Black Lives Matter: Campus and Community Resources, Information, Messages

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WEBINAR: Asian American Solidarity from Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter by UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Eventbrite. November 20, 2020.
Novel by UO administrator is next in Common Reading Program by Cheyenne Thorpe. Around the O, November 17, 2020.
A Battle Between the Two Souls of America by Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic. November 11, 2020.
A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry by Parul Sehgal, The New York Times. November 10, 2020.
Higher ed pioneer who shattered glass ceilings to speak at UO by Around the O. November 9, 2020.
UO Today with Avinnash Tiwari by Oregon Humanities Center. Soundcloud, October 2020.
The Black Experience in Higher Education, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.
Editors' Note: The Black Experience in Higher Education, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.
Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center's One Year Anniversary, University of Oregon, October 2020.
Oregon Cares Fund: Cash grants to Black individuals, Black-owned businesses, and Black-led nonprofit organizations who have experienced financial adversity due to COVID-19. Designed and led by Black leaders. Apply before December 30, 2020.
The Souls of Black Professors, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.
What Happens Before College Matters, by Madeline St. Amour. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.
OCF: Community Voices: Yvette Alex-Assensoh, October 2020.

Health

How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Pandemic by Julia Craven. Slate, March 30, 2020.
Support During A Pandemic of Racism - UO Counseling Center

Messages

Black Out Wednesday: Suggestions from Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Yvette Alex-Assensoh, June 10, 2020
Letter from the Black Strategies Group Leadership, Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center and Black Academic Excellence Team , June 2020
Letter from Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, PhD , Assistant Dean for Administration, Director of Equity and Inclusion, College of Education to COE students June 4, 2020
UO English Department Statement on Recent Protests Against Police Violence and White Supremacy June 7, 2020

News stories by and about Black faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the UO

8 Memoirs and Essay Collections on Black Freedom and Liberation by Kim Johnson, PowellsBooks.blog, July 27, 2020.
Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? 21 Things We Can Do Right Now by Eric Ward. Southern Poverty Law Center, June 2020
Black Studies minor now available at UO after years of demand by Makenzie Elliott. Daily Emerald, Sep 2, 2020
Cristobal: "We have a real strong culture here.” Ducks Head Football coach displays confidence going into a turbulent season
Ducks safety Jevon Holland leads charge on renaming Deady Hall at Oregon
Emerging Voices: young black activists of Eugene’s BLM movement
A frank conversation about YA literature, police brutality, and the nuances of Black storytelling by David Canfield. EW, June 09, 2020. With acclaimed writer Nic Stone (Dear Martin) and debut author Kimberly Johnson, UO Assistant Vice Provost for Advising and Director, CMAE Advising, (This Is My America)
Grants offered to artists responding to Black Lives Matter By Debbie Williamson Smith, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Around the O, August 4, 2020. Due date for applications October 31,2020
Greg Moore: Police and black folks — the swagger and disrespect must end by Gregory L. Moore. Colorado Sun, June 1, 2020.
In My Opinion: Actions to help communities of color by Alai Reyes-Santos. Register Guard, March 31, 2020.
“Making A Way Out of No Way: Resilience in the Black Experience” (Black Resilience) 1-Credit Course with Yvatte Alex-Assensoh, 2020 Fall and Winter Term
Oregon Ducks coach Mario Cristobal listening
Oregon football, CFB coaches call for change amid death of George Floyd
'Racism Is Much More Than Slurs, It’s Deliberate Exclusion': Uncomfortable Conversations by Lindsay Rittenhouse. Ad Age, September 01, 2020.
Streamed 'Hamilton' was great theater on the small screen by Sharleen Nelson, University Communications. Around the O, August 6, 2020.
Xenophobia: An interview with Lyllye Reynolds-Parker about racism and civil rights in Eugene, OR. Racing to Change exhibit, Meseum of Natural and Cultural History, October 2019.

Campus Groups

Incidents of bias or harassment on campus can be reported to the Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance or Bias Education and Response Team.

