Creating an Antiracist Community: Resources
We have gathered a list of resources recommended by our staff and leaders in the community below. We hope the resources provided will help you discover new authors and illustrators, bring about important questions, encourage necessary conversations, and turn reading into action.
Visit the following link to read our full statement on creating an Antiracist Community.
BookPeople Reading Lists
- Recommended Reading on Policing
- Recommended Reading on Protesting
- Celebrating BIPOC Voices in KidLit
- Celebrating BIPOC Voices in YA
- Celebrating BIPOC Voices in Adult Literature & Nonfiction
- Reading AAPI Authors & Creators
Resources from the Book Community
- From Duende District & The Word, the first annual BIPOC Bookseller Award. More info & nomination form here.
- Audiobooks from Libro.FM
- FREE Listening to Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
- Decolonize Your Mind, from Duende District via Bookshop.org
- A List of Black-Owned Bookstores, including Austin's Black Pearl Books, from Libro.FM
- AAPI-Owned Bookstores to Support
- Indigenous-Owned Bookstores in the US and Canada
Businesses & Organizations to Support
- Black Lives Matter
- The Official Justice for Breonna Taylor Fund
- NAACP
- Black Visions Collective
- The Okra Project
- The Trevor Project
- We Need Diverse Books
- ProjectLIT
- LGBTQ Freedom Fund
- Trans Women of Color Collective
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta
Antiracist Training Resources
- Bystander intervention training to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment
- Asian Amerincans Advancing Justice - Bystander Intervention Trainings
Austin Businesses & Organizations to Support
- A List of Austin Black-Owned Businesses, from Austin Monthly
- A List of Black Austin-Based Artists to Support on Bandcamp, from the Austin Chronicle
- Austin Justice Coalition
- Austin Area Urban League
- NAACP - Austin Chapter
- African American Youth Harvest Foundation
- Six Square
- RAICES
- George Washington Carver Museum, Culture, and Genealogy Center
- City of Austin Budget Survey
- Out Youth
- Support Asian-Owned Eateries in Austin
Health and Mental Health Resources
- Live Another Day
- The Summit Wellness Group’s Top 61 BIPOC Addiction & Mental Health Resources
- Southeast Addiction Center - 2023's Top 50 resources for Black men who are struggling with substance use and/or their mental health.
- Southeast Detox - An updated resource guide to help Black women rise and thrive in 2023.
Petitions to Sign
- Recommended by Black Lives Matter
Book Clubs, Podcast, & Other Media
- Well-Read Black Girl
- WRBG Book Club @ BookPeople NOTE: This is a space intended for BIPOC.
- STAMPED Virtual Book Club with authors Jason Reynolds and Dr. Ibram X Kendi, with Loyalty Bookstore owner Hannah Oliver Depp
- Listen to NPR's Code Switch
- Austin Justice Coalition's Virtual Book Club
- Antiracism Resources
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources
- About Race (podcast)
- The Diversity Gap (podcast)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (podcast)
- Momentum: A Race Forward (podcast)
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Updated: 2/7/2023