Articles on Anti-Racism & Racial Justice
- Black Catholics: Words Not Enough As Church Decries Racism (Associated Press: June 22, 2020)
- The Template for Using White Privilege to Fight Racism (The Washington Post: June 10, 2020) *Requires subscription
- Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, S.J.: Let’s Turn Our Society Toward Inclusiveness of All (Omaha World Herald: June 8, 2020)
- Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J.: Flatten the Curve of Our Nation’s Racism (Kansas City Business Journal: June 5, 2020)
- El Paso’s Bishop Mark Seitz: Black Lives Matter (National Catholic Reporter: June 4, 2020)
- The Assumptions of White Privilege and What We Can Do About It (National Catholic Reporter: June 1, 2020)
- Four Ways for White People to Challenge White Apathy (Ignatian Solidarity Network: June 1, 2020)
- Catholic Leaders Say Floyd’s Death, Demonstrations a ‘Wake-Up Call’ (Crux: June 1, 2020)
- The Holy Spirit is Moving Us to Act Against Racism (America: June 1, 2020)
- Ignatian Family Cries Out for Racial Justice (Jesuits.org: June 1, 2020)
- At 63, She Enrolled at the University That Sold Her Enslaved Ancestors. Now She’s Starring in a Play About Them. (The Washington Post: April 9, 2021)
- A Redemptive Call to the Altar: Anti-Black Racism in Jesuit Higher Education (Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education: Spring 2021)
- Interview: How the Jesuits Are Working to Confront Their History of Slavery (America: February 26, 2021)
- Anti-Racism Work is a Lifelong Commitment. Are You Ready? (U.S. Catholic: February 1, 2020)
- Update On The Hate Incident Perpetrated Against Our BSU Students This Past Sunday (Gonzaga.edu: November 11, 2020)
- How to Use Ignatian Spirituality for Anti-Racism and Racial Justice (Alpha Sigma Nu: October 1, 2020)
- I’ve Adjusted My Classroom for Two Pandemics (The Boston Globe: September 13, 2020)
- Archbishop Lori: How Church Teaching Can Help Explain Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ (America: July 27, 2020)
- Boston College’s Initiative to Transform the Way We Think About Racial Justice in America (America: July 17, 2020)
- M. Shawn Copeland on Confronting Racism in the Church (AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast: July 1, 2020)
- Catholic University Leaders Call for Their Institutions to Address Systemic Racism (National Catholic Reporter: June 25, 2020)
- Place to Start for Addressing Racial Injustice is Apology, Professor Says (The Central Minnesota Catholic: June 24, 2020)
Books & Publications on Anti-Racism & Racial Justice
- Racial Justice and the Catholic Church (Massingale)
- Breaking Down Silos for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI): Teaching and Collaboration Across Disciplines (Storms, Donovan and Williams)
- Teaching through Challenges for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) (Storms, Donovan and Williams)
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice (Magee)
- Making Commitments to Racial Justice Actionable (Diab, Ferrel, Godbee, Simpkins)
- Resources on Race and Anti-Racism (Recommendations from Loyola University Chicago)
Additional Resources
The Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project (a work of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States) is “committed to a transformative process of truth-telling, reconciliation, and healing that, in conversation with the descendants of people held in bondage, acknowledges historical harms, seeks to repair relationships, and works within our communities to address the legacies of slavery that persist in the form of racial inequities today.”