Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most commonly taught stories about the fight for democracy and equal rights. However, the powerful stories of everyday people organizing and working together for social change are lost in the focus on a few major heroes and dates.
Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching and its companion website offer a collection of lessons, essays, articles, primary documents, and poetry to help educators move beyond a "heroes and holidays" approach to teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. The focus is on the themes of women, youth, organizing, culture, institutional racism, and the interconnectedness of social movements. The resources are organized in eight sections: Critiquing the Traditional Narrative, Framing the Movement, Desegregation of Public Spaces, Voting Rights, Black Power, Labor and Land, Transnational Solidarity, and Student Engagement.
The Our Angry Eden Discussion Guide is perfect for church groups, book clubs, and individual study.
CONVERGENCE offers numerous leadership and community development webinars on-demand or in a cohort:
Doing Good Together encourages families to explore Our [Nation's] Storied History with children to empower all kids with stories that inspire civic engagement and a hunger for justice; includes picture books and books for teens and adults.
Doing Good Together offers families Tools to Raise Ethical, Engaged Citizens, including Service Projects, Videos, Reflection Tools, and Book Lists for Young Change Makers and Their Families.
Doing Good Together encourages parents to Raise Kindness! How Your Busy Family Can Practice Compassion Every Day.
Diana Butler Bass offers essential insights in New Old-Time Religion: Shall the Fundamentalists Win This Time?
See our Great Idea for one way to incorporate documentaries/speakers into congregational life and outreach.
Rev. Dr. Cameron Trimble encourages using The Subversive Way of Love when engaging in social justice efforts.
USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture and KALW's The Spiritual Edge podcast shares its first season, Sacred Steps: intimate profiles of activists and humanitarians challenging the status quo. From a COVID ward in Boston, to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, each episode connects listeners to the struggles and hopes of individuals giving everything for the wellbeing of others. Listen to the trailer here.
An Interactive Journal on Christian Social Justice
Their Racial Justice, LGBTQIA+, Gender and Environment pages are updated regularly with articles reflective of current events, issues, and practices.
Presents How to Change the World with a Book Your Tweens Refuse to Read...
[ ] Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power. The language can be raw, but the conversations will fuel small group discussions.
Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry may be a good place to start (see transcript here).
Frank Schaeffer, son of Francis Schaeffer, who created and shaped the evangelical political movement of the '80s, which brought us to today, shared this compelling video: part confession, part admonition. Important insight for creating helpful study and/or sermons.
