *The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism.*Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 2001.
- "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison
- The Miner's Canary by Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
- Possessive Investment In Whiteness by George Lipsitz
- This Bridge Called My Back Edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
- Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
- A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Whiteness of a Different Color by Matthew Frye Jacobson
- But Some of Us Are Brave Edited by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, & Barbara Smith
- Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
- Crime and Punishment in Black America By James Forman Jr.
- The Making of the Black Radical Tradition By Cedric J. Robinson
- The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing Book by Anneliese A. Singh
- POC-Owned Businesses
Legal Resources
- The ACLU of North Carolina
- Lambda Legal
- LGBTQ Social Security and Retirement Benefits Guide by Cendy Moliere
- Southern Equality's NC Legal Resources
- NC Sex Designation FormNational Center for Transgender Equality
- Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund's name change intake link
Informational Resources
- LGBTQIA+ Youth Resource Guide
- Gender Healthcare Support Plan
- Map of Informed Consent Clinics for Hormone Replacement Therapy
- The Trevor Project -- Has a huge compendium of resources and guides.
- National Resource Center on LGBT Aging
- Southern Equality's Trans in the South Guide
- GLSEN
- Resources for the Aging LGBTQ+ Community: Healthcare, Financial Planning, & Long Term-Care
Educational Resources
Politics and Advocacy
- The Movement Advancement Project
- Equality Maps -- scorecards for each state with specific policy information.
- Govtrack -- A source for monitoring Congress.
ENC Resources
- Out Electeds / Elected for Equality Briefing -- Powerpoint. February 2020.
Youth, Community, and Families
- PFLAG
- Advocates for Youth
- SHIFT-NC
- Time Out Youth
- Inside Out 180
- The LGBT Center of Raleigh
- The LGBTQ Center of Durham
- ECU's Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center
- The Guilford Green Foundation
- Youth OUTright
Healthcare and Aging
- National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence
- National Center for Transgender Equality's Health Insurance Guide
- Out2Enroll
- Interact: Advocates for Intersex Youth
- NC AIDS Action Network
- Plume: Online Trans Healthcare Service
- Assisted Living Resources from Caring.com
- Senior Downsizing Guide
General Resources
- Trans-Cendence International
- Campaign for Southern Equality
- Transgender Law Center
- Southerners on New Ground
- Southern Vision Alliance
- There's Still Hope
- National Center for Transgender Equality
This list is an evolving document--so if you know of a useful resource, please send it to enc@equalitync.org.