Resources

A very incomplete and evolving list of what continues to inspire me.

Some of these resources - particularly books - I read long ago and are still informing this journey. Others are newer, and I'll keep adding as more emerge.

For a longer list of resources on Whiteness and Systemic Racism plus a few more on gender and class, see my professional website: https://www.tasha-harmon.com/resources/whiteness-and-systematic-racism/

People (limiting this to living people)

adrienne maree brown -- emergent strategist, poet, essayist and blogger, podcaster, facilitator, doula
- Books: Emergent Strategy, We Will Not Cancel Us, Octavia's Brood (ed), and many others
- How to Survive the End of the World Podcast, with her sister, Autumn: https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/
- Blog and other wonderful resources on http://adriennemareebrown.net/
Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- apprentice marine mammal, writer, teacher: "Freedom is not a secret. It's a practice."
- Books: Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Dub: Finding Ceremony, and others
- Website: https://www.alexispauline.com/
Nicole Lee -- Creator of Inclusive Life, strategist, coach, writer, teacher: https://inclusivelife.co/
Emily and Amelia Nagoski -- podcasters and authors integrating feminism and trauma-recovery
- Feminist Survival Podcast: https://www.feministsurvivalproject.com/
- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Mark Greene -- working to create a "healthy masculinity of connection" - http://remakingmanhood.com/
Poetry from niyyariah waheed, Lucille Clifton, adriene maree brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Naomi Shihab Nye, Julia Alvarez, and many others.

Organizations

See People above, Websites below, and...
Irresistible (formerly the Healing Justice Network): https://irresistible.org/
The Center for Popular Economics (where I worked for seven formative years): https://www.populareconomics.org/

Books, Articles, Podcasts, Videos

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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, and Lama Rod Owens, with Jasmine Seydullah, PhD
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, by Brittney Cooper
Everything Audre Lord ever wrote. Here are two:
- Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference
- The Uses of Anger
The Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977
White Supremacy Culture - Still Here, by Tema Okun
Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture, by Nora Samaran
The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement, by Shawn Ginwright
Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss, both by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Brown Girl Dreaming - by Jacqueline Woodson
Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good, by Chuck Collins
The World is Our Field of Practice – On Being’s interview with angel Kyodo williams
Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence – On Being’s interview with Resmaa Menakem
Finding Our Way, Ep 7: Remembering with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Good Feminist, Bad Feminist - Who Gets to Decide? A panel discussion with Brittney Cooper, Rebecca Traister and others
The Power of Story: Jared Seide on How Listening to Each Other Can Restore Our Humanity - an interview by Hazel Kight Witham in the Sun Magazine, June 2020

Websites with Useful Resources

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BlackPast.org is a great resource for a wide variety of essays, keynote addresses, etc.
AK Press is the publisher of adrianne maree brown, the Emergent Strategies series, and much more.
AlliedMedia.org has many great resources and connections to many transformative projects, including the Emergent Strategies Ideation Institute, which is rooted in a dialogue with adrienne mariee brown’s book Emergent Strategy.