TEDtalks/YouTube talks/Websites

• Watch the McClendon Scholar Program with Rev. Jim Wallis who gave a powerful talk titled, Is America Possible? A Test for Democracy and Faith. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM95vlu_HwM

• Watch a Never-Before-Aired James Baldwin Interview From 1979. Buried by ABC at the time, the segment reveals a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life, as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in 1979.

• James Baldwin- Race, Media & Psychoanalysis, June 24, 2021 – Virtual panel featuring psychoanalysts Annie Lee Jones and Victor P. Bonfilio, as well as Aisha Karefa-Smart, Baldwin’s niece, discussing the 1979 interview and their perspectives on Baldwin.

• Kiah Morris interviews Tabitha Moore on her video series called “Color Lines in the Green Mountains”.

• Kate Bowler teaches the History of Christianity in North America and has written about the church’s complicity in racial injustice. Her website/blog is katebowler.com

• “What I am Learning from my White Grandchildren: Truths About Race”

• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”

• “Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice”

• “How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Towards Them”

• How We’re Priming Some Kids for College and Others for Prison”

(Mary Beth plans to watch one Ted Talk/week and hopes to discuss this with others. Let her know if you’d like to watch and discuss one / week for the month of July.)•

• “Unspoken: America’s Native American Boarding Schools” PBS documentary under an hour. (Elinore recommends

• “Stone Ghosts in the South: Confederate Monuments and America’s Battle with Itself” A 27-minute NBC News documentary that aims to help us understand hate, heritage, and the legacy of the Confederacy. (Elinore recommends)

• “Shelter in Place: Living in the Shadow of the Petrochemical Industry” a 45-minute documentary on Amazon Prime

• “9066 to 9/11” focuses on the parallels between the post-September 11 treatment of Arab Americans and Muslims in this country with treatment of Japanese Americans after the start of World War II.

• Take a virtual tour of the Underground Railroad at http://rokeby.org/ (Audrey recommends)

• Learn the difference between being a racial justice ally and a co-conspirator by listening to Bettina Love (Audrey recommends)