UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA SEASON 7 RESOURCES

EPISODE 1: THE WOKE WARS

READ: WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE 'WOKE WAR' BY W. KAMAU BELL

READ: LITCHFIELD ELEMENTARY EQUITY STATEMENT

WATCH: THE TRIALS OF CRT – CBSN ORIGINALS

LOOK: "WOKE" USED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN 1962

READ: THE 6 DEGREES OF WOKENESS BY MICHAEL HARRIOT

EPISODE 2: BLACK IN APPALACHIA

LISTEN: BLACK IN APPALACHIA PODCAST

SUPPORT: JASON TART AND T&T ORGANICS FLOOD REPAIRS

LEARN: ABOUT THE HIGHLANDER CENTER

BUY: A SIGNED COPY OF 'THE HARLAN RENAISSANCE' BY DR. WILLIAM TURNER

READ: HUNTING WHILE BLACK BY JONATHAN HALL

EPISODE 3: ATHLETES AND THE COST OF WINNING

WATCH: BIG PAPI, DAVID ORTIZ, ELECTED TO BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

READ: IS BOSTON AMERICA'S MOST RACIST CITY ASK A BLACK BOSTONIAN FOR ONCE, BY DART ADAMS

LISTEN: ALY RAISMAN: MISHANDLING OF GYMNASTICS SEXUAL ABUSE ADDS TO THE TRAUMA

LEARN: BOSTON’S CHAPTER OF BAM, AS SEEN ON UNITED SHADES.

WATCH: SIMONE BILES SAYS "SHE SHOULD HAVE QUIT WAY BEFORE TOKYO"

EPISODE 4: CALIFORNIA IS BURNING

WATCH: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS WILDFIRES

GET INVOLVED: FORESTRY AND FIRE RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

LISTEN: NPR: A SINGLE FIRE KILLED THOUSANDS OF SEQUOIAS. SCIENTISTS ARE RACING TO SAVE THE REST

ACT: GET PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL FIRES

LEARN: HOW HAVE GLOBAL TEMPERATURES CHANGED IN THE PAST 40 YEARS?

EPISODE 5: ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

WATCH: THE PROBLEM WITH APU - OFFICIAL TRAILER BY HARI KONDABOLU

LISTEN: GOING THROUGH IT PODCAST, HOSTED BY JENNY YANG

READ: THE INADEQUACY OF THE TERM “ASIAN AMERICAN” BY LI ZHOU

LISTEN: SOPHIA CHANG ON INDIVIDUALISM FOR AAPI MONTH

LISTEN: NPR: WHO IS YURI KOCHIYAMA?

EPISODE 6: THE LAND BACK MOVEMENT

GET INVOLVED: NDN COLLECTIVE, DEDICATED TO BUILDING INDIGENOUS POWER

READ: THE UNITED STATES HAS BROKEN THIS FUNDAMENTAL PROMISE OVER 300 TIMES BY W. KAMAU BELL

LEARN: THE BATTLE FOR THE BLACK HILLS BY NICK TILSEN

LISTEN: NPR: 7 STATES STEP UP EFFORTS TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN

LEARN: NATIVE HISTORIES: REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE LESSON PLAN BY TEEN VOGUE

EPISODE 7: HAWAII FOR HAWAIIANS

LEARN: THE RED HILL WATER CRISIS FROM THE O’AHU WATER PROTECTORS

WATCH: CLIFF KAPONO EXPLORES CORAL REEFS

LEARN: PUʻUHONUA O WAIʻANAE, THE SELF SUSTAINING VILLAGE LED BY TWINKLE BORGE

LISTEN: FOR THE LOVE OF THE MAUNA, HAWAIIAN RESISTANCE, TOURISM AND ABOLITION

LISTEN: CODE SWITCH: HAWAII AS 'RACIAL PARADISE'? BID FOR OBAMA LIBRARY INVOKES A COMPLEX PAST

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