On May 21, 2020, the Greenlining Institute hosted our first virtual Economic Summit, focused on tackling the racial equity and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. This online event convened experts and advocates, not just on the stage, but among the 1600 who tuned in from homes across the country. As the day progressed, the virtual platform filled up with resources shared by attendees, speakers and the Greenlining team. To keep the momentum of the day going, we’ve created a list of resources shared via the Main Stage and the incredibly lively and spirited chat feature. 

As john a. powell, one of our incredible speakers, told us in one of our prep calls, ”We need our groups, organizations, and causes to network, share, and learn in order to be efficient with our responses and to avoid redundancy.” We hope that this is just one way in which our attendees continue to network, share and learn as we tackle the work that lies ahead.

All of the below books are available for delivery via We The Future expo vendor, East Bay Booksellers. Help us support small businesses in our hometown of Oakland, CA.

Suggested Books by We The Future 2020 Event Speakers

Community Resources

Racial Equity Leaders, Media Outlets, and Organizations to Follow 

• Color of Change 
• DJ Ome (Instagram)
• UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute
• The Obama Foundation
• AAPI Civic Engagement Fund
• The Atlantic

Insights on COVID-19 & Racial Disparities

• RULES OF OUR ECONOMY ARE HARMING PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN AND IMMIGRANTS DURING COVID-19 by Insight Center
• For many Blacks and Latinos in L.A., neighborhood conditions make safer-at-home orders harder by UCLA
• Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus by Ibram X. Kendi
• Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus by Ibram X. Kendi
• We’re Still Living and Dying in the Slaveholders’ Republic by Ibram X. Kendi 
• San Francisco’s DA releases inmates during COVID-19 — but he can’t free his own father by Chesa Boudin
• Don’t Fixate on the Racial Wealth Gap: Focus on Undoing its Root Causes by Anne Price

Health & Wellness

• Don’t let physical isolation become emotional isolation by john a. Powell
• The Importance Of Self-preservation For Black Leaders Amid COVID-19  by Alicia Garza

Resources for Organizations

• RESOURCES FOR ORGANIZATIONS & INITIATIVES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY COVID-19 by The Obama Foundation

Solidarity in a time of Crisis

• Standing with our Asian American community against racism, hate and fear by The Greenlining Institute
• White People Standing Up to Anti-Asian Racism During a Pandemic by Teaching While White
• To Protect Public Health, Don’t Police It by PolicyLink

Additional Readings on Racial Equity

• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Patrisse Khan-cullors, asha bandele
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein
• There There, Tommy Orange
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, adrienne maree brown
• Brown is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority, Steve Phillips
• Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, Edgar Villanueva
• Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream, Aaron Glantz
• Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Janet Mock
• The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues, Angela Davis
• Assata: An Autobiography, Assata Shakur
• Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance, Adonia Lugo
• This Bridge Called My Back, Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
• The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, Mehrsa Baradaran
• A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal, Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos