IN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER

Image by Jeff Chiu/Associated Press, retrieved from New York Times- June 2nd, 2020

Image by Jeff Chiu/Associated Press, retrieved from New York Times- June 2nd, 2020

As the Bay Area Turkish Society, we are standing in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement.

In the past weeks, the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, have made it more clear to us all that living in America is more dangerous if you are black and brown.

While we understand this is a result of a systemic design, as parents if you find yourselves wondering what you can do to raise children that are not racist, the below document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:

Articles to read:

Videos to watch:

Podcasts to subscribe to:

Books to read:

Bay Area Turkish Society is a secular 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization and is not associated with any other non profit or political movement.