The resources in this document are for individuals, community leaders and groups, law enforcement officials and elected leaders who want to learn about, organize dialogue, and take action to address specific aspects of structural racism.

1. Resource List for Dialogue and Action on Racism and Civil Rights
The following resources are for individuals, community leaders and groups, law enforcement
officials and elected leaders who want to learn about, organize dialogue, and take action to
address specific aspects of structural racism.
I. To address structural racism and inequities:
1. Guides for community dialogue and collaborative action:
 Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation: A Guide for Public Dialogue and
Problem Solving: http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/Resource.91.aspx
 Dialogue for Affinity Groups: http://www.everyday-
democracy.org/en/Resource.95.aspx
 Talking Points: Ten Lessons for Talking About Racial Equity in the Age of
Obama:
http://opportunityagenda.org/talking_points_ten_lessons_talking_about_racial
_equity_age_obama
2. Training and tools to address structural racism:
 Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit (Race Forward):
https://www.raceforward.org/practice/tools/racial-equity-impact-assessment-
toolkit
 Haas Center for Diversity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley:
http://diversity.berkeley.edu/vcei
 Hope in the Cities/Initiative of Change USA:
http://www.us.iofc.org/trustbuilding-iofc-workshops
 Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (research and reports):
http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/complete-research-listing/
 Race Matters Toolkit (Annie E. Casey Foundation):
http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/PublicationsSeries/RaceMatters.aspx
 Structural Racism and Community Building (The Aspen Institute Roundtable
on Community Change):
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/rcc/aspen_struct
ural_racism2.pdf
 Intergroup Resources online resource center:
http://www.intergroupresources.com/materials/

2. 3. Stories of Communities Working for Racial Equity:
 Communities Creating Racial Equity Initiative: http://www.everyday-
democracy.org/en/Page.ccre.aspx
II. To address racial profiling and improve community-police relations:
1. Guides for dialogue and collaborative action:
 Protecting Communities, Serving the Public: Police and Residents Working
Together to Build Relationships: http://www.everyday-
democracy.org/en/Resource.26.aspx
 Conducting A Discussion on
Race: http://www.justice.gov/archive/crs/pubs/dialogueguide.pdf
2. Tools and resources on community-police relations, racial profiling and community-
oriented policing services:
 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) U.S. Department of Justice
Resources: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=2500
 Building Communities of Trust: A Guidance for Community Leaders:
http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/BCOTGuidanceForCommunityLeaders.
pdf
 Racial Profiling Curriculum, Resources, and Know Your Rights:
http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-resources
 COPS + Not In Our Town - tools, resources and stories on community-police
relations, profiling and collaborations: http://www.niot.org/cops/
3. Community and law enforcement trainings to prevent racial profiling:
 U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service: CRS currently
offers 9 training programs to help state, local, and tribal governments and
communities address racial and ethnic conflict and prevent and respond to
violent hate crimes committed on the basis of actual or perceived race, color,
national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or
disability: http://www.justice.gov/crs/what-we-do/training
4. Community mediation services and resources for communities and law enforcement:
 Mediation of Community Racial Disputes and
Conflicts: http://www.justice.gov/crs/pubs/med-comm-racial-disp.pdf

3. Stories of successful community-police dialogues and collaboration:
 Video - Hopkinsville, Ky., residents make strides in improving police-
community relations: http://www.everyday-
democracy.org/en/Resource.165.aspx
 Video – South Bronx Conversations for Change (NYFaithJustice.org on
improving police-community relations):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaYNwsAAH5w&list=PLF813240ECD1
BDCBF
III. To help frame dialogue and action on police stop and frisk issues:
1. What to do when stopped by a law enforcement officer:
 Information guide - What To Do If Stopped by an Officer of The
Law: http://www.justice.gov/crs/pubs/3-foldbr.pdf

2. Can a police officer stop and frisk you, and, if so, is it “unconstitutional”?:
 Information: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stop+and+Frisk
 Stop-and-Frisk: Build Trust, Not Bust It:
http://www.theharwoodinstitute.org/2013/08/stop-and-frisk-build-trust-not-
bust-it/
IV. To help frame dialogue and action on ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
1. States with “Stand Your Ground” Laws: Does the ‘Stand Your Ground Law” reign in
your state?: http://blackamericaweb.com/2013/07/29/alert-does-the-stand-your-
ground-law-reign-in-your-state-read-on/
2. Reports and Information on “Stand Your Ground” and the Castle Doctrine:
 National Association of District Attorneys Symposium on Expansions to the
Castle Doctrine (a 2007 report):
http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/Castle%20Doctrine.pdf
 Standyourground.org site: http://floridastandyourground.org/

4. V. To help frame dialogue and action on Voting Rights Act Section 4 and the U.S.
Supreme Court Ruling
1. Protections Under Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act:
 Creating a Federal Right to Vote:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/civil-
liberties/report/2013/06/25/67895/creating-a-federal-right-to-vote/
 Shelby County vs. Holder (a New York Times guide to the U.S. Supreme
Court Ruling):
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/25/us/annotated-supreme-
court-decision-on-voting-rights-act.html?_r=0
2. Resources and tools on voting rights:
 Advancement Project resource page includes tools on voting rights:
http://www.advancementproject.org/resources/c/tools-and-resources
VI. Resources on the Movement for Racial Equity and Civil Rights, past and present
 Some of the organizations at the forefront of the struggle for civil rights
and racial equity
 Advancement Project: http://www.advancementproject.org/
 Asian and Pacific Islander American Health
Forum: http://www.apiahf.org/
 Center for Community Change: http://www.communitychange.org/
 Center for Social Inclusion: http://www.centerforsocialinclusion.org/
 Dēmos: A Network for Ideas and Action: http://www.demos.org
 Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies:
http://www.jointcenter.org/;Also see:
http://jcpes.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/within-our-lifetime/
 Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity:
http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/
 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
http://www.naacp.org
 National Congress of American Indians: http://www.ncai.org/
 National Council of La Raza: http://www.nclr.org/

5.  National Urban League Inc.: http://nul.iamempowered.com/
 PICO National Network: http://www.piconetwork.org/
 Poverty & Race Research Action Council: http://www.prrac.org/
 Race Forward: https://www.raceforward.org/?arc=1
For complete list of over 200 organizations committed to and working for civil and
human rights, go to the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights website:
http://www.civilrights.org/about/the-leadership-conference/coalition_members/
VII. The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington resources
 Smithsonian Institution’s Oral History of the March on Washington:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/an-oral-history-of-
the-march-on-washington/
 The March, a film by James Blue http://www.c-
spanvideo.org/program/314621-1