DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION RESOURCES

Resources from the GCA:

From the Shirley Meneice Conference

Soul Fire Farm - Leah Penniman

Cultivating Common Ground Series

Words of Wisdom - A Continuing Conversation about Inclusivity with Brian Vogt & MaryLynn Mack

more from MaryLynn Mack

Cultivating Place

Principles Toward a Social Purpose

Resources from the YWCA EVANSTON EQUITY INSTITUTE:

A USA Today article that includes many of Yvonnie’s favorite black farming voices.

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

100+ Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

Detour Spotting: Attitudes or behaviors that indicate a detour or wrong turn into white guilt, denial or defensiveness

Books:

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, 2018

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving, 2014

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee, 2021

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, 2020

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson, 2017

Resources about our Community:

How Evanston Made History With Reparations (video)

Friends Disappear (book) by Mary Barr

Recommended resources from the GCE DEI Committee

Color Bind or Color Brave: Mellody Hobson

The Case for Reparations Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Power of Asset Framing: A Conversation with Trabian Shorters

Reimagining Healthy Communities for People and Nature: A Conversation with Carolyn Finney and Chicago Wilderness

Tracing A Fraught And Amazing History Of American Horticulture

Judge Me by What I Do, Not What I Say