Allyship In Action: 30 Day Challenge Resources

 

Educate, Learn, Listen, Take Action, repeat! 

 

Start by choosing a book. You can learn with colleagues, friends, family or join the Allyship Book Club to learn with a community – Click Here

 

To book workshops and Listening sessions – Click Here

 

Every day for 30 days you need to either, Read, Watch a documentary, Listen to a Podcast, have conversations, take a workshop and continue to self-educate. This is to enable you to kick start your Allyship Journey.

 

Books

1. Why I am no longer speaking to White People about Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge

2. The Purpose of Power – Alicia Garza (Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter)

3. New Daughters of Africa – Margaret Busby

4. Black & British – A forgotten History – David Olusoga

5. Love in Colour – Bolu Babalola

6. BRIT ish – Afua Hirsh

7. The Thing Around your Neck – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

8. How to be an ANTIRACIST – Ibram X Kendi

9. Natives – Akala

10. My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite

11. Return of the King – William Dalrymple

12. Koh-i-Noor – William Dalrymple

13. Anarchy – William Dalrymple

14. Why are all the Black Kids sitting at the Back of the Cafeteria – Beverly Daniel Tatum

15. Me and White Supremacy – Layla Saad

16. Becoming – Michelle Obama

17. Born a Crime – Trevor Noah

18. So you want to talk about Race – Ijeoma Oluo

19. Race and Class – Angela Davies

20. Diversify – June Sapong

21. James Baldwin Books

22. The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander

23. Invisible Woman – Caroline Criado Perez

24. Racism at Work – The danger of indifference – Binnaa Kandola

25. Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

26. Guapa – Saleem Haddad

27. Rebel Ideas – Matthew Syed

 

 

 

Articles

• How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change – Barrack Obama

• Your Black Colleagues May Look like they’re okay – Chances Are they’re not – Danielle Cadet

• 11 Things To Do Besides say “this Has To Stop”….       – Brittany Wong

• Why You Need to stop Saying “All Lives Matter” – Rachel Elizabeth Cargle

 

Resources

• Finally, an Explanation of Systemic Racism That won’t Put You to Sleep – Jenee Desmond-Harris

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack By Peggy McIntosh

 

Allyship in Action 

• Join the Allyship Community – Chikere Igbokwe

• Join Allyship Book Club

• Take an Allyship Workshop

 

Podcasts & Videos

• Intersectionality Matters!

• Don’t be a Bystander: 6 Tip

• For white people asking what to do about racism – Light Watkins

• NPR Codeswitch

• The New York Times 1619

• Momentum: A race Forward Podcast

• Seeing white

 

Organisations to support

• Beyond Skin

• Show Racism The red card

• Runnymede

• Stand against Racism & Inequality

• Breakfast Clubs Against Racism

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Films/Documentaries/Series

• When They See Us

• 13th

• American Son

• LA 92

• Seven Seconds

• Moonlight

• A Love Song for Latasha

• The Forty-Year-Old Version

• Residue

• Da Five Bloods

• Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce

• Dolemite is My Name

• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

• Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker

• US

• See you Yesterday

• They’ve Gotta have Us

• Why Did I Get Married?

• Fruitvale Station

• Project Power

• His House

• Black Lightning

• Greenleaf

• On My Block

• Luke Cage

• Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia

• The Butler

• Queen of Katwe

• Enslaved on BBC iPlayer

• The Bold Type - Netflix

 

 

Don’t forget to keep a journal and take time to reflect. Have conversations with others. Please contact me if you need further details on how to get going – chikere@inclucive.co.uk

 

Remember Allyship is a lifelong journey, and we need more Allies like YOU to take action.