Anti-Oppression Resources
In its research, the Center for Hunger-Free Communities has identified a clear link between experiences of discrimination and food insecurity in Philadelphia and beyond. Because of the pervasive nature of oppression in perpetuating poverty, it is important to ensure that the Center's research, programs, and advocacy, as well as all efforts to address poverty and hunger, are rooted in a framework that acknowledges the many forms of oppression, identifies their impact on individuals and communities, and takes efforts to mitigate those effects and imbalance of power.
Noting the complex nature of oppression, the Center's team has committed to ongoing personal and group education on the various forms of oppression as an essential element of its work in an effort to address the power imbalances present its community and beyond.
The following resources have been found to be helpful.
Center for Hunger-Free Communities Reports
To learn more about the link between lifetime experiences of discrimination and household and child food insecurity, view Children's Health Watch report From Disparities to Discrimination: Getting at the Roots of Food Insecurity as well as an in-depth discussion of and recommendations on four major areas including schools, the workplace, housing, healthcare, public assistance, judicial system, and on the streets in the Center's Discrimination Spotlights.
Policy and Communication Fellow Sabea Evans shares two perspectives in addressing issues of systemic racism and trauma from a healing-centered mindset in her Policy Brief on Systemic Racism and Trauma: Why Healing-centered Two-generation Approaches are Crucial to Poverty Alleviation (June 2019) and her more creative Love Brief: A Third Universe is Possible (June 2019) [PDF].
Additionally, hear first-hand from Witnesses to Hunger members Tiana Gaines-Turner in her Kerner Commission Report (May 17, 2018) and Sherita Mouzon in her opinion article for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Hunger and Discrimination Go Hand in Hand (December 3, 2018) and perspective article From Systemic Oppression to Love and Healing (June 2019).
General Anti-Oppression/Racism Resources and Articles
- The 1619 Project (New York Times Magazine)
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Medium)
- A Dozen Plus Ways You Can Foster Educational Equity (Inside Higher Education)
- Allegories on Race and Racism (Camara Jones, TEDxEmory)
- Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement (Medium
- Anti-Oppression Network
- Anti-Oppressive Practices (Anti-Violence Project)
- Anti-Racism Project
- Anti-Racism Resources to Support Asian American, Pacific Islander Community (NBC News)
- America's Racial Contract is Killing Us (The Atlantic)
- API Equality
- Black Feminism and the Movement for Black Lives (Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers)
- Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes (Jane Elliot)
- The Case for Abolition of prisons (The Marshall Project)
- The Case for Reparations (The Atlantic)
- Coming to the Table
- Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing and Training
- Dismantling Anti-Black Bias in Democratic Workplaces: A Toolkit (AORTA: Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance)
- Five Activities to Promote Diversity in the Classroom (Purdue Global)
- Guidance for Reporting and Writing about Racism (Syracuse University)
- Hardships and Hope: Mental Health in Underrepresented Students (MSW Degrees)
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion (Peggy McIntosh, TEDxTimberlaneSchools)
- How to Get Serious About Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (Janet Stovall, Ted@UPS)
- How You Can Be An Ally in the Fight for Racial Justice (Deray Mckesson)
- The Justice of Memory (The Drexel InterView)
- Let's Fight Racism (United Nations)
- Let's Get to the Root of Racial Injustice (Megan Ming Frances, TEDxRanier)
- Fakeequity Blog
- Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism
- Race, Racism and the Law - legal abstracts centered on race, racism and racial distinctions
- Racial Equity Tools Glossary
- Racial Trauma in Film: How Viewers Can Address Retraumatization (Northwestern University)
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism (Nicola Carpenter)
- Robin D'Angelo resources
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide (Tatiana Mac)
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources (Princeton Theological Seminary)
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- The Urgency of Intersectionality (Kimberle Crenshaw, TEDTalks)
- Ways to be in Action Against Anti-Black Racism (How Matters)
- What is Critical Race Theory? (Georgie Williams)
- White Awake
- White Anti-Racism: Living the Legacy (Teaching Tolerance)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Peggy McIntosh)
- White Suppremacy Cannot Have Our People (Medium)
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America (The Atlantic)
- “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Why We Need Reparation for Black Americans (Brookings)
Financial Literacy
Podcasts
Films and TV Series
- 13th - Netflix
- American Son - Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
- Clemency
- Dear White People - Netflix
- Do the Right Thing
- Fruitvale Station
- I Am Not Your Negro
- If Beale Street Could Talk - Hulu
- Just Mercy
- King In The Wilderness - HBO
- See You Yesterday - Netflix
- Selma
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- The Hate U Give - Hulu
- When They See Us - Netflix
Books
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Dark Days by James Baldwin
- Diversify by June Sarpong
- Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- White Supremacy and Me by Layla F. Saad
- Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States edited by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan Price
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
Poverty and Oppression Resources
Racism and Hunger/Food System Resources
- An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in The U.S. Food System, Sixth Edition (Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, 2019)
- Backgrounder: Dismantling Racism in the Food System (Breeze Harper and Eric Holt-Giménez, Food First, March 2016)
- Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability (Edited by Alison Hope Alkon and Julian Agyeman, MIT Press, 2011)
- Food Justice Now!: Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle (Joshua Sbicca, University of Minnesota Press, 2018)
- Growing Food Justice by Planting an Anti-oppression Foundation: Opportunities and Obstacles for a Budding Social Movement (Joshua Sbicca, Agriculture and Human Values, 2012)
- Identifying Racism in the Drivers of Food Insecurity dashboard (Feeding America and Tableau)
- Racial Equity in Food Systems Work: Beginning the Journey (webinar, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, 2018)
- Racial Equity Lens Toolkit (Bread for the World)
- Want to Eradicate Hunger in America? Take on Racism. (Greg Kauffman, The Nation, Feb. 4, 2019)
Healing from the Trauma of Oppression
Taking Action
Resources for Parents
Organizations Addressing Oppression and Food Systems
National Organizations Addressing Racism, Oppression, and Inequality
Philadelphia-area Organizations Addressing Racism and Oppression