Healing and Justice Resources
Copper Beech Institute believes that the pursuit of justice and the practice of contemplation are intrinsically linked journeys that contribute to the liberation of all beings. To this end, we seek to dismantle systems of oppression and to further healing and justice within and beyond our walls. We recognize that as a result of historically and intentionally constructed systems, many groups, specifically Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), have been excluded from various spaces, including mindfulness and meditation communities. As a community that values awareness, connection, transformation, open-heartedness, and compassionate action above all else, we strive to cultivate an environment where healing and justice is possible for all.
Indigenous Peoples & Land
Native Land Map
Honor Native Land Guide
A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
Land Reparations & Indigenous Solidarity Toolkit
Murdered & Missing Indigenous Womxn (MMIW)
MMIW in California
Winona LaDuke Reading List
Meet Winona LaDuke
Reimagining Thanksgiving
Don't Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It.
Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit
Healing from Colonization on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving: A Native American View
Meditation Groups
Monthly Meditation Group for Black, Indigenous & People of Color
We’re inviting you as our beloved BIPOC community to join our intentional affinity meditation group. Our BIPOC Meditation Group is a healing space to comfortably gather in a part guided and part silent meditation practice. Click the link below for dates and how to join!
Healing & Justice Related Upcoming Programs
Guided Meditations
Labyrinth Podcast
This edition of The Labyrinth Podcast features a dynamic conversation between activist, divinity student, and mindfulness practitioner, Gabriela De Golia and Copper Beech executive director, Brandon Nappi. Together, they explore topics such as Buddhist-Christian dialogue, what it’s like to live in a Zen monastery, the symbiotic relationship between meditation and social action, and Gabriela’s path to divinity school where she is studying to be a pastor in the United Church of Christ.
Awaken Every Day Blog
Resources
This is a living list. If you have any helpful resources, please send them to info@copperbeechinstitute.org
Mindfulness & Social Justice
Mindful of Race
A Conversation on Mindfulness Bias, and Racial Justice
You Belong: A Call for Connection
Stay Woke
Inner Work of Racial Justice
How I Continue to Mess Up Being an Ally (and How Meditation Helps Me Mess Up Slightly Less)
Racism
11 Facts About Racial Discrimination
Anti-Black Racism Education List from NYU
Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
A Resource List for Non-Black People Working in Nonprofits
Anti-Racism as Spiritual Work
Ending Racism
A Beginner's Guide for Meditating With Race
Charlottesville Belies Racism's Deep Roots in the North
4 Reasons to Retire the Phrase "Inner City"
22 Race-Related Films That Will Make You Laugh, Cry, and Think Differently
Loretta Ross Classes
Sonya Renee Taylor Video
The Racial Wealth Gap
Creating Racial Affinity Groups
One Village Healing
Ruth King's Guidelines for Forming Racial Affinity Groups
Skill in Action, Michelle Cassandra Johnson
White Supremacy & Whiteness
We Are Finding Freedom Workshops
White Supremacy Culture
Roots Deeper Than Whiteness
White Fragility
A Visual Guide to White Privilege
White Nonsense Round-up
A Letter to White Southern Women from Anne Braden
The White Freeze Response as it Relates to Social Inaction
Contradictions for White People in Racial Justice Work
White Southerners Who Changed Their Views on Racism
White Supremacy Culture Characteristics
Sexism
National Organization for Women
The Connecticut Women's Consortium
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color
Violence Against Women: The End Begins with Men - Patricia Shea - TEDxNashville
Eric Rey - The Men Up Podcast
Ableism
Ableism - NCCJ
Disability Rights Connecticut
Disability, Human Rights and the Limits of Humanitarianism by Michael Gill and Cathy J. Schlund-Vials
Extraordinary Bodies by Rosemarie Garla Thomson
Able-Bodied Privilege - From NCCJ Resource Page
Deaf Woman Suffragists Left Out of History Books
Ageism
Anti-Ageism Quick Guide
Harmful Effects of Ageism on Older Persons’ Health Found in 45 Countries
How Ageism Negatively Affects Older People’s Health
How Capitalism Exploits Our Fear of Old Age
Religionism
Christian Privilege - From NCCJ
White Christian Privilege - The Illusion of Religious Equality in America
Christian Privilege Checklist
Classism
Income and Wealth Inequality: Crash Course Economics #17
Class Action
Inequality.org
Poor People's Campaign
Solidarity for Survival
Economic Redesign: Beyond Capitalism and Colonialism
Heterosexism
Straight Privilege - From NCCJ
Resource Page What is Heterosexism?
New Haven Pride Center - Resources in CT
Beyond Pride Month Podcast
Following the Lead of Black LGBTQ Migrants
Sizeism
Thin Privilege - From NCCJ
Tell Me I'm Fat - This American Life
Having a Better Body Image Won't End Body-Based Oppression
Body Politics in the Age of "Body Positivity"
NCCJ Sizeism Resource List
Navigating & Addressing Oppression
Sea Change: Navigating Oppression
Interrupting Bias: Calling Out vs. Calling In
Bystander Intervention
Indigenous Peoples & Land
Native Land Map
Honor Native Land Guide
A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
Land Reparations & Indigenous Solidarity Toolkit
Murdered & Missing Indigenous Womxn (MMIW)
MMIW in California
Winona LaDuke Reading List
Meet Winona LaDuke
Reimagining Thanksgiving
Don't Trash Thanksgiving. Decolonize It.
Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit
Healing from Colonization on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving: A Native American View
Climate Justice
What is Climate Justice?
Climate Justice Alliance
Sunrise Movement Connecticut
Environmental Justice Program - Connecticut
Trail Posse: Intersection of Race and the Outdoors
Winona LaDuke - A Just Transition
Why Environmentalists Should be Antiracist
Queering Climate Activism
Center for the Environment
Privilege
NCCJ Resources on Privilege
What is White Privilege Really? by Cory Collins
Mental Health
Mental Health & the Black Community
Transformative Justice
We Will Not Cancel Us by Adrienne Maree Brown
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective resources
A Restorative Conversations Handbook
De-Toxifying Nonprofit Culture
White Women Doing White Supremacy in Nonprofit Culture
Nonprofit AF
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