Business+Impact stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the Ross School of Business BBSA. With Business+Impact we aim to build a better world through powerful ideas and solutions to address the global challenges of our time. We are committed to the work of dismantling the structures of systemic racism, advancing racial justice in America, and building an equitable and sustainable future. We recognize that we must examine how we live our values each day, and seek to continually educate ourselves and others in the fight for justice and equity. Below we’ve compiled a set of resources for action, education, and transformation.
Racial Justice Resources:
Obama Foundation: Meet Anguish With Action
National Resource List: #GeorgeFloyd+ Resource Compilation
Read or Listen to The 1619 Project
National Museum of African American History & Culture: Being Antiracist
United Way of Washtenaw County Equity Challenge: A Self-guided learning journey that examines the history and impacts of racism and how it shapes people’s lived experience in Washtenaw County
NEW Champions for Change leadership program builds the capacity for racial equity leadership in Washtenaw County
The Detroit Justice Center is a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote equitable and just cities
How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Funds for Black Owned Businesses, Compiled by Black Lives Matter
How to find and support Black-owned businesses, wherever you are
5 Ineffective Ways Organizations Respond to Racial Trauma
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
Survivors Speak protest schedule for Ann Arbor
5 Ineffective Ways Organizations Respond to Racial Trauma, by Justin Woods, +Impact Studio Design Fellow
Racial Justice News Items
5 Ineffective Ways Organizations Respond to Racial Trauma
Music + social justice: ‘Seven Last Words of the Unarmed’ project adds educational resources
Businesses speaking out on racism, societal ills must show and tell
Residential College Professor Heather Ann Thompson re: protests on ABC News
United Way of Washtenaw County Equity Challenge
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
New Workshops for Full-Time MBA Students Explore How to Be an Ally in the Ross Community and Beyond
Podcast: How a Detroit restaurateur went from prisoner to proprietor
Podcast: Michigan Teacher of the Year talks anti-racism, LGBTQ inclusion in the classroom
Some Detroit suburbs reckon with history as anti-Black ‘sundown towns’
Davenport calls for a “Movement of movements” to end police violence
New Faculty Funding Opportunity for Action-Based Research to Combat and Confront Racism
Black women often ignored by social justice movements
The fight for Detroit school children’s constitutional right to literacy isn’t over
Column: Public health and systemic racism are on the ballot in prosecutor elections
This prof is shedding light on energy injustice — and how to fix it
Ecologists across the country say academy must root out racism, recognize Black scholar excellence
Raising Race-Conscious Children: How to Talk to Kids About Race and Racism
Podcast: Distinctly Detroit: Oliver Ragsdale Jr.
Losing Home: Housing Instability and Availability in Detroit
This tool shows where racial equity is lagging in 100 U.S. cities
Podcast: Unlocking Resources for Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience
Laura Morgan Roberts coaches Black workers on how to handle microaggressions
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