“Face of Hate" Documentary of reformed Livingston Co KKK leader

“Face of Hate" is a 2024 documentary film following the radicalization and eventual redemption of Jasen Barker, an American domestic terrorist who was on the brink of violence driven by white supremacy. Danish journalist and author Steffen Hou spent a decade documenting Barker's life, from his descent into hate following childhood trauma to his transformation into a man advocating for forgiveness and understanding. The film serves as a powerful, life-affirming story about human reconciliation and the possibility of personal redemption. Watch here

‘(divorcing) WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE - ​Coming Home to Who We Really Are’

An amazing resource to check out/bookmark/share- link

An Invisible Attack on LGBTQ People in the United States. Personal Perspective: Overt violence may not be required to end LGBTQ lives.

Psychology Today expert and SAGE lead Dr. Daniel Pfau discusses how intentionally fostering a hostile environment for LGBTQ people is not seen as violent, but it can be. Article link

Local author writes best book on extremism that we’ve read yet!

New York TImes bestseller ‘The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism’ by Tim Alberta, who was raised in Livingston County by his father, a local pastor. This book discusses LivCo churches like Floodgate in chapter 7.

proven strategy to COMBATING white supremacy -the need for compassionate conversations & genuine connections

‘EducateUS’ presents to our community proven ways to fight fascism long term. Learn how to establish a connection with folks in a way that will inspire them to help stand against extremism with us. This is a Livingston Co based discussion.

Session one covers the background & situation specifics Part 1 

In session two, we practice and role-play these conversations Part 2

Podcast episode about Cromaine LIBRARY president Bill Bolin

Regular Christians discuss the chapter about Bill Bolin of Floodgate church, where conspiracy theories abound and right-wing diatribes are the new church growth model, in this short podcast episode.

This Is How White Supremacy Comes To Your Neighborhood

“It starts off subtly, with seemingly benign phrases about stereotypes being good and diversity being bad. Throw in a little talk of white heritage, sprinkle in some talk of being proud of your race. Before you know it, the talk escalates to things like “white genocide.”

Today’s brand of white supremacy doesn’t wear a white hood or a tattoo of a swastika (although they still exist.) No, today’s racists are more palatable. They are well spoken, intelligent. They dress nicely and are clean-cut. Article here

How to Be an Antiracist

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it. Order here

Stopping the Evangelical Attack Coming for Your Public Schools

Did you know that there's a program that takes students out of public school during the school day and busses them to sessions with unlicensed adults who preach abstinence and other evangelical propaganda to them? It's called Lifewise Academy, and if they don't already have a foothold in your school district, they're probably trying to get one right now. Yes, even if you live in a blue state. Learn how to stop them in this online session

"White Like Me" by anti-racist author and activist Tim Wise

A personal account that explores how racial privilege shapes American society, arguing that racism benefits white people and harms others by using personal stories instead of statistics to examine systemic issues in areas like education, housing, and employment. The book is also the basis for a 2013 documentary of the same name, which further investigates the historical and ongoing impact of race-based entitlement programs and the concept of a post-racial society. The documentary can also be found at Netflix or Amazon Prime.

Lessons from a former white power leader turned activist

Christian Picciolini chronicles his involvement in and exit from the early American white-supremacist skinhead movement in his memoir, WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH, and is the featured subject in season 3 of WBEZ-Chicago’s 'Motive' podcast. For nearly two decades, he has helped hundreds of individuals disengage from hate. These are good books for guys leaving the white supremacy movement.

He has highlighted his disengagement process in a second book, BREAKING HATE, published in 2020, as well as in the MSNBC documentary series of the same name that aired in 2018-2019. Both books can be found here. Check Christian Picciolini out in this Sarah Silverman interview.

Digital Security

learn the latest in digital security strategies that can keep your advocacy work loud and proud while reducing your risk behind the scenes. Link

Helping Men Resist Radicalization

Worried about the men in your life, workplace, or across the country being drawn into harmful ideologies? Learn where these ideologies are coming from, and how better engagement can help men resist radicalization, so we can all build safer, more connected communities together. Link

Emergent Strategy - Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. Adrienne Maree Brown’s first solo book has become a movement bestseller since its release in 2017. It is a guidebook for getting in right relationship with change, using our own nature and that of creatures beyond human as our teachers. Link

White Fragility- : Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism

How to engage in the necessary dialogue and self-reflection that can lead to structural change by Dr. Robin DiAngelo. Link

My Life After Hate, an Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead

A former racist skinhead examines his past: How did a teenaged alcoholic become a central figure in the white power movement of the early 90s? What happened to bring about his drastic change of heart? With a collection of reflective essays, disturbing flashbacks, and an interview, My Life After Hate scrubs scabs off the wound of racism, then soothes with the essential wisdom of compassion. This is a good book for guys leaving the white supremacy movement. Link