Community Builders is a grassroots initiative facilitated by YWCA High Point comprised of residents committed to the work of anti-racism. This group includes leaders who work with the City of High Point, nonprofits, faith leaders, foundations, High Point University, and in local businesses. Launched in the fall of 2018, the group creates education opportunities through a partnership with the Racial Equity Institute. It’s goal is to develop help residents and leaders in High Point understand systematic racism and create racial equity strategies.
Through funding from the High Point Community Foundation, The Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation and the Foundation for Healthy High Point, Community Builders provides ongoing Racial Equity trainings.
To date over 170 individuals in the Greater High Point community have gone through the REI Phase 1 or Groundwater Trainings.
Groundwater Trainings:
November 2018
March 2019
March 2020
Phase 1 Training:
May 2019
May 2020 (to be rescheduled due to COVID-19)
For more information email hmajors@ywcahp.com
Racial Equity Resources
BOOKS
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Anderson, Carol. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time
- Beatty, Paul. The Sellout
- Blackmon, Douglas. Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me
- Diangelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
- Dyson, Michael Eric. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
- hooks, bell. Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
- Harvey, Jennifer. Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
- Irving, Debby. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
- Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped From the Beginning
- Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be An Antiracist
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved
- Oluo, Ijeoma So You Want to Talk About Race
- Pollock, Mica Every Day Anti Racism: Getting Real About Race In School
- DiAngelo, Robin White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Steele, Claude. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
- Tatum, Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race
- Tisby, Jemar The Color Of Compromise
- West, Cornel. Race Matters
- Whitehead, Colston. The Underground Railroad
- Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
Webinars
Promoting Racial Equity In Guilford County – May 27, 2020 (Ready For School Ready For Life)
APHA: Advancing Racial Equity Series
APHA: The Impact of Racism on the Health & Well-being of the Nation 4 part series
Documentaries
“White Fragility” author Robin Diangelo https://www.minneapolisfoundation.org/conversations-with-chanda-robin-diangelo/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuvvciYPn6QIVCpyzCh1_oA7IEAAYBiAAEgJh0_D_BwE
“Color Compromise” author Jemar Tisby The Color of Compromise Video Study | Jemar Tisby …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNmm9cvmxm
13th. (http://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. (http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/african-american-history-many-rivers-to-cross/)
Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality. (https://world-trust.org)
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/)
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. (https://world-trust.org)
Race: The Power of an Illusion. (http://www.pbs.com/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm)
Segregated by Design https://vimeo.com/328684375
Podcasts
1619 Podcast. (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/the-daily/1619-project.html)
Intersection (https://soundcloud.com/intersection-tnr)
About Race Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/about-race)
YWCA USA Organize Your Butterflies: Honoring the Importance of Racial Equity Education
Revisionist History, Season 2, Episode 1, On Brown v. Board (http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/13-miss-buchanans-period-of-adjustment)
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Greensboro Mid Week Reset June 4, 2020 (Facebook)
Articles
31 Children’s Books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
Ahmaud, Breonna, Christian, George, and the Talk every black boy receives
How to be a good white ally, according to activists
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X Kendi/ Atlantic (May 12,2020)
Reports
Deep Rooted: A Brief History of Race & Education In NC (CREED)
E(RACE)ING Inequities: The State of Racial Equity In NC Schools (CREED, 2019)
Websites
Center For Racial Equity in Education (CREED) https://creed-nc.org/
https://www.racialequityinstitute.com/groundwaterapproach
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