Black Lives Matter

[close] Anti-Racism Reading Group for mental health professionals. Thank you so much for your interest in this group. I'm thrilled that others are willing to support each other as we do this important work. I want to start by saying I don't claim any ownership or leadership of this group, and I think we can make decisions together as a group. Having said that, my intention is that this group is explicitly anti-racist and explicitly intersectional feminist. These past few days (May 2020), many of us have probably been thinking something like "I know that I need to do something, but I don't know what to do." Black leaders have been pretty consistent in their advice to White people: White people need to learn. So I spread invitations to this group primarily to White people. Not to centre us, but because we are the ones who need to do this work. But we are not going to limit membership or participation based on race or any other identifying factor. I invited clinical psychologists (including students) and other mental health professionals in the hopes that our discussions can include themes related to our professional work. Please introduce yourself, vote in a poll, start or respond to topics in the forum, and add books to the group shelf! You may need to "verify your email" with Goodreads before it will let you post in the group.

[close] Hosted through the Multicultural Resource Center at Missouri State University. This is a book club for students associated with MSU to connect over diverse, intersectional literature that highlights different experiences, and to start bigger discussions about the world.

[close] Welcome to the book club – reading with intention and purpose to educate ourselves on the history of racial discrimination. Awareness of deeply painful events is spreading widely. If it has come as a shock to you, it is because many of us have not been listening closely or doing our part. This book club is not to blame anyone for not taking action previously, it is to encourage education beyond the current news cycle. This is the moment for serious change that requires dedication and time. Reading is an instrumental tool in education. It can be time consuming, painful, difficult, and expensive to get through books that handle such heavy topics that we aren’t used to consuming in such a large quantity. My hope with this book club is to bring together a group of people who are determined to learn more and to encourage intentional reading of books by POC authors.

[close] It's not up to black people to educate white people about the social issues, including systematic racism and daily microaggressions that affect them. It's time for white people to educate themselves. https://bookclubz.com/clubs/16526/join/617043/