Take action for equality and social justice
Black Lives Matter. Our society and sector are built on structures that are historically, systemically and currently racist. We all have a social obligation to do our part to change this.
Black Lives Matter has foregrounded the conversation, but it must not be allowed to fade into the shadows when the next issue starts trending on Twitter. To help continue this journey, we’ve brought together resources that the AMA, its members, and its staff have found useful in changing and informing our thinking and our actions. This is not comprehensive, but a work in progress.
Please share with us any things that you see so that we can keep growing this page, and keep the conversation, the learning and change going. Suggestions and feedback welcome at: info@a-m-a.co.uk. If you want to know more about AMA’s own journey, you can read more here.
Sections:
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Sharing lived Black experience
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Understanding the context
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Challenge your thinking
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Change your organisation
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Turn learning into action
Sharing lived Black experience
- Gal-dem: an online and print publication committed to telling the stories of women and non-binary people of colour. Find out more.
- (Pictured: Mariel Richards, Head of Strategy, gal-dem). Hear from her at AMA Conference 2019 here – 10 min video)
- Eclipse Online: Slate World UK events for Black Artists, and fellow artists who are also marginalised for their race.
- Whose identity is it anyway? (60 min video)
- Upcoming online events include:
- Wed 17 June: Masterclass with Johny Pitts on Afropeans, Altruism and Autonomy. Find out more.
- Wed 24 June: Social with Tanya Vital and Naomi Sumner Chan on Making Technology work for us. Find out more.
- Eclipse also have a selection of short films and podcasts uploaded in the digital section of their website including ‘White Open Spaces’ – a series of podcasts about race and racism in the countryside. Watch and listen here.
- African-American Policy Forum: Podcasts with a focus on intersectionality (1 hr 10mins each)
- The Guardian: Author, Reni Eddo-Lodge on how becoming the first black author to top the UK book charts has been a bittersweet moment — Interview with Nosheen Iqbal. Read here.
- Dear White People – Netflix (TV series, 3 seasons)
Understand the context
- My Name is Why – Lemn Sissay (pictured)
(book) - Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging — Afua Hirsch (book)
- Black and British: A Forgotten History — David Olusoga (book)
- Natives: Race And Class In The Ruins Of Empire — Akala (book)
- So You Want To Talk About Race — Ijeoma Oluo (book)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge (book – see also “Challenge your thinking”)
- Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible — Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené (book)
- Slay In Your Lane: The Podcast with Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené (40 minute listen)
Challenge your thinking
- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable by Luvvie Ajay (11 min video)
- Unconscious bias test (10 mins)
- Deconstructing White Privilege: with Dr Robin DiAngelo (20 min video)
- Me And White Supremacy Workbook: How to Recognise your privilege, Layla F. Saad (book)
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge (book)
- How To Be An Anti Racist, Ibram X. Kendi (book)
Change your organisation
- Th
e “problem” woman of colour in non-profit organisations (5 min read) - Smashing Systems: decolonising our workspaces: Stella Kanu (pictured, 10 min video from AMA Inclusivity & Audiences Day)
- A Vision of Inclusivity: Donna Walker-Kuhne (42 min video from AMA conference)
- Audience Diversity Academy – What we’re learning (42 minute video from AMA conference)
- Inclusivity & Audiences Day: Setting the Tone: highlight videos including climbing down from ivory towers and a united front
- Creating a Diverse Board: Cath Hume, AMA CEO (5 min read)
Turn learning into action
- Talking Race With Young Children, NPR (20 min listen)
- Anti Racism Resources For White People Google Doc US)
- Museum Detox thread – how not to be a performative ally (5 min read)
- Museum Detox
- Black Lives Matter
- Inc Arts UK — #CultureNeedsDiversity campaign
- Survey templates for addressing racial equality — SurveyMonkey
Transforming the sector
- Speak – Listen – Reset – Heal: An anti-racism conference for the UK’s theatre and dance sectors from 29 Oct – 24 Nov. The AMA is proud to be a conference supporter.