Articles

6 Considerations for School Leaders Making a Statement About George Floyd by Dorinda J. Carter Andrews & Shaun R. Harper. Education Week, June 2, 2020.
100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read, from Abi Daré to Zora Neale Hurston. Herald-Tribune, August 20, 2020
A Timely Collection of Vital Writing by Audre Lorde by Parul Sehgal. The New York Times, Sept. 15, 2020
After George Floyd’s killing, many colleges are promising to do better for black students: Will anything change? by Liz Willen. The Hechinger Report, June 8, 2020.
After the death of George Floyd, black UT students look to their university for support by Lara Korte, Austin American-Statesman. Go SanAngelo, June 8, 2020.
The American Nightmare: To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction by Ibram X. Kendi. The Atlantic, June 1, 2020.
Aunt Jemima: It was Never About the Pancakes, Black Excellence, 2019.
The American Nightmare: To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. By Ibram X. Kendi. The Atlantic, June 1, 2020.
Black Feminist, a film by Zanah Thirus, 2019
Blackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype. National Museum of African American History and Culture
A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different by Isaac Chotiner. New Yorker, June 3, 2020.
Black Lives Matter/Black Women Artists Matter, Women Arts, June 2020.
Black Men & Mental Health: Overcome Barriers to Increase Student Satisfaction, Engagement & Degree Completion Paper Clip Communications
Black Studies Program, University of Oregon
For Black Professionals, Unrest Lays Bare a Balancing Act at Work by Te-Ping Chen. Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2020.
Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal: A conversation about truth and reconciliation in the US by Ezra Klein. Vox, July 20, 2020.
Donor challenges others to help advance the BCC vision by Ed Dorsch. Around the O, July 20, 2020.
For the Weary: A Message from the Mountaintop, 1968 by Eric Ward, UO Alum, Execuitve Director, Western States Center. Medium, June 17, 2020.
A ‘Glorious Poetic Rage’ by Jenna Wortham. The New York Times, June 5, 2020.
Home for the Black and Educated by Jasmine Jackson. Vimeo, August 7, 2019.
How to Deconstruct Racism , One Headline at a Time (TED talk) with Baratunde Thurston, 2019.
'It Conjures Up Every Racial Stereotype.' For Black Men, Homemade Masks May Be a Risk All Their Own by Alejandro de la Garza. Time, April 16, 2020.
Listen to ‘1619,’ a Podcast From The New York Times by The New York Times. The New York Times, January 23, 2020. Updated on June 10, 2020.
Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation Between James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Republished from The Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, 1984. The Culture, June 2020.
Sources of Self-Regard: Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America, With an essay by Deborah Willis. NY Times, June 19, 2020.
Spelman College to create scholarship in memory of John Lewis by Eric Strigus. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 2020.
Strange Fruit, Spectrum Dance. Strange Fruit tracks choreographer Donald Byrd's feelings as a response to lynching and plays out as a series of dance/theater vignettes.
SummerReads: 14 Books By Black Authors To Add To Your Bookshelf by Joi-Marie McKenzie. Essence, May 27, 2020.
The traumatic effect of lifelong exclusion for black Americans in society by Drake Hills. Tennasean, June 4, 2020.
Want to support Black people? Stop talking, start listening by Laura Hensley, Olivia Bowden. Global News. June 2, 2020.
Webinar: The Black Lives Matter Movement and the Power of Protest. Presented by Allyson Hobbs, Associate Professor of American History, Director of African and African American Studies, Stanford University, fall 2020.
White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice? By Kelsey Smoot. The Guardian, June 29, 2020.
Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women
Words Matter for College Presidents, but So Will Actions by Lindsay McKenzie. Inside Higher Ed, June 8, 2020.

Webinars, Lectures, Workshops

Africology: the Afrocentric Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Africa. Hosted by the Eugene/Springfield NAACP, July 19, 2020. Webinar.
Black Male Mental Health, A Virtual Conversation, Eugene/Springfield NAACP
How to Deconstruct Racism , One Headline at a Time (TED talk) with Baratunde Thurston, 2019.
Interview with Founders of Black Lives Matter (TED Talk). October 2016.
The path to ending systemic racism in the U.S. with Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King and Anthony D. Romero. TED2020, June 3, 2020.
This Defining Moment: A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill and Bryan Stevenson. NAACP LDP, 2020.

Oregon Community Groups and Organizations

Black Owned Businesses