In June 2021 we shared our organizational Acknowledgment of History. The following resources provide additional context and education about the topics included in the document. To recommend other resources for this list, please email equity@jvcnorthwest.org.
Residential Schools
- Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
- How the US stole thousands of Native American children – Vox
- ‘Huge first step’: Interior Dept. launches investigation into Native boarding schools – MSNBC
- Unsettling the Settler Within: Indian Residential Schools, Truth Telling, and Reconciliation in Canada by Paulette Regan
Racism, Anti-Blackness
- “The Magis and Justice” – Rev. Bryan Massingale
- Tenacious Solidarity: Biblical Provocations on Race, Religion, Climate, and the Economy by Walter Brueggemann
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- White Supremacy Culture, From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
Settler/White Colonialism
- Bishop Denounces Doctrine of Discovery – America Magazine
- How America Invented Race | The History of White People in America – World Channel
- Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah
- The Sin of White Supremacy: Christianity, Racism, and Religious Diversity in America by Jeannine Hill Fletcher
- Indigenous Allyship: An Overview by Jackson Smith, Cassandra Puckett, and Wendy Simon
- Beyond territorial acknowledgments – âpihtawikosisân
- All My Relations – Podcast
White Savior Mentality
- No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality by Jordan Flaherty
- No White Saviors – Instagram Account
Sexual Abuse Crisis, Society of Jesus
- Systemic impunity for police parallels clerical protection of abusers – National Catholic Reporter
- Jesuits West Jesuits Credibly Accused of Sexual Abuse – Jesuits West
- America Magazine’s coverage of the sex abuse crisis
- Sex Abuse Crisis and the Catholic Church by Thomas P. Giuffra – Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffra, Ruffo, and Plotkin LLP
