Resources

Racial Justice/Decolonization Resources and Education

Read/Watch

• Ken Hardy On making talking about race our work

• The case for reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Getting called out: How to apologize by Franchesca Ramsey

• Color of fear: what it means to be American by Lee Mun Wah

• Why People of Color need space without White people by Kelsey Blackwell

• Checking yourself by Rega Jha and Tommy Wesely

• How privileged are you? by Buzzfeed Media and Rain Valdez

• The sweet lull of white supremacy, or why white people hate to be called white by Irna L. Landrum

• Decentering Whiteness by Jeff Hitchcock and Charley Flint

• This is what reparations could actually look like in America by Chuck Collins

Listen/Podcasts

• Finding Our Way – hosted by Prentis Hemphill

• How to Survive the End of the World – hosted by adrienne and Autumn Brown

• Good Ancestor Podcast - with Layla Saad

• Co-Conspired Conversations - with Myisha T. Hill

• Code Switch - hosted by NPR

Books

• The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

• Set Boundaries Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

• The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

• Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker

• The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Malidoma Patrice Somé

• Falling Out of Grace by Sobonfu Somé

• An Abolitionist’s Handbook by Patrisse Cullors

• Daughter Drink This Water by Jaiya John

• Fresh Peace by Jaiya John

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• Mindful of Race by Ruth King

• Radical Dharma by Reverend Kyodo Williams

• The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza

• Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens

• Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown

• Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

• How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Deep Liberation by Langston Kahn

Education and trainings

• Meditation Training with Reverend Angel Kyodo Williams

• Racial Sensitivity Training/ The Eikenberg Institute with Ken Hardy

• Stronghold with Karena Montag and Claire Whitmer

• Education for Racial Equity

Community In Motion

• Destiny Arts – inspiring and igniting social change through the arts in Oakland, CA

• Ecstatic Dance LA – every first and third Sunday freeform dance in Los Angeles

• Just Movements – weaving together practices of DanceAbility® and Soul Motion®

• Generative Somatics – a deep, pragmatic, and actionable approach to embodied transformation

• PLACE – a volunteer run community hub that fosters regenerative living practices 

• Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists – home of our dance floor in Berkeley

Retreat Centers ~ Paradises on Earth

• EARTHseed Permaculture Center - Afro-Indigenous owned farm and retreat center in Sonoma, California

• Glide Memorial Church – in San Francisco, California

• Amma Ashram – in San Ramon, California

• Dharmata Foundation – Buddhist meditation with Anam Thubten in Point Richmond, California  

• Loterie Farm – private nature reserve in St Martin, FWI

• Harbin Hot Springs – one of the oldest and most beautiful hot springs in Middletown, California

• River’s Bend Retreat Center – in Philo, California 

Our Gifted Teachers, Healers, Artists, and Practitioners

• Sogorea Te’ - urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

• Joseph Acquah – Asian medicine and acupuncture 

• Atasiea Kenneth Fergusson – massage, energy healing, channeling, readings, yoga  

• Dominique Cowling - trauma informed meditation, yoga, support groups and eco-therapy inspired sessions; supports survivors to transform violence into opportunities of healing, connection and liberation  

• Embraced Body - centering embodied disability justice

• Reverend Angel Kyodo Williams - meditation teacher, speaker, author, and community

• Lama Rod Owens - meditation teacher, speaker, and author

• Langston Kahn - emotional clearing, shamanic healing, and classes

• X Razma – bodywork, photography, costume, community care

• Mer al Dao - video art as process, ritual, and relationship

• Laura Centorrino – healer and guide dedicated to transformation and growth

• Berkeley Acupuncture Project – sliding scale community acupuncture in the heart of Berkeley, CA

• Sarana Community Acupuncture - sliding scale community acupuncture in Albany, CA

• Earth Body Institute - offers affordable, practical, and growing-edge Ecotherapy training