COVID-19 - Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources
COVID-19 Racial Equity & Social Justice list includes information that we hope will help communities and activists as they work to understand and respond to the moment and for the long haul. Our COVID-19 Resources are arranged in categories to help you sift through the material:
Analysis includes a range of resources that look at the big picture - how the pandemic may reshape the world, the existing disparities it highlights, and perspectives on the virus' impact on different communities and issue areas
Resources and Tools includes tips and strategies for response, communication and framing, and addressing hate.
Healing and Community Care centers on how to care for ourselves and our people in this time, while continuing to center the needs and perspectives of the most vulnerable
Organizing and Solidarity has resources on actions people are already taking to bring attention to issues that intersect with the virus' impact, including worker and migrant rights, needs of specific communities of color, and more
Resource Building & Rapid Response – Includes lists of different funds currently available, guidance on resource building at this time and how foundations and donors need to be equitably responsive
Virtual Work and Online Engagement focuses on how we can stay connected to each other and to racial equity action while social distancing
List of Lists is a collection of resource lists shared by others that relate to equity, social justice and other areas in the context of the pandemic
Please use the following link, if you would like to submit a resource.
Analysis
- How Coronavirus Affects Black People: Civil Rights Groups Call Out Racial Health Disparities
- Women of Color Will Save Us All
- Coronavirus Poses Racial Justice Concerns In Every Aspect Of Society
- The Coronavirus Doesn’t Need a Visa: COVID-19’s Effect on Immigrant Populations
- The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Racial Wealth Gap
- Trump’s Racist Response To Covid-19 Endangers All Americans, Including Immigrants
- Why Octavia E Butler’s Novels are so relevant today
- Asian-American Leaders Condemn COVID-19 Racism
- A Few Things For Nonprofits And Foundations To Consider In Light Of The Coronavirus
- The World After This
- Coronavirus Has Exposed America’s Digital Divide
- When Xenophobia Spreads Like A Virus
- White Supremacists Discussed Using Coronavirus As A Bioweapon
- Coronavirus and Racial + Social Equity: Centering Justice During Times of Uncertainty and Four Things You Can do Right Now
- Colorado Wants To Ensure Coronavirus Won’t Affect Low-Income, Minority Communities Disproportionately
- Decolonizing Community Care In Response to COVID-19
- How Social Distancing Could Lead to a Spike in White Nationalism
- Why Coronavirus Relief Needs to be Permanent
- Sinophobia: How a virus reveals the many ways China is feared
- Ring the Alarm: COVID-19 Presents Grave Danger to Communities of Color
- Solidarity Economics—for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond
- Coronavirus is a Historic Trigger Event. We Need a Massive Movement in Response
- This is not a Drill - Live
- Health Justice Strategies To Combat COVID-19: Protecting Vulnerable Communities During A Pandemic
- COVID-19: Fight for Immediate Solutions; Fight for the Future
- Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color
- UCLA Prof. Explains Racism’s Role in the Coronavirus Crisis
- On Being Black, Southern And Rural In The Time Of COVID-19
- Your Racism Is Showing: Coronavirus and the Racist History of Pandemics
- Life at the Intersection: Older Adults Need a Response to COVID-19 Grounded in Equity
- Coronavirus Threatens an Already Strained Maternal Health System
- How Social Distancing Could Lead to a Spike in White Nationalism
- New Blog Series: Tribal Perspectives on COVID-19
- Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate
- Black Communities Are on the 'Frontline' of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here's Why
- ‘We could get wiped out’: American Indians have the highest rates of diseases that make covid-19 more lethal
- The Coronavirus’s Unique Threat to the South
- Not everybody can work from home: Black and Hispanic workers are much less likely to be able to telework
- Black Businesses Left Behind in Covid-19 Relief
- What the Racial Data Show
- COVID-19 and the Crisis of Racial Capitalism
- Social Distancing is a Privilege
- A Town Hall on Anti-Asian Racism: Race, Struggle & Solidarity in the Time of a Global Pandemic
- Intersections of Justice in the Time of Corona Virus
- COVID-19: Policies to Protect People and Communities
- Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State
- Color of COVID: The racial justice paradox of our new stay-at-home economy
- Fascists Are Using COVID-19 to Advance Their Agenda. It’s Up to Us to Stop Them.
- Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Failures that COVID Lays Bare podcast
- Stepping into the Moment: The Coronavirus Crisis as a Opening for Transformative Change
- “Curing” What Truly Ails Us: Reflections on Movement Strategy in the Time of Coronavirus
- Pushing Back Against Habits Of White Supremacy During A Crisis
- COVID-19 & Indian Country: Pandemic Exposes Navajo Nation’s Water Access Crisis & Health Disparities
- U.S. Latinos among hardest hit by pay cuts, job losses due to coronavirus
- Pandemic-ing While White
- Let's Not Go Back to the Way Things Were
- ‘A Terrible Price’: The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America
- To Protect Public Health, Don’t Police It
- COVID-19 Puts Structural Racism On Full Display — Will We Finally Do Something to Correct It?
- When the U.S. Don’t Love You Back: Surviving A Pandemic in A Racist & Xenophobic Society
- The Ripple Effects of the Coronavirus on Immigrant Communities
- The Blue Plague and Black Death
- Sheltering In Place & Gentrification: diminishing space for Black people before and during Covid-19
- How to Make Black Lives Matter During COVID-19
- How Testing for Coronavirus Became a Rorschach Test for Racism
- The Unmattering of Black Lives
- COVID-19: Dismantling Structural Racism and Disarming, Demilitarising, and Defunding Police to Rebuild our Communities
Resources & Tools
- Talking About COVID-19: A Call for Racial, Economic, and Health Equity
- Anti-Stigma Social Media Toolkit
- Countering COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Stigma and Racism: Tips for Parents and Caregivers
- Youth First COVID-19 Action: Social Media Toolkit
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response & Resources
- Stop AAIPI Hate: Form to report hate crimes against Asians
- Beloved Community COVI-19 Response Strategy Mini Equity Audit
- Coronavirus Communications Crisis Triage Kit
- Bystander Intervention
- Ten Equity Implications of the COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States
- Talking About COVID-19: A Call for Racial, Economic, and Health Equity
- Know Your Rights during COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
- Reimagining Strategy in Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: A Triage Tool
- 10 Ways to Fight for Social Justice During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Talking about health, housing, and COVID-19: Keeping equity at the forefront a message guide
- Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems (2020)
- Distance Learning During COVID-19: 7 Equity Considerations for Schools and Districts
- Strategic Thinking in a Long Term Crisis
- National COVID-19 Messaging Document
- Education Equity in Crisis: How to Address Learning, Promotions, Transitions and Grades in Light of School and College Closures
- Virus Is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C.
- COVID-19 Policy and Black Communities discuss Digital Divide Webinar
- Equitable Institutional Sustainability in Times of Crisis
- The COVID Tracking Project
- Combating Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19
- Who Belongs? EP 23 - From 'China virus' to disparate death rates, how COVID-19 exposes racist systems podcast
- COVID-19 Open Data by State
- Principles for a Common-Sense, Street-Smart Recovery
- Vision Through COVID: Portals to the Future
- COVID-19 & Race
- COVID19 and Policing
- An Epidemic of Inequities: Structural Racism and COVID-19 in the Black Community
- Know your Rights During COVID-19
- Represent Together: A Messaging Guide for Wellness and Safety
- No Going Back: A COVID-19 Cultural Strategy Activation Guide
- National COVID-19 Messaging Document
- They were Us
- Coronavirus Equity Considerations
- Antiracist Parenting During COVID-19 and Beyond
- Adapting Strategy & Building Power in Crisis
- A Lesson From COVID-19: A History of Racism and Disease in Hawai‘i
- Anti-Asian Racism Is Taking a Mental and Emotional Toll on Me
- 3 Principles for an Anti-Racist, Equitable State Response to COVID-19 — and a Stronger Recovery
- Beyond Covid-19 and Disaster Capitalism: Why We Need Sustainable, Secure Left Tech Infrastructure for Social Justice Movements
Healing & Community Care
- Community Care During COVID-19: A Message To and From AAPIs
- Solidarity Not Charity Mutual Aid for Mobilization and Survival
- Permanently. Organized. Communities.
