The Ukings Racialized students collective stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and organizations, protestors and protectors fighting against white supremacy and anti-black racism. We, as a collective, want others in our community to know, though we may be physically separated, we stand together. We are with you in this painful, scary and uncertain time, and our allies within our collective are committed to fighting for you.
Below is a list of resources compiled by our collective. The goal of this document is to help those looking for support for and by Black people; specifically, Black focused resources for coping, processing and healing. This document is just an initial list, one we want to grow and is by no means concrete. If you see a petition, resource, book or support group that is of concern to you or have additional resources you would like us to add, please do not hesitate to reach out via our Instagram dm @ukingsrsc or contact us via email ukingsrsc@gmail.com.
Self-care and therapy resources:
BLACK ZEN: This website provides a guide to beginners interested in meditation and mindfulness. https://www.blackzen.co/
Liberate: Meditation App with guided meditations from BIPOC folks
https://liberatemeditation.com/
BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective: This is a Black virtual therapy directory https://www.beam.community/
Ourselves Black: A website committed to focussing on Black stories and mental health https://ourselvesblack.com/online-magazine
Black Health Alliance http://blackhealthalliance.ca/resources/knowledge-hub/
Black Girls Smile Mental Health Support Directory: https://www.blackgirlssmile.org/resources
Warmlines: Non-Urgent Mental Health Support Phone lines https://www.blackvoicenews.com/2019/12/11/warm-hotlines-deliver-help-before-mental-health-crisis-heats-up/
Open Path Collective: Network of sliding scale therapists and counsellors
https://openpathcollective.org/
IG Accounts: @healingwhileblk, @selfcareisforeveryone, @ancestorsfuture, @jordanpickellcounselling, @blackmentalwellness, @brittguimond, @ayanatherapy, @diveinwell, @sistaafya, @healhaus, @thenapministry, @inclusivetherapists
Black authored Joy and leisure reading list:
And I Alone Escaped to Tell You by Sylvia D. Hamilton
Ayiti by Roxanne Gay
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Americanah by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
All About Love by bell hooks
Salvation by bell hooks
More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
Bone Black by bell hooks
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
There are more Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde
An Anthology: Well-Read Black Girl, Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
Homeplace by bell hooks ––available as a PDF
Feel Free by Zadie Smith
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter by Nikki Giovanni
Black authored political and racial theory reading list:
The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Whiteness as Property by Cheryl L Harris –– available as PDF
The Race for Theory by Barbara Christian –– available as PDF
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Davis
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
Live From The Afrikan Resistance by El Jones
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Until We Are Free, Reflections on Black Lives Matter In Canada edited by Rooney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcos Ware
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement by Akinyele Umoja
This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins
The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
Yearning by bell hooks
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Source of Self Regard by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Life and Narrative of Fredrick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
1919 by Eve L. Ewing
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America by Tricia Rose
Decolonizing Western Philosophy by Charles Mills –– available as PDF
The Racial Contract by Charles Mills
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Films and Television
Daughters of the Dust dir. by Julie Dash
Moonlight dir. by Barry Jenkins
Love and Basketball dir. by Gina Prince Bythewood
Hip Hop Evolution Docuseries
Get Out dir by Jordan Peele
The Hate u Give dir by. George Tillman Jr.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution dir by Stanley Nelson
Sorry to Bother You dir. by Boots Riley
I Am Not Your Negro dir. By Raoul Peck
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind dir Chiwetel Ejiofor
Black Cop dir by Cory Bowles
Black Mother Black Daughter dir. By Sylvia D. Hamilton
Becoming
Above The Rim
Insecure (TV)
Atlanta (TV)
When They See Us (TV)
Losing Ground dir. Kathleen Collins
Watermelon Woman dir. Cheryl Dunye
Black Girl dir. Ousmane Sembene
Albums
A Seat at The Table by Solange
When I get Home by Solange
Silk & Soul by Nina Simone
Forbidden Fruit by Nina Simone
Yeah!!! By Aretha Franklin
Lover Man by Billie Holiday
Lemonade by Beyonce
Freetown Sound by Blood Orange
Never say Never by Brandy
Miss Kitt To You by Eartha Kitt
Whack World by Tierra Whack
Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt
