Racial Justice

InterVarsity TCF commits to welcoming and providing spiritual care to all ethnicities. This page provides statements from TCF as well as resources for learning about or working towards racial justice.

Resources on Racial Justice

Race is a volatile topic, and some of the ideas and resources listed here may espouse policies or theologies that you may find questionable. If that's the case, here's some guidelines on how to engage.

Denominational affiliation (eg evangelical, mainline, progressive) is encased in parentheses at the end of every religious resource.
If resistance is a road, then it has many lanes. It doesn't matter which lane you take--just please keep your foot on the gas pedal.
Chew the meat. Spit out the bones.

Black Lives Matter: links to petitions, fundraisers, and other resources
Black Lives Matter Resource Document: links to readings, fundraisers, petitions, and other advocacy tools
Christian Resources for Racial Justice: books, Bible verses, music, and other readings. Courtesy of Abigail Leung, Class of 2020 and Kai MacLean, Class of 2020. (evangelical)
USC Christian Spirituality Resource List: devotionals, prayers, books, worship databases, and other readings. Courtesy of Joseph Cho, Class of 2022. (evangelical)
Ethnic Identity Track: contains activities for processing beauty and brokenness in ethnic identity. Courtesy of InterVarsity Greater Los Angeles.
Links to Reading Black Theory
InterVarsity's Resources for Christians Responding to Racial Injustice: list of books organized by specific needs and difficulty level (evangelical)
InterVarsity's Multiethnic Ministries' article about doing racial justice work on campus (evangelical)
Black Campus Ministries
Latinx Fellowship
Bail Assistance for Protestors - The Bail Project 1-833-425-6TBP (secular)
Tips on how to protect yourself against pepper spray and tear gas (secular)
Black Lives Matter's petition list (secular)
For USC President Carol Folt to acknowledge the fight against anti-Blackness (secular)
Letters for Black Lives: multilingual and culturally aware letters for non-English speaking families (secular)
Organized Financial Allyship: links to anti-racist organizations organized by specific goals (secular)