- Love in the Time of Coronavirus: What Living Through the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Taught Me
- Additional Resources for Facing Coronavirus/Covid19
- Self-Love in the Time of Coronavirus
- Coronavirus: Wisdom from a Social Justice Lens podcast
- Caring Across Distance: Some Things To Consider Before Movement Gatherings During COVID-19
- Black Girl Magik COVID-19 Global Resource Guide
- Online Contemplative Resources for Coronavirus Crisis
- Facing COVID-19 With Community Instead of Fear
- Community Building Resources
- Existing Campaigns & Mutual Aid by Location - COVID-19 Mutual Aid & Advocacy Resources
- COVID-19 Community Care Resources
- COVID-19 or not, Black folks are building virtual spaces of joy, intimacy and tenderness
- Wrestling with Compassion
- Self Care In The Time Of Corona
- Adrienne Maree Brown On Finding Joy During The Coronavirus Crisis
- Coronavirus and Community Care…a Few Weeks In
- David Kessler and Brené Brown on Grief and Finding Meaning podcast
- On Grieving
- Reminders and affirmations to help you through quarantine
- Spell for Grief or Letting Go
- Care For Your Coronavirus Anxiety
- How will you Heal During COVID-19? Graphic
- Grief in a Time of Not Knowing with Roshi Joan Halifax
- A Prayer for Justice and Compassion During the Pandemic
- A Care Package for Uncertain Times
- Trauma Response & Crisis Care for Movements
- Ancestral Healing and Coronavírus (COVID-19): a Global Perspective of Health as a Human Right
- Grief in a Time of Not Knowing with Roshi Joan Halifax
- COVID-19: A Black, Queer, Feminist Grounding and Call for Self and Community Care
- Breaking the Chain: Healing Racial Trauma in the Body: An Interview with Resmaa Menakem
Organizing & Solidarity
- Demands from Grassroots Organizers Concerning COVID-19
- Humanity Not Cages: Demanding a Just and Humane Response to Outbreak
- Tell your Story. Help Us Track Hate – Read Stories & Report Now
- Worker & Migrant Justice Response to the Coronavirus
- National COVID-19 Response Advocacy Asks
- Race Forward Statement On The Coronavirus Emergency, Official Response And Its Impacts On Communities Of Color
- Ensure All People (regardless of immigration status) Have Access to Care to Face the Coronavirus Pandemic – Sign Petition
- Covid-19 Response Guidance For Community Bail & Bond Funds
- Open Letter to ICE From Medical Professionals Urging the Release of Individuals in Immigration Detention Given the Risk of COVID-19
- Taking Action for Health, Justice, and Belonging in the Age of COVID-19
- Coronavirus Pandemic and Black People: An Action Plan to Protect our Community
- Demand Prison Phone Justice in COVID-19 Relief Efforts
- A National Call for Moral Revival: Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington – June 20th
- Abolitionist Steps to Combat COVID-19 Behind Bars
- Planning A Covid-Safe Car Rally
- #FreeThemAll: Toolkit to Support Local Demands for Mass Release of People in ICE Custody
- Take Action To Protect Unhoused Folks During The Covid-19 Outbreak
- Join the Fight: We will not Leave Immigrants to Die in Detention
- HOLY SH*T! 7 things to do instead of hoarding toilet paper
- National Demands for COVID-19
- Organizing Resources – 2020 Digital Organizing Toolkit
- Land is Sacred: Stand With the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
- The People’s Bailout: New Center of Gravity for the Resistance
- What does Solidarity Looks Like in times of Coronavirus?
