ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES - WINTER CELEBRATIONS EDITION
Graphics shows a pic of a Menorah (Source: Robert Thiemann on unsplash.com); a Kwanzaa table top with seven lit candles, pumpkins, wheat, corn, a banana, grapes, a red gift and a wooden cup; Christmas ornaments showing the three wise men; Japanese New Year Kadomatsu decorations (Source: muza-chan.net). It reads: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!, HAPPY HANUKKAH!, HAPPY KWANZAA!, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Compiled by Darliene Howell
Each month, we will be featuring educational resources on the NAAFA Community Voices Blog. Some resources will be historic information about systemic racism. Others will be resources on doing the internal work of understanding ourselves and how we play a part in that system. There will also be actions that can be taken to directly oppose racism.
Winter Holiday Observances and Celebrations
December Holidays Around the World - When talking about December holidays, many focus on Christmas. However, there are other multicultural observances that take place during this period. This blog post outlines five different celebrations that include multiple cultures throughout the world. Learn more about these celebrations and their history!
Allyship
Lean Into Allyship - Session 6 - Have Yourself A Very Anti-Racist Holiday
This 2020 webinar includes a post-election reaction from Dr. Alex Gee of the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development and its initiative, Justified Anger, how to lead antiracist conversations during the holidays, and Jackie Hunt talks about encouraging the most vulnerable and marginalized in our community right now.
8 ways to be a better ally this Holiday season
This article considers what being an ally to LGBTQIA+ family and friends during the Winter Holidays looks like and eight ways to be a better ally.
Interrupting Bias: Calling Out vs. Calling In
This chart from Seedtheway gives examples of the type of things we can have in our arsenal to interrupt bias when it's presented.
Dismantling Internalized Racism
The University of Oregon offers a Cultural Humility Toolkit that gives information on what cultural humility is, the difference between cultural humility and cultural competence, and ways to develop cultural humility.
Portrait of Darliene Howell, an older Caucasian woman with short white hair, wearing glasses.
Darliene Howell (she/her) - Administrative Director for NAAFA. Darliene has worked directly with NAAFA since her retirement in 2004; first as the recording secretary to the Board of Directors in 2007, then elected as the Chair of the Board and Administrative Director in 2015. She has been active in fat community 20+ years.