Member Resources

ANTI-RACIST and diversity advocates to follow on SOCIAL MEDIA

Films to broaden your viewpoint

Based on True Stories

Black Klansman - 2018

Just Mercy - 2019

North Country - 2005

The Imitation Game - 2014

Milk - 2008

Hidden Figures - 2016

Selma - 2014

Joe Bell - 2020

Dangal - 2016

Documentaries

Eyes on the Prize - 1987 2 seasons (Civil Rights Movement)

In Whose Honor? American Indian Mascots in Sports -1997 (Indigenous People)

A Good Day to Die - 2010 (Indigenous People)

The Invisible War - 2012 (sexual harassment and assault in the military)

I am Not Your Negro - 2016

Sins Invalid: An Unashamed Claim to Beauty - 2013 (Disabilities)

13th - 2016 (Racial Inequality in the US Prison System)

A Ballerina’s Tale - 2015 (Misty Copeland)

Dramas/Comedies

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - 1974

The Intern - 2015

A Day Without a Mexican - 2004

The Big Sick - 2017

Wadjda - 2012

The Hate U Give - 2018

Wonder - 2017

I Am Sam - 2001

Great reads

Autobiography/Biography

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (2014)

Disability Visibility: First-Person Storied from the Twenty-first Century edited by Alice Wong (2020)

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menaken (2017)

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma (2019)

Nonfiction

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Dr. Robin DeAngelo (2018)

The Witches are Coming by Lindy West (2019)

Social justice books for youth

A list of more than 100 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

Debunking The Most Common Myths White People Tell About Race (NBC News)

an ally’s guide to issues facing lgbt americans

This guide introduces the major areas in which unfair laws and stigma create extra burdens for LGBT Americans and prevent them from having the chance to pursue health and happiness, earn a living, be safe in their communities, and serve their country.

106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

What is racial profiling?

The Police Brutality Center defines and discusses racial profiling.

A Guide To Gender Identity Terms

Part of NPR’s 2021 Pride Month series.

Microagressions: Death by a thousand cuts

An opinion piece by Derald Wing Sue discussing his research of and experience with microaggressions.