Baduizm by Erykah Badu
Blowout Comb by Digable Planets
Survivor by Destiny’s Child
Let My People Go by Darondo
The Best of the Black President 2 by Fela Kuti
A Thoughtiverse Unmarred by Georgia Anne Muldrow
Love is a Hurtin’ Thing by Gloria Ann Taylor
13th Floor by Haviah Mighty
Shugga Sextape (Vol.1) by Ian Isiah
Industry Games by CHIKA
Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae
Donuts by J Dilla
To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
Rapture Ep by Koffee
What’s the 411? By Mary J.Blige
Tina Snow by Megan Thee Stallion
May God Bless Your Hustle by MIKE
Kind of Blue (Legacy Edition) by Miles Davis
Perfect Angel by Minnie Riperton
Under Construction by Missy Elliot
grae by moses sumney
Portfolio by Grace Jones
Life Stories by Ebo Taylor
Room 25 by Noname
Aquemini by Outkast
In My Mind by Pharrell Williams
Nasty by Rico Nasty
ANTI by Rihanna
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Things Fall Apart by The Roots
Sister Carol Liberation for Africa by Sister Carol
One Two by Sister Nancy
Ctrl by SZA
Vagabon by Vagabon
Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
SongVersation: Medicine by India.Arie
Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron
Black Metal by Dean Blunt
Just As I Am by Bill Withers
Hip Harp by Dorothy Ashby
Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane
Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds by Lonnie Liston Smith
Thembi by Pharoah Sanders
Celestial Love by Sun Ra
It’s Magic by Abbey Lincoln
Soulville by Ben Webster Quintet
The World of Nat King Cole by Nat King Cole
Podcasts, Magazines and Websites
Small Doses with Amanda Seales on Spotify
On Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
Therapy for Black Girls https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/
The Emotional Lives of Black Men https://emotionallivesofblackmenpodcast.com/
NamingIt! Podcast http://www.namingitpodcast.com/
The Extraordinary Negroes Self-Care Episodes http://www.theextraordinarynegroes.com/episodes-1
Galdem https://gal-dem.com/
The Professor Is In Podcast:
Episode 11 - Women of Color Coping with Academic Racism: An Interview with Dr. Roxane Donovan
Episode 19 - Calming vs Numbing https://www.himalaya.com/performing-arts-podcasts/the-professor-is-in-1596230/episode-19-calming-vs-numbing-96583187
Crown Magazine https://www.crwnmag.com/
Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast
Sandy and Nora Podcast - Episode on police abolition https://sandyandnora.com/episode-103-abolish-the-police/
Online Articles, Videos and Speeches:
Moving Beyond Pain by bell hooks
http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/blog/2016/5/9/moving-beyond-pain
Angela Davis On Audre Lorde
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpYdfcvYPEQ
Beyonce HOMECOMING “Lift Every Voice”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rn4Xh99dd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LREBOwjrrw
Paloma Elsesser & Binx Walton Talk Hair Issues, Isolation And Mixed Identities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXvDmW_lsw&t=478s
Braided: A short documentary on braids and appropriation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFGwmUCH9aI&t=408s
Petitions and funding:
I Run With Maud
Justice for Tony McDade
https://www.change.org/p/black-lives-matter-activists-justice-for-tony-mcdade
Justice for Breonna Taylor
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
Justice for George Floyd
https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floydOfficial George Floyd Fund https://gf.me/u/x6mn68
Justice For Regis
Justice for David Mcatee https://www.change.org/p/louisville-mayor-greg-fischer-justice-for-david-mcatee/psf/promote_or_share?recruiter=862253145
Black Lives Matter Nova Scotia Go Fund Me https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-lives-matter-solidarity-fund-ns/donate
Donate to Ourselves Black and online resource website focussed on creating work centred around Blak stories and Black mental Health https://ourselvesblack.com/online-magazine
Lists of bail-out funds for various US cities: https://www.papermag.com/where-to-donate-protests-minneapolis-2646128317.html?rebelltitem=18#rebelltitem18
Black Visions Collective which is a Black-led, queer and trans run organization that creates campaigns against systems of violence and connects Black communities together: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
National Bail Out is a Black-led and Black-centered organization that works to bail out community members as well as work towards transforming the criminal justice system: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020
Unicorn Riot is a non-profit media company that works to report and document on the ground civil disobedience, police brutality, and acts of white supremacy: https://unicornriot.ninja/donate/
The Urban Alliance on Race Relations is a non-profit based in Toronto that provides educational programs and research on addressing racism in society: https://urbanalliance.ca/donate/
Black Health Alliance works to improve the health and well beings of Black communities in Canada: http://blackhealthalliance.ca/get-involved/donate/
Reclaim the Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/