Black Lives Matter: Our Commitment to Our Community

We stand together now and in the future to champion what is right and what matters to our community. There is no doubt the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others have affected our members and community in ways that are impossible to articulate through words on a page. It is our responsibility and privilege to raise our voice in solidarity with this movement and in support of our members who are and have been impacted by systemic injustice and racism.  We are committed to raising the voices of people of color within our chapter and our community through the creation of a committee focusing on dismantling institutionalized racism within our chapter and empowering the voices of people of color in our community.  It is crucial that we seek to understand and support one another. That we all commit to permanently raising the bar and making the world a better place through tolerance, inclusion, and proactively speaking out against what is wrong and unjust.

Sincerely,
ISACA Central Ohio Chapter Leaders

PODCASTS

• NPR LIFEKIT + SESAME STUDIO PODCAST: TALKING RACE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw 
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast 
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights) 

BOOKS

• "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism" by Robin DiAngelo 
• "How to Be A Young Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi 
• "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 
• "Raising White Kids" by Jennifer Harvey 
• "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo 
• "The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement" by Matthew Horace and Ron Harris 
• "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson 
• "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin 
• "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge 
• "They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, And A New Era In America's Racial Justice Movement" by Wesley Lowery 
• "Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That The Movement Forgot" by Mikki Kendall 
• "Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism" by bell hooks 
• "Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People" by Ben Crump 
• "From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African-Americans" by John Hope Franklin 
• "The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear" by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and William Barber II 
• "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 
• "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" by Michelle Alexander
• "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla F. Saad 
• "Redefining Realness" by Janet Mock
• "Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde 
• "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
• "The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century" by Grace Lee Boggs 

OTHER RESOURCES

• Becoming Anti-Racist - 23 Things You Can Watch, Listen, or Do (Chicago Beyond)
• Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley
• Anti-Resource Resources from Greater Good (The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley)
• Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture) 
• CNN and Sesame Street Town Hall "Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism" (June 6th, 2020)
• Systemic Racism Explained (YouTube Video)
• Racism Has a Cost for Everyone (Ted Talk by Heather McGhee)

ARTICLES

• "U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism" by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington | Harvard Business Review (June 1st, 2020) 
• "Intersectionality Wars" by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28th, 2019) 
• "Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?" by Courtney Martin (June 1st, 2020) 
• "Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12th, 2020) 
• "Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay - Chances Are They're Not" by Danielle Cadet | Refinery29 (May 28th, 2020) 
• "These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids" by Jessica Grose | New York Times (June 2nd, 2020) (Subscription Required)
• "To the White People Who Keep Asking How to 'Help'" by Elie Mystal | The Nation (June 3rd, 2020)

DONATIONS

• The POSSE Foundation supports talented students from diverse backgrounds by providing a network of support, training, workshops, and scholarships, so they can become the leaders of tomorrow.
• The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.
• The National Urban League works to provide economic empowerment, educational opportunities, and the guarantee of civil rights for the underserved in America.

SYSTEMIC RACISM EXPLAINED

• Systemic Racism Explained: Here's a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.

Resources were compiled courtesy of ISACA South Florida Chapter.