Healthy and Free TN is on an intentional and ongoing journey to disrupt white supremacy and to de-center whiteness within our coalition and in the work we do in our state. We recognize that white supremacy is at the foundation of all of the issues we work against and that our acknowledgment, deep study and unlearning of racism is essential to our ability to do this work and create the communities we all need and deserve. We invite you to join us in this ongoing learning. Below are some resources we've found to be helpful. 

On White Supremacy and White Privilege:

http://cwsworkshop.org/PARC_site_B/dr-culture.html

https://sachscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/PaulPendler-Root-Kit.pdf

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/28/white-privilege-real-and-now-theres-research-prove-it

Tools for White Anti-Racist Organizing from Catalyst Project:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Am9elRza1DcfpHhEuKR7lK5qIIsnoK9dgvHyrHazZU/edit

Being a Real Ally/Co-Conspirator

http://southernersonnewground.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SONG-Being-An-Ally-Building-Solidarity.pdf

https://whiteawake.org/2016/05/16/the-maturation-of-a-white-ally/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxPTCJVcaxssV3Vuci1OWE4tU3M/view?ts=58a49256

https://www.damemagazine.com/2017/02/13/black-activists-don%E2%80%99t-want-white-allies%E2%80%99-conditional-solidarity

Protocols and Principles for White People Working to Support Black Liberation Movement  

https://baysolidarity.wordpress.com/2014/12/19/protocolandprinciples/

Culture Shifts

http://collectiveliberation.org/culture-shifts-2/

Accountability

http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/be-accountable-when-abusive/

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/6-signs-your-call-out-isnt-actually-about-accountability/

Diversity is for White People

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/26/diversity_is_for_white_people_the_big_lie_behind_a_well_intended_word/

Organizing White People

http://www.skindeepmag.com/online-articles/white-race-america-black-lives-matter-police-brutality-malcolm-x-prejudice-class-color-poc-privilege/

White Fragility is Racial Violence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amelia-shroyer/white-fragility-is-racial_b_8151054.html

Organizational Transformation:

https://www.compasspoint.org/blog/organizational-transformation-without-equity-and-allyship-are-meaningless

Example of Principles of Unity:

http://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SMA-Packet-2015-1.pdf

Organizing principles and examples of shifting power

http://southernersonnewground.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SONG-How-Can-We-Reshape-Power.pdf

How Oppression Shows up in Organizing Spaces and Organizations:

http://aorta.coop/sites/default/files/infiltration_handout.pdf

M4BL Policy Platform

https://policy.m4bl.org/platform/

Impact of white supremacy on Black women’s reproductive and sexual health:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939479/

http://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/USPA_MH_TO_PolicyBrief_Final_5.16.pdf

Reproductive Justice:

https://www.trustblackwomen.org/our-work/what-is-reproductive-justice/9-what-is-reproductive-justice

https://rewire.news/article/2014/11/25/lessons-from-the-fight-against-colorados-personhood-amendment/

http://artecontraviolenciadegenero.org/?wpfb_dl=3