At GoYoga we stand for a culture that is welcoming and embraces diversity, equality and inclusion. We also are proponents of continued learning and growth so that as mindful humans, we can increase our awareness and identify ways in which we can positively impact change in our community. Below are resources our team has found helpful in better understanding current social issues:
- Listen & Watch
- Brene Brown’s Podcast & TED Talk. We have utilized Brene’s work on vulnerability and shame in our teacher trainings for years. She has a gift for talking through and creating understanding around difficult issues.
- Verna Myers’ TED Talk
- Peggy McIntosh TED Talk
- The Hate U Give film
- Just Mercy film
- 13th documentary
- Follow
- Read
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeomo Oluo
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (she’s from Columbus!)
- Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
- Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel
- The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live and Die by Keith Payne
- Harvard’s work on bias
- Share with Children
- The Conscious Kid
- Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Round-up
- A list of diverse children’s books