JUNETEENTH RESOURCES

Jun 19, 2020

Change Together.

In recognition of Juneteenth, our front office is starting a new tradition. As an organization, we will be dedicating time on this day each year to actively participate in Juneteenth. Our goal - to advance meaningful progress.

Starting today, all of us at Sharks Sports & Entertainment will be seeking ways to learn and better understand systemic racism, unconscious bias, the dynamics of power, equity, and inclusion, and how to become an effective ally.

We encourage you to participate with us and understand you may not know where to start. So, we wanted to share a valuable list of resources with all of Cuda Country.

Books: (book links are through Amazon Smile, benefitting Sharks Foundation)

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
• When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in 20th Century America by Ira Katznelson
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• A Gift of Love by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
• Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes   
• Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault
• Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel

Movies and Documentaries: 

• 13th (2016)
• I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
• True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (2019) 
• Becoming (2019)
• Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
• Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now (2019)
• Teach Us All (2017)
• Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (2017)
• Freedom Riders (2013)

Interviews and Keynotes: 

• Works by Jane Elliot and her mission of One Race
• Kim Davis on Sportsnet Podcast
• Evander Kane: SportsNet, TSN, ESPN
• Diversity and Inclusion Trainers: White Men as Full Diversity Partners have podcasts here
• Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) have published podcasts to which you can subscribe to listen
• Korn Ferry has released a series of videos called Race Matters 

Online Resources: 

• Great Big Story's guide to being an ally to the BLM movement; their site Momentum, a Race Forward podcast
• Momentum, a Race Forward podcast
• Talking About Race by The National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Why So Many Organizations Stay White by Victor Ray
• Theo Epstein vows to be better as Cubs executive, hopes others in baseball follow suit by Jesse Rogers 
• White Privilege explained in a $100 Race a short, but powerful anecdotal video

Dialogue:

• Seek out those with different backgrounds and perspectives, and ask them to share their experiences and feelings around these topics. No two people have identical experiences, and knowledge is power -- the more you understand, the better you can respond.
• Attend & participate in a webinar
  • Black Girl Hockey Club is hosting: A Juneteenth Discussion on Hockey, Race and Community this Saturday, June 20, 10am Pacific. Erica Ayala will moderate a panel discussion with panelists: Joel Ward (Hockey Diversity Alliance), Blake Bolden (PWHPA), Saroya Tinker (NWHL Metropolitan Riveters), Sydney Augustine (Founder, Sports Disrupted), Ayo Adineye (Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville Hockey 2020), Renee Hess (Black Girl Hockey Club). It's a free webinar, but you need to register here. 

In your community:

Seek out groups in which you can become part of the conversation and create change. Suggestions include local chapters of larger organizations such as:

• NAACP 
• Black Lives Matter
• Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth 
• National Urban League 
• Young Women's Freedom Center 

Our list is by no means exhaustive and we'd love for you to share with us what else you're reading, watching, or involved in.