LibGuides: Bentley Library Racial Justice Initiative: Local &amp; National Resources

Massachusetts Resources for Racial Justice

ACLU Massachusetts
The ACLU of Massachusetts was formed in in 1920, the same year as the national ACLU. As the first state affiliate in the ACLU network, the ACLU of Massachusetts remains a nationwide leader in defense of civil rights and civil liberties.
Black Lives Matter Boston
BLM Boston galvanizes our communities to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American Commission
The Asian American Commission (AAC) is a permanent body dedicated to advocacy on behalf of Asian Americans throughout Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness
The Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA), was founded in 1989 by Burne Stanley-Peters and her late husband John Slow Turtle Peters.
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Our mission is to eradicate discrimination in the Commonwealth by investigating and prosecuting Complaints of Discrimination that occur in Employment, Housing, Public Places, Access to Education, Lending, and Credit. We also offer training to help prevent discrimination from occurring.
Massachusetts Library System: Social Justice and Libraries: Anti-Racism
This resource guide includes social justice resources for libraries.
NAACP Boston
NAACP Boston Branch is recognized as the first “chartered” branch of the NAACP. We are the oldest and largest all volunteer civil rights organization in Boston dedicated to the elimination of racial discrimination.
Racial Equity Capacity Builders Directory
The Boston Foundation. The directory lists 141 individuals and organizations providing racial equity capacity building services.
Racial Justice Rising - Franklin County, MA
To help build the movement for racial justice by contributing to a deeper understanding of systemic racism and racial justice. To engage in restorative activities that help to heal the racial divide and bring justice for people targeted by racism.
Undoing Racism Organizing Collective (UROC) of Western MA
A national multiracial network of antiracist organizers and educators dedicated to building a movement for justice by ending racism and other forms of institutional oppression.

National (U.S.) Resources for Racial Justice

American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee (ADC) was founded by former U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. Today, ADC is the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S. ADC supports the human and civil rights of all people and opposes racism and bigotry in any form.

ACLU: Addressing America’s Legacy of Racism and Systemic Discrimination is a racial justice agenda that strives to dismantle a system deeply rooted in racist policies that harm Black and Indigenous people of color.

American Library Association There are many ways libraries can center the voices and experiences of Black library workers, the Black community, support the broader Black Lives Matter movement, fight against police violence, and help the cause of racial justice.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice ( AAJC) advocates for an America in which all Americans can benefit equally from, and contribute to, the American dream.

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.

Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) was founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy. EJI is a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons.

Indian Law Resource Center provides legal assistance to indigenous peoples of the Americas to combat racism and oppression, to protect their lands and environment, to protect their cultures and ways of life, to achieve sustainable economic development and genuine self-government, and to realize their other human rights.

Japanese American Citizens League The Japanese American Citizens League is a national organization whose mission is to secure and safeguard the civil and human rights of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and all communities who are affected by injustice and bigotry.

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States of America.

National Black Justice Coalition Resources. Since 2003, NBJC has been on the cutting edge of efforts to chronicle the challenges and successes of Black LGBTQ+/SGL people.