Important Elon Resources
- The CREDE"Mission: To advance the conversation on student diversity education campus-wide and to develop intercultural competence while providing race and ethnicity related advocacy, services, and programs to faculty, staff and students, particularly those from underrepresented and historically marginalized communities."
- African & African-American Studies at Elon University (AAASE)"AAASE is an active, diverse, and vibrant community with a mission to promote the production and dissemination of knowledge about African and African-descended peoples through advocacy, learning, research, scholarship, service, and teaching."
Other Curated Reading and Resource Lists
- 15 books to help kids understand that Black Lives Matter"In this post, I’m sharing 15 books for children and teens that uplift the beauty and strength of Black children and communities, as well as those that exemplify the principles of the Black Lives Matter movement. All the books in this post are authored or co-authored by Black writers." by Rebekah Gienapp
- Anti-Racism Resources"This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues."
- The Anti-Racist Reading List*This list is really excellent and particularly contains a lot of titles written by Black women, feminists, and queer folx. "Black people have been yelling and writing about the many paths to true equity since before this country was formally founded. Spoiler alert: the 28 days in Black History Month are not enough time to acknowledge this scholarship. Our contributions to this great nation cannot be confined to one short month, and your allyship cannot be proven with a few social media posts. The best way to show your commitment to the Black community today and every day is by genuinely engaging with us. That starts with the books." by Brea Baker, Elle Magazine.
- Anti-racist Reading List, by Bookshop"A list of nonfiction books to help examine anti-Black racism and the fight for antiracism in The United States."
- An Antiracist Reading List"Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage." New York Times. (May 29, 2020)
- Black Lives Matter: Recommended ReadingRecommended titles from staff at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. (2017)
- An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism"From Audre Lorde's groundbreaking essays to Ibram X. Kendi's guide to being antiracist, these books are a great resource for understanding why people are protesting right now." Arianna Rebolini, BuzzFeed News Reporter. (May 2020)
- For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies"I have been asked by two dear friends, “how can I be a stronger ally?” Being the slow emotional processor that I am, I wanted to spend some time with this before I answered them. I surely appreciate and love these two individuals, and I appreciate their vulnerability in asking me this question." by Courtney Ariel, Sojourners (August 2017)
- The Lemonade SyllabusCandice Benbow collected "Works Celebrating Black Womanhood" using the hashtag #LemonadeSyllabus, and produced this syllabus.
Do you have additional reading lists to suggest? If so, please email Joan Ruelle at jruelle@elon.edu to have them added.