News Anti-Racism Resources for our Community
This non-exhaustive list features resources and readings, which we hope will be particularly helpful to architects, designers, and community members. We're continuing to update this list, so please reach out to arch-comm@mit.edu with links to suggested resources.
Resources
#ShutDownSTEM / #ShutDownAcademia resources
ACT’s list of resources and tools
Resources from the MIT Community Innovators Lab (MIT CoLab)
MIT Community Resources from ICEO
Design Justice for Black Lives
Healing from Anti-Black Racism
Reading
Taking Freedom: Understanding Structural Injustice, readings for discussion from MIT CoLab
Mayors’ institute on City Design Statement on Undesigning Racism
AIA Board statement on systemic racial injustice
Learn more about AIA’s Diversity & Inclusion efforts
NOMA’s Public Statement Regarding Racial Injustice
What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design? Dismantling design history 101
Black People Have Been Building a Better World. Who Will Join Them?
Watch: "Architecture, Race, Academe: The Black Architect's Journey," Ted Landsmark & Robert R. Taylor