Links: anti-racist and restorative justice resources

Please note: I have scanned through these resources, but not read them in depth. If you notice something problematic about them, please let me know.

National Humanities Center Toolbox Library: Primary Resources in U.S. History and Literature. Primary sources describing the experiences of African Americans during enslavement. Part of The Making of African-American Identity: Volume 1 1500-1865. For example: a handful of stunning photographs of African Americans in slavery.

This toolbox is not a history of slavery. As we said in Theme I, its goal is to capture the experiences of African Americans in the years of slavery. And from this point on, the documents in this Toolbox will be the voices of African Americans—their letters, memoirs, journals, interviews, poems, songs, petitions, addresses, pamphlets, newspapers, convention reports, committee expense records, photographs, paintings, sculpture, medallions, and even inscribed verses on ceramic jugs.

Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook.

​This web-based workbook was originally designed to support the ​Dismantling Racism Works 2-day basic workshop. The workbook is now offered as a resource to the community.

via An Open Letter & A Call for True Healing Justice by Whitney Spencer which has some illuminating quotes from the workbook in the context of a harmful work environment.

Transform Harm.

TransformHarm.org is a resource hub about ending violence. It offers an introduction to transformative justice. Created by Mariame Kaba and designed by Lu Design Studio, the site includes selected articles, audio-visual resources, curricula, and more.

Critical Resistance Abolition Organizing Toolkit (pdf)

This toolkit emerged out of discussions that begin in Boston in March 2002. Members of Critical Resistance (CR) and partner organizations gathered for a roundtable discussion on abolitionist organizing strategies. One of the things that we agreed we needed to strengthen our work was a set of ideas, exercises, and resources to share with the people we organize with that would explain the idea of abolishing the prison industrial complex (PIC) and would help us take concrete steps toward that goal.