- Autonomous Groups Are Mobilizing Mutual Aid Initiatives To Combat The Coronavirus
- Healing Justice: Building Power, Transforming Movements
- To maintain social distancing, immigrant rights groups use creative ‘drive-by protests’
- The People's Bailout - By and For the People
- #FreeThemAll: Let My People Go
- Demand U.S. FCC & Congress Expand Broadband and Lifeline Access During COVID-19 Crisis
- Open letter from Freedom Inc.’s Southeast Asian Team on COVID-19 and Black Solidarity
- This is the wake-up call for nonprofits and foundations to get political
- We Keep Us Safe': Black Trans Women On The Frontlines Of The Pandemic
- Covid-19 Relief Priorities
- The Asian American Reply to Pandemic-Era Racism Must Be Cross-Racial Solidarity
Resource Building & Rapid Response
- Funders, this is the rainy day you have been saving up for
- Coronavirus and COVID-19 Funds
- HIP COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund
- COVID-19: Response and Recovery Resources for Giving Families
- COVID-19 Foundation Response Funds: COVID-19 Response Funds
- Essential Advice and Resources for Nonprofits – COVID-19 / Coronavirus | Recession | Remote Work
- Funding for coronavirus (COVID-19)
- COVID19 Emergency Funding Sources
- Four Criteria for More Justice in COVID-19 Funds
- We Will Remember
- COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funds
- COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future
- Racism is a Virus Too
- A Call to Philanthropy: Lived Experience IS Expertise We Need in Our Processes!
- The COVID-19 Crisis is a Racial Justice Issue & our Response must Prioritize the Power of Black, Indigenous, Latinx & Other People of Color
- Hey Philanthropy, your capacity-building partners still need you...and you need us too!
- In Philanthropy, Race Is Still a Factor in Who Gets What, Study Shows
- Art+Feminism: Collaborative Resources for Virtual Events
- Momentum Fund to support nonprofit organizations managing active COVID-19 relief and recovery funds.
- Immigrant Worker Safety Net Fund
- Covid-19 Relief Priorities
- COVID-19 Emergency Mutual Aid Fund
- Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund
- COVID-19 Mutual Aid Fund for LGBTQI+ BIPOC Folks
- McKinley Mutual Aid
Remote Work & Online Engagement
- Living (and Working Virtually) in Uncertainty
- Digital Resilience in the Time of Coronavirus
- Building Trust While Working Remotely
- Checking-in to prevent checking-out
- Social Justice in a time of Social Distancing
- Digital divide resources during the pandemic
- Training for Change
- Caring Across Distance: Some Things to Consider Before Movement Gatherings During COVID-19
- TechSoup COVID-19 Resources
- Leading Groups Online
- Online Meeting Resources Toolkit for Facilitators During Coronavirus Pandemic
- Protecting Privacy in the Age of Coronavirus: Digital Tools for Nonprofits
- Tips for Hosting Online Conversation
- Somatic Community Building
- Resources
- Transitioning to Remote Teams & Organizing with “Physical Distance”
- Digital Security: Protecting Movements And Activists
- 7 Tips for Managing Virtual Meeting with Care during a Pandemic
- Remote DEI Toolkit
- White Supremacy Culture & Remote Work
List of Lists
- COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Communities
- Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Skill-Share - Covid-19/Coronavirus Resources
- Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism
- Collective Care is our Best Weapon Against COVID-19
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Bay Area Nonprofits
- Online Meeting/Gathering Resources
- Listings of #covid19mutualaid initiatives (crowd-sourced)
- COVID-19 & Freelance Artists Resources
- Coronavirus Resource Kit
- Coronavirus Tech Handbook
- COVID-19 Equitable Response Community Commons
- Database of Localized Resources During COVID 19 Outbreak
- #COVID19DecarcerateSyllabus
- Catalyst Project: Anti-Racism for Collective Liberation Newsletter
- Resist, Connect and Transform: Join this world call of solidarity to confront the COVID-19 crisis
- Preparing for Coronavirus Crisis: As Organizers, It’s Time to do What we Do Best
- Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon against COVID-19
- Resources to help you Lead During COVID-19
- Disproportionate racial impacts of COVID
- COVID-19: Journalists of Color Racial Equity Focused Articles
- Resources on Coronavirus & White Supremacy
- COVID-19 Resources for Vulnerable Communities and Non-Profit Organizations
- COVID-19 & Indigenous Communities Informaiton and Resources
- COVID-19 Mutual Aid
- Black Feminists Perspectives on COVID-19: A Reading list
- COVID-19 Databases
- Narrative and COVID-19: Resources and Reading Lists
- Recipies, Remedies, Resources for COVID Times
