Love & Learning
We’re devoted to taking care of each other — love is making someone else’s problem your problem, after all. And to do our best for our neighbors, our communities, our world, we must be proactive in our love as well as our learning. In light of the racial injustice experienced by far too many in the United States and around the world, we’re curating this running list of resources in a heartfelt effort to help make connections and build bridges.
We welcome anyone to send us additional resources or recommendations for expanding this list by emailing socialmedia@operationsmile.org.
Who we’re learning from:
- Rachel Cargle and The Great Unlearn
- Layla F. Saad and her Good Ancestor Podcast
- The Color of Change organization
- Until Freedom organization
The books and articles we’re reading:
- “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
- “Me and White Supremacy” by Layla F. Saad
- “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin Diangelo
- U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Racism
- What you can do right now
- How to approach conversations about racism through a scaffolded approach
- Six Habits of Highly Empathetic People
Relevant organizations:
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- National Bail Out
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Black Lives Matter
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Amnesty USA
- Black Visions Collective
- Reclaim the Block
- Northstar Health Collective
Black-owned business to support:
Who to follow on Instagram: