BLACK LIVES MATTER:
RESOURCES FOR BECOMING ANTI-RACIST

These resources were first created by Dr. Eddie Moore, a diversity educator, as the
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.
(With permission, Myers Park Presbyterian Church adapted these resources for congregations.)
The 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge is a starting point for individuals to engage in material designed to deeper our understanding of racism, white supremacy, and the experience of being Black in America.
We invite you to choose one link a day to watch, listen, or read over the next month and see how your own personal awareness of racism is challenged.

The Challenge

Pick one of the resources listed every day for 21 days.

Diversify your understanding by doing some of each.

Track and reflect by using the planning tool.

Share your reflections at the end of the challenge.

Pray for the places you are challenged and for those you are learning about whose lives may be different than yours.

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Use each question below separately as one day’s challenge.

• Who is and is not represented in ads?

• Who are your ten closest friends? What is the racial mix in this group?

• As you move through the day, what’s the racial composition of the people around you? On your commute? At the coffee shop you go to? At the gym? At your workplace? At the show you go on the weekend? 

• What percentage of the day are you able to be with people of your own racial identity?

• Notice how much of your day you are speaking about racism. Who are you engaging with on these issues? Who are you not? Why do you think this is? 

• What are the last five books you read? What is the racial mix of the authors? 

• What is the racial mix of the main characters in your favorite TV shows? Movies?

• What is the racial mix of people pictured in the photos and artwork in your home? In your friend, family, and colleagues’ homes?

• Who is filling what kinds of jobs/social roles in your world? (e.g. Who’s the store manager and who’s stocking the shelves? Who’s waiting on tables and who’s busing the food?) Can you correlate any of this to racial identity? 

• Who do you notice on magazine covers? What roles are people of color filling in these images?

• If you’re traveling by car, train, or air, do you notice housing patterns? How is housing arranged? Who lives near the downtown commerce area and who does not? Who lives near the waterfront and who does not? Who lives in industrial areas and who does not? What is the density of a given neighborhood? Can you correlate any of this to racial identity? 

 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

 Tom Grode on Social Innovation

Tom Grode Sermon 2020 - Laity Sunday