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

Anti-racism Design Resources

#ShutDownSTEM / #ShutDownAcademia resources 

Movement for Black Lives

Black Lives Matter

ACT’s list of resources and tools

The MIT Black History Project

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

SPACE/RACE Reading List 

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

The BlackSpace Manifesto

What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design? Dismantling design history 101

Black People Have Been Building a Better World. Who Will Join Them?

Why Can’t the U.S. Decolonize Its Design Education? What truly diverse + inclusive international programs can teach Americans

Watch: "Architecture, Race, Academe: The Black Architect's Journey," Ted Landsmark & Robert R. Taylor