Community-Led Reading Lists
What do our communities want us to be reading?
We’re sharing here a collection of reading lists and resources from our favorite radical community organizations. The topics range far beyond medicine and health professions - these are what our communities know will truly bring healing and justice into our lives.
Movement for Black Lives
Black August commemorates the rich history of Black resistance.
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) formed in December of 2014, was created as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary in order to achieve key policy, cultural and political wins, convene organizational leadership in order to debate and co-create a shared movement wide strategy. Under the fundamental idea that we can achieve more together than we can separately. M4BL is abolitionist, anti-capitalist, and based on building kinship with one another.
Start with M4BL’s policy platforms, read what they’ve been putting into the press, and finally their resources with safety guides, infographics, etc.
SisterSong - Reproductive Justice
The mission of SisterSong, a Southern-based national membership organization, is to “strengthen and amplify the collective voices of indigenous women and women of color to achieve reproductive justice by eradicating reproductive oppression and securing human rights.” Start with their definition of reproductive justice (RJ) and then check out other publications from founding member Loretta Ross and other SisterSong members. A few more examples of the applications of reproductive justice: RJ reports from indigenous women and RJ for adolescents and IUD placement.
We encourage you to read more from SisterSong, affiliates, and RJ advocates worldwide!
INCITE! Women, Gender Non-Conforming, and Trans people of Color Against Violence
(pending their website coming back online)
Critical Resistance - Abolition
Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC.Start with their definition of the PIC and abolition, and continue with their Reading Lists and Resources.