Resources for Action and Engagement | Black Lives Matter

The Conscious Kid, Parenting and Education through a Critical Race Lens.
Search the Zinn Education Project for age appropriate teaching materials, including teaching guides, books, articles, movies and poems.
This Book is Anti-Racist - 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work
21 Anti-Racist Videos to Share with Kids
The Black Parent Initiative, a community to help families achieve financial, educational and spiritual success. BPI was founded and organized on a large body of educational research that demonstrates the importance of parental and family engagement in attaining educational success for children.

Donate to the immediate support of Black Portlanders: The Black Resilience Fund
Give to the Equitable Giving Circle, a Portland organization who purchases Community Supported Agriculture boxes from farmers of color and donate them to households of color who are in need.
Learn about Oregon’s history at Oregon Black Pioneers. This nonprofit organization has created comprehensive exhibits and resources about Oregon’s Black history
Check out www.iloveblackfood.com – a local directory of Black owned restaurants, food carts, and bars.
Use the Mercatus Directory to find entrepreneurs of color from the Portland Metro area
- Bonus! Check out the Mercatus Story Collective Portal; learn about Black entrepreneur experiences, resiliency and stories, amplifying an inclusive narrative of Portland.
Powell’s has curated a list of titles that includes non-fiction, biographies, and histories.
- Bonus! Powell’s interviewed Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist”.