Each month, members of our Equity Committee share resources they've found helpful as they look to expand their understanding of racial justice and equity. If you're interested in submitting a suggestion to be featured, please email info@tangletown.org. Sign up for our monthly email newsletter to receive these suggestions on a monthly basis.
Are Prisons Obsolete?
For August’s Equity Resource, Maggie Rittenhouse, Tangletown resident, recommends the book “Are Prisons Obsolete?” by Angela Davis as an incredible […]
Are We Doing Vacations Wrong?
Radicalize your travel by being a better guest in someone else’s homeland. June’s equity resource comes recommended to us by Andy […]
The Racial Wealth Gap
For this month’s resource, Washburn teacher and Equity Team lead Luis Saenz recommends “The Racial Wealth Gap” from the organization […]
Centering Indigenous Voices
For April’s Equity Resource, Deb White Soulen, Tangletown resident, suggested we listen to our Indigenous neighbors/community, who are often forgotten in […]
Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
For this month’s equity resource, Washburn High School Principal Emily Palmer recommends the book Black Dignity in a World Made […]
The Great Climate Migration
For this month’s equity resource, Equity Committee member Ellen Block recommends the article “The Great Climate Migration” by Abrahm Lustgarten. […]
Facing Forward: Housing Access
The monthly equity resource comes to you from a new Equity Committee member Shannon Mitchell. The resource pairs with the […]
Breaking Bread, Building Bridges
For this month’s equity resource, Equity Committee member Kyle Goldschmidt recommends the documentary Breaking Bread, Building Bridges, which won the 2020 Governor’s […]
Maps Illustrating Systematic Racism in our City
As part of the Equity Committee research into understanding of systemic issues of segregation in Minneapolis, member Nancy Hamilton Britt […]
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
This month’s resource comes from new Equity Committee member Jessie Krohn: Resmaa Menakem is a Twin Cities-based body-centered therapist who […]
The Case for Reparations
For this month’s equity resource, Equity Committee member Ellen Block recommends “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Written by […]
Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
For this month’s equity resource, Equity Committee Member Andrea Siegel recommends, Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret by […]
Just Mercy
This month’s equity resource comes from committee member Lori Gubrud, “I have read three books that all have provided insight […]
Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell
This month, Equity Task Force member Victoria Fok shares her personal experience of the importance of representation in media, “Growing […]
Seeing White
This month’s Equity Resource is shared by task force member Lauren Day: I have spent most of my life in […]
I Am Not Your Negro
Equity Task Force Member Pat Collins shares, “Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s in the white bubble of a […]
White Privilege: Unpacking the invisible Knapsack
Equity Task Force Member Juliann Brunzell served 33 years in law enforcement and saw firsthand the workings of the Criminal […]
Death of Innocence
From Equity Task Force Member Leah Sweet: A few years ago, I picked up a copy of Death of Innocence: […]
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
From Equity Task Force Member Stijn Vanhauwaert: “Not having grown up in this country, I felt that I have never […]
Nice White Parents Podcast
A note from Tangletown’s Executive Director: “As Tangletown’s staff person and due to my personal interest in the issue, I’ve […]