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National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and guest experts from all sides of the debate convene for live conversations from Philadelphia ...

Check out our 2021 Year in Review Video as we reflect back on the work that was made possible by our supporters, allies and partners this year! Amid an evolving philanthropic landscape, continuing pandemic, and rising threats to human rights around the world, frontline communities and their allies are facing extraordinary uncertainty and instability. We are so grateful to our supporters who allow us to sustain, deepen, and expand the support that we are providing to frontline communities around the world.

If you’re taking to the streets to demand justice for the victims of police brutality and homicide, you may want to leave your phone at home. No matter how peaceful your behavior, you are at risk of getting arrested or assaulted by police. Cops might confiscate your phone and search it regardless of whether or not they’re legally allowed to, or they might try to break it, especially if it contains photos or video of their violent or illegal actions. At the same time, it’s a good idea to bring a phone to a protest so you can record what’s happening and get the message out on social media. Filming police is completely legal and within your rights, and it’s one of the few tools we have against police brutality. It’s also important to be able to communicate with others in real-time or to find your friends in case you get separated. To reconcile this tension — between wanting to protect your privacy and wanting to digitally document protests and police misdeeds — the safest option is to leave your primary phone, which contains a massive amount of private information about you, at home and instead bring a specially-prepared burner phone to protests. The Intercept's Micah Lee discusses how to do this at length in the video above. Read the article at theintercept.com

The Working Group is an Oakland-based nonprofit that combines documentary and multimedia with outreach and organizing. Our efforts have started dialogue and sparked civic engagement in hundreds of communities nationwide, starting with the 1995 public television broadcast of Not In Our Town. This documentary followed the story of the citizens of Billings, Montana who joined forces to resist anti-Semitic and racist bigotry in their town. After an unprecedented national outreach campaign, communities around the country began to use the story as a model for anti-hate work. Today, NIOT is one of the country's leading resources for community organizing to prevent and respond to hate crimes. Please note that comments that include profanity or personal attacks, disrespectful language, hate speech, or other inappropriate material will be removed. Learn more: niot.org Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/notinourtown twitter.com/notinourtown

"Video for Change is packed with real-life stories from the fray, how-to guidance, and easy-to-use exercises. Clear and accessible, it provides a crash course in the basics of social justice video documentation and advocacy. The authors cover every aspect of filmmaking from technical guidance to strategic and ethical issues, making it indispensable for both amateur and professional filmmakers.;Readers are shown how to plan, film, edit and distribute; they are shown how to adopt an effective strategy so that their video makes a difference. The book is unique in that it also covers the practical ethics and responsibilities of social justice video-work and offers a global range of real-life stories to learn from."--Pub. desc.

Political acts are encoded in medial forms -- feet marching on a street, punch holes on a card, images on live stream, tweets -- that have force, shaping people as subjects and constituting the contours of what is sensible, legible, visible. Thus, these events define the terms of political possibility and create terrain for political actions. Sensible Politics: The Visual Culture of Nongovernmental Activism considers the constitutive role played by aesthetic and performative techniques in the staging of claims by nongovernmental activists. Attending to political aesthetics means focusing not on a disembodied image that travels under the concept of art or visual culture, nor on a preformed domain of the political that seeks subsequent expression in media form. Instead, it requires bringing the two realms together into the same analytic frame. Drawing on the work of a diverse group of contributors, from art historians, anthropologists, and political theorists to artists, filmmakers, and architects, Sensible Politics situates aesthetic forms within broader activist contexts and networks of circulation and in so doing offers critical insight into the practices of mediation whereby the political becomes manifest. Contributors include: Barbara Abrash, Negar Azimi, Ariella Azoulay, Amahl Bishara, Judith Butler, Eduardo Cadava, Jonathan Crary, Ann Cvetkovich, Faye Ginsburg, Sam Gregory, Zeynep Devrim Gürsel, Roger Hallas, Andrew Herscher, Sandi Hilal, Kirsten Johnson, Liza Johnson, Thomas Keenan, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Jaleh Mansoor, Yates McKee, Meg McLagan, Alessandro Petti, Hugh Raffles, Felicity D. Scott, Kendall Thomas, Leshu Torchin, Eyal Weizman, Benjamin J. Young, Huma Yusuf, and Charles Zerner.

Developed by Karla J. Strand, DPhil, MLIS Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian University of Wisconsin System 2019 This bibliography is number 89 in […]

JSTOR releases the first books in Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new books in the humanities and social sciences.

We asked some of our regular book critics what soon-to-be-published titles they are most looking forward to reading this summer. Here's what they said.

In these captivating books about immigration, authors recount deeply personal stories of migration, starting over, and learning to adjust to life in a foreign world.

There’s no shortage of talented Latinx writers with all kinds of stories to tell. Let’s make space for them.

There's a Book for That: U.S.- Mexico Border #InsidePenguinRandom

7 Documentaries by Deaf and Disabled People to Watch After Crip Camp   If you recently watched Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution and want to learn more here are 7 documentaries by Deaf and di…

From Oscar winners like The Shape of Water to small indies like The Peanut Butter Falcon, these are the 10 best films of the decade about disabilities.

Jun 25, 2012 - A list of films and documentaries that have realistic portrayals of people with disabilities. Share your ideas for other films to include. We will post your review!. See more ideas about documentaries, movie tv, movies.

Disability Justice by leahlakshmi - a community-created list : Books and articles and films by disabled, d(D)eaf, chronically ill and neurodivergent majority Black and brown people, many queer and trans, writing about fighting ableism, disabled lives, political struggles, communities and histories, sharing skills and organizing tactics and art, making revolution. This list was created by writer and disability justice cultural worker and organizer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, brownstargirl.org. If you share this publicly, please do so with credit.

JULY 2013 EDIT — I am going section by section trying to clean the list up and finally create sub-lists for all the categories. July 19 — I began working on...

By Rachel Evans, David Rutland, and Geraldine Kalim It’s June and that means it’s Gay Pride Month!  Stop by the Library Foyer to check out our Pride Month book & DVD display!  Through…

In 1987, after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as Women’s History Month. And since 1988, U.S. presidents have issued annual proclamations designating the month of March as Women’s History Month, which is recognized and celebrated every year in a variety of ways, all across the country, throughout the entire month. As this year’s Women’s History Month of celebrations comes to an end, here are 20 feature documentaries on