Read, Watch, Listen: Sources of Inspiration for the Reimagining Philanthropy Series

This series draws from the work of many activists, writers, filmmakers, and scholars beyond those linked to in the individual articles. The list below offers a fuller picture of all those who inspired this series. For recommendations on more timely resources, follow Lucy Bernholz on Twitter.

Blogs, Websites, Reports, Newsletters

• The Equitable Evaluation Framework from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Jara Dean-Coffey, @jdeancoffey
• Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table, Cheryl Dorsey, Jeff Bradach, Peter Kim
• Civic Hall’s First Post newsletter
• On the Precipice and Get In and Stay In, Crystal Hayling, @CHayling
• HistPhil Blog, @HistPhil
• NonprofitAF, Vu Le, @nonprofitaf
• Public Books’ Newsletter, @PublicBooks
• The Case for Digital Public Infrastructure, Ethan Zuckerman, @ethanz

Movies, Videos, Podcasts

• African American Policy Forum, Under the Blacklight series
• Crip Camp movie and resources, @CripCamp
• Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw, @sandylocks
• Hear to Slay, Roxanne Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom, @rgay and @tressiemcphd
• Philanthropy and Social Movements Podcast (from class taught by Megan Ming Francis)
• Through the Night, film by Loira Limbal, @DJLaylo

Recent Scholarship

• Ruha Benjamin, Race after Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, @ruha9
• Andre Brock Jr: Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures, @DocDre
• Sasha Constanza-Chock, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need, @schock
• Nick Estes, Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance, @nickwestes
• Lina Khan, Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox, @linamkhan
• Tressie McMillan Cottom, LowerEd: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, @tressiemcphd
• Alondra Nelson, Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination, @alondra
• Victor Ray, “Why So Many Organizations Stay White,” Harvard Business Review, @victorerikray
• Dorothy Roberts, Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-first Century, @DorothyERoberts
• Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Mutual aid and physical distancing are not new for Black and Racialized Minorities in the Americas, @carolinehossein
• Edgar Villenuava, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, @VillanuevaEdgar
• Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, @KeeangaYamahtta

Bibliographies and Syllabi

• Digital Civil Society Lab, Bibliography
• HistPhil’s Bibliography
• Critical Race and Digital Studies Syllabus
• Philanthropy and Social Movements Syllabus, Megan Ming Francis