Community Resources
A selection of recommended readings on race.
We at Vault + Vine aim to continually examine the impact of our actions in regards to marginalized communities by educating ourselves through personal study and ongoing staff conversations.
A good place to start: Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
This is a working document for scaffolding anti-racism resources. The goal is to facilitate growth for white folks to become allies, and eventually accomplices for anti-racist work. These resources have been ordered in an attempt to make them more accessible.
Individual webinars: Good Ancestor Academy by Layla F. Saad
Personal leadership and anti-racism classes for becoming a good ancestor, including topics such as “How to Show up in BIPOC-Only Spaces without White Centering” and “Parenting and White Supremacy.”
Resources for the workplace:
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not
To white organizational leaders, silence is violence: Here’s what you should do now
white supremacy culture by Tema Okun
SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice
SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.
Black-owned bookstores in Philadelphia:
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books (Germantown)
Harriett’s Bookshop (Fishtown)
READING LIST
Personal Growth
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
For a critical note regarding the intellectualization of race leading white authors to profiting from antiracism work, we invite you to read the article linked here.
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
Memoirs
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis and Michael D’Orso
Graphic Novels
Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation to join the struggle. Now, March brings the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today’s world.
History
Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
Education
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Industry Specific