An OffBeet Resource List on Systemic Racism & The Food System
This is a list of resources gathered from many wonderful folks who have put in the time and work to educate and liberate. This list is primarily for members in our OffBeet community who are striving to understand the intersection between food, environment and justice. This is a working document from the humble lens of your OffBeet friend.
Challenges/Podcasts/Talks We’re Participating In @ OffBeet:
Tedx Talk: Food + Justice= Democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydZfSuz-Hu8
Intergenerational Discussion: https://www.facebook.com/dontblowitmke/videos/3015421068533620/UzpfSTE4MTc2NDc6MTAxMDU2ODUzOTQzNTU5NDk/?id=1817647
Racial Equity Challenge: https://fsneequitychallenge.org/
Building Local Power: https://ilsr.org/baltimore-farm-alliance-episode-111/
For Kids:
One of My Best Friends Made This Exercise for 5th Graders! https://vimeo.com/425040259
Systemic Racism Simply Explained https://youtu.be/YrHIQIO_bdQ
Juneteenth Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUctFAO8ds&t=31s
The OffBeet Perspective:
He’s on Our Board! http://richardhowe.com/2020/06/11/equality-justice-what-can-we-do-by-anthony-nganga/
Building Local Power: https://ilsr.org/healthy-community-offbeet-episode-102/
Black Owned Seed Companies:
https://tequiaburt.com/2020/08/06/support-these-black-owned-seed-companies/?fbclid=IwAR1VD-P4nwVp2GrHRpmayXg2u7r0a5lxYCqjgZqRWU0LQB2fIZA_bsEDKiU
Black Owned Businesses in the Merrimack Valley:
Resource Lists:
https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList
http://www.soulfirefarm.org/in-defense-of-black-life/
https://www.aidanwharton.com/bqtorgs
Journalism:
Books:
A Comprehensive List https://www.wmagazine.com/story/books-to-read-anti-racism-list-black-owned-bookstores-indie/
Becoming Broken by Masada Jones (local author, activist, and poet)
Farming While Black by Leah Penniman
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Movies:
Gather: The Fight to Revitalize Our Native Foodways
The Black Power Mixtape
Fruitvale Station
13th
If Beale St. Could Talk
When They See Us