anti-racist allyship.
Thinking Rock Community Arts stands in solidarity with the Black community in Algoma and beyond as we remember and mourn George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet this week. We send love to their families and communities. We acknowledge and remember all of the lives that have been impacted and/or taken by police violence and anti-Black racism.
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As a team of white artists supported by a governance team of white and Indigenous folks, we are asking ourselves: what are we doing to resist anti-Blackness, and how can we turn our grief, our anger, and our solidarity into action, to tangibly support Black-led community resistance and healing?
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We can start by educating ourselves about white supremacy and racial injustice, by listening to Black voices, by amplifying and paying for the work of Black artists, and by creating space to use art-making to support and listen to one another as we grieve and learn together. Links to some of the anti-racist resources we are learning from in our bio.
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Thinking Rock is committed to working in collaboration with communities to create spaces for dialogue and mutual understanding through multidisciplinary, multi-generational, cross-cultural community-engaged art projects.
Here is an Anti-Racism Resource List: (collected from Allyship Conversation June 12th; other resources from staff included and welcomed)
Performative Allyship:
https://forge.medium.com/performative-allyship-is-deadly-c900645d9f1f
Anti-Racism Resources for White People:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/edit
An Invitation to Brave Space by Mickey ScottBey Jones:
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/invitation-brave-space
Allyship Resource Guide by Giselle Buchanan:https://www.instagram.com/p/CBO6Ez6JaAb/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Rage Against the Minivan post re: White Supremacy:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEjKuen8y_/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Andréa Ranae re: Silence is Not Violence - it’s a Decision:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5eF3SnBcH/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Responses to Racist Comments by Sinead Bovell:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBN4fylhZWm/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Allyship is Not the Goal: Monique Melton:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBS_NKzjcUS/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Dear Fellow White Queers: Leveraging our Privilege by Sabia Prescott:
https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/dear-fellow-white-queers/
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Brené Brown with Austin Channing Brown:
Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses White Fragility:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ey4jgoxeU&t=1936s
The National Museum of African American History & Culture and Smithsonian Institute’s “Talking About Race” Resource Page:https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race?utm_campaign=Keela%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=89013755&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--AvMp1fO5c_-LRNEpg34CeeICH8tBqlIxFZNPK2OGMlBVqj2Xog1egZZUNIQ0wTA8IsB2YgzK0jprKZac3WS6Hv_q_Jw&utm_content=89013849&utm_source=hs_email
20 Picture Books About Race and Equity to Share with Children, from EmbraceRace.org:
11 Racial Justice Documentaries to Further Your Education, from Mashable:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17864983438874777/
