Resources

HEALING JOURNEY

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Transformation work:

• Finding Our Way podcast, a podcast more about questions than answers, that guides us through introspection and healing in pursuit of building the futures we want to see

• Emergent Strategy book by adrienne maree brown, the book that first showed me my power, and that if we want to change the world, we must first change with ourselves.

• Institute for Development of Human Arts (IDHA), a learning space for transformational mental health offering classes, an affiliate event calendar and resource library. A true portal of sweet connection!

• The Embodiment Institute, a BIPOC-led somatics educational space offering courses in embodiment and a virtual practice space called The Practice Ground. 

• How To Survive The End of The World podcast, hosted by sisters adrienne and autumn brown. Called life saving by many listeners, this podcast brings a hopeful perspective many of the questions we ask in building a free-er future.

• The Body Is Not an Apology book by the fabulous Sonya Renee Taylor, on learning to radically love yourself in a system that is against it 

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CREATIVITY

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Resources for fellow designers:

• Accessibility resources from the talented Jessica Oddi, how to design with proper color contrast checks, alt text, etc.

• Where Are the Black Designers, a network of Black designers

• The Black School, an experimental art school teaching radical Black history

• Design to Divest  (creds for sharing many of these resources with me)

• Southern Fried Queer Pride, queer southern arts group

• BIPOC Design History, individual courses offering design history centered on BIPOC

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MUTUAL AID

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Local orgs that practice mutual aid (and some of my favorite Atlanta humans <3):

• Mariposas Rebeldes, a latine & trans led group of butterflies in Atlanta who restore relationship with our earth and throw really bomb parties in support of that.

• Free 99 Fridge, a network of community-run free fridges in the Atlanta area.

• Atplanta, a sliding scale vegetable garden service in Atlanta.

• Black Femme Gardens, a garden builder oriented towards helping Black folks in Atlanta build gardens for free or at low cost, and taking donations from white folks & people with wealth.

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What is Mutual Aid?

• Mutual Aid Explainer 

• Black Life is a Constant Practice of Mutual Aid Work (article)

• Abolition on Gradients post

• Let’s Talk Mutual Aid zine

• Mutual Aid Hub, database on US mutual aid orgs

• AOC’s guide to starting mutual aid in your community

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BLACK-LED NEWS

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Centering your learning & news intake around Black leaders:

• The Amber Ruffin Show for hilarious and bubbly late night news from Black writers

• Raquel Willis for political activism-based information

• Brittany Packnett Cunnigham for political activism and Black history

• Undistracted podcast hosted by Brittany Packnett Cunnigham, a deep dive into changemaking

• The Daily Show with Wanda Sykes

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MONEY

 

Shopping Black owned:

• Miiriya, a marketplace app like Amazon, except everything is Black-owned

• Black owned farms! Database

• Shop With Leslie, a blog with thorough research for shopping Black-owned. A very in-depth and fantastic resource!

• We Buy Black, database on buying from black-owned companies

• Buy Black Movement: for Black people, by Black people

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Wealth redistribution places:

• Thorn Self Defense, distributing self-defense kits to Black and Brown trans people

• Jesse Pratt López, photographer and activist advocating for trans lives

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ABOLITION

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In Curiosity:

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• Amber Ruffin on her experiences with the cops 

• You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

• Racial Microaggressions Against Black Americans: Implications for Counseling

 

In Learning:

• Breathing room, a place to learn about police violence and how to become more active against it (4 lessons)

• Mapping Police Violence, a database that documents current & past police violence

 

In Practice:

• Resources on alternatives to calling the police 

• Database for Police Abolition​

 

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FOOD

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BIPOC-centered food media:

• For the Culture Food Mag, a magazine celebrating Black women and femmes in food

• Whetstone magazine, a publication founded by Stephen Satterfield that seeks to explore the origins of food

• High on the Hog, a series on Netflix that tells the long-silenced history of African-American cooking with beauty and loving care

• Yewande Komolafe, a Nigerian-American chef working for NYTimes (search her on youtube for some great recipes!)

• Hawa Hassan, author of In Bibi’s Kitchen.

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Rad cookbooks that have nurtured my soul:

• Foods of the Greek Islands, MY FAVORITE cookbook, childhood nostalgia, actually authentic Greek recipes.

• Zaitoun, cookbook by Yasmin Khan, who shares recipes and stories from Palestinian kitchens. A beacon of hope in the midst of grief and anger at the structures of harm in our world.

• Ripe Figs, cookbook by Yasmin Khan, who centers the stories of migrants in East Mediterranean and the way they provide care for each other. Truly comfort food.

• In Bibi’s Kitchen, a truly delicious cookbook with recipes from grandmothers from 8 African countries touching the Indian Ocean

• Black Food, curated by Bryant Terry, proof that sometimes you can judge a book by its very gorgeous cover. Also, contains poetry, spells and a playlist?!