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Racial Justice Resources

Articles

  • White Churches Involved at Every Step by Ellen Ann Fentress, The Academy Stories Editor
  • What is Owed: If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes black Americans. by Nikole Hannah-Jones
  • Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests by Isaac Chotiner 
  • Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Besides Changing Hearts & Minds, we need to change actions and policies by Matthew F. Delmont https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/06/05/changing-hearts-minds-wont-stop-police-violence/

Resources from Religious Organizations

  • Herbert Nelson, II Calls for Change https://www.pcusa.org/news/2020/5/29/stated-clerk-remembers-recent-victims-racial-viole/
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of America https://blogs.elca.org/elcaracialjustice/
  • Holy Trinity Sunday Sermon – ELCA Bishop Elizabeth Eaton – June 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCxlyckuam4&feature=youtu.be
  • On Earth Peace – https://www.onearthpeace.org/
  • AME Social Action Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/aeb1b06b918d/ame-church-social-action-statement-on-the-killing-of-george-floyd-and-subsequent-protests?e=8e69c9d4ce
  • Prayer is Essential. Protest Required. Policy Necessary. – By Jim Wallis, Editor Sojourner’s Magazine – https://sojo.net/articles/prayer-essential-protest-required-policy-necessary

Movies

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (Movie Discussion, Adult Forum September 20, 2020)
  • Just Mercy ( Movie Discussion, Adult Forum August 9, 2020)
  • 13th (Movie Discussion, Adult Forum June 21, 2020)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Family Movie Night, Sept. 2017)
  • The Watsons Go To Birmingham (Family Movie Night, Sept. 2016)
  • Selma (UBBC Movie Night, Jan. 2016)
  • Fruitvale Station (UBBC Movie Night, Nov. 2015)

Books

  • Caste, The Origins of Our Discontent, by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Across that Bridge; a Vision for Change and the Future of America by John Lewis
  • His Truth is Marching On; John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
  • Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
  • Trouble I’ve seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism by Drew G. I. Hart
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (UBBC Book Study June 2016)
  • Waking Up White by Debby Irving (UBBC Book Study May & Nov 2018)
  • White Fragility by Robin DeAngelo (UBBC Book Study Nov. 2019)
  • The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
  • See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolution by Valarie Kaur (renowned Sikh activist)

Children’s Books

  • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
  • Rosa Parks by Rosa Parks
  • Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper.

Racial Justice Resources for Parents

  • How to raise an anti-racist kid by Tara Parker-Pope
  • SCASD Equity and Inclusivity – https://www.facebook.com/SCASDequity/?__tn__=%2CdkCH-R-R&eid=ARAZ9vvnI5glMEjZwuEYX6bxZx4LJipqZR73zTyLpLos6SD050xdepraAr-NCOetVjT00YVN4Ln4ZauJ&hc_ref=ARSjX0-HdaOxouuP4RQvv8Vh8PoR0M-dkslhwolYt8xrEXKb8wcLS4DNWShYVQGGTNY&fref=nf&hc_location=group
  • Elmo and his dad talk about racism https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/06/elmo-louie-protests-racism-sesame-street-cnn-town-hall-vpx.cnn

Podcasts

  • On Being with Krista Tippett
  • Nice White Parents
  • 1619 Project: New York Times – hosted by Nikole Hanna-Jones  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/podcasts/1619-trailer.html?searchResultPosition=1
  • Unlocking Us: Brené Brown – with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist  https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/
  • The Daily: New York Times – Why They’re Protesting https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/podcasts/the-daily/george-floyd-protests.html?action=click&module=audio-series-bar&region=header&pgtype=Article
  • Code Switch: NPR – Conversations about Race  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

Local Organizations

  • 3/20 Coalition
  • Community & Campus in Unity
  • Community Diversity Group
  • Central PA Showing Up for Racial Justice
  • Penn State Black Caucus
  • PSU Black Graduate Student Association
  • PSU Coalition of Graduate Employees
  • Queer and Trans People of Color
  • State College NAACP
  • SCASD Equity and Inclusivity




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Upcoming Worship

  • Worship Service – Sunday, December 11, 2022
  • Worship Service – Sunday, December 4, 2022
  • Worship Service – Sunday, November 27, 2002

UBBC News & Events

  • Worship Service – Sunday, December 11, 2022
  • December 2022 Newsletter
  • Worship Service – Sunday, December 4, 2022
  • Worship Service – Sunday, November 27, 2002
  • Worship Service – Sunday, November 20, 2022
  • Worship Service – Sunday, November 13, 2022
  • 40th Annual Alternative Christmas Fair – Sunday, December 4, 2022
  • Worship Service – Sunday, October 23, 2022
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University Baptist & Brethren Church has established itself as a dynamic and progressive congregation since the April day in 1922 when a small group of people gathered to organize a Baptist Church in State College. The congregation — forty charter members — met in private homes and on campus until the first church building was dedicated in 1928.

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State College, PA 16801
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