The DEIA Committee has the primary challenge of cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility programming through partnerships with organizations and recruitment of qualified and interested instructors.
The Committee has compiled a list of resources below for self-education on topics such as racism, white privilege, and activism. Please read, listen, and follow the important people and organizations below, and share with loved ones.
Please view the OLLI Social Justice Statement.
Articles to read:
- “Financial Literacy in the Black Community” | Annuity.org
- “Addressing Disparities in Finance for Black and African Americans”
- “A Letter to My White Male Friends of a Certain Age by Dax-Devlon Ross | Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine
- ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- “Financial Literacy in the Black Community” Annuity.org
- “LGBTQ+ Youth Resources: Bridging the Digital Divide”
Movies/Series’ to watch:
Books to read:
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
- Waking Up White by Debby Irving
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Hurston
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Podcasts to listen to:
- The 1619 Project | The New York Times Magazine
- Code Switch | NPR
- Seeing White | Scene on Radio
- Intersectionality Matters | AAPF and Kimberle Crenshaw
- The Diversity Gap
Local Organizations in Charlottesville:
- Charlottesville Clergy Collective Announcements
- City of Promise
- ReimagineCVA
- Charlottesville Pride Community Network
- PFLAG Blue Ridge
- UVA Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center
- Equality Virginia
- Side by Side
- Home – Vinegar Hill Magazine
- Visit Charlottesville- Black Cville
- Beloved Community Cville
Organizations to follow on social media:
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Police Brutality Center: Website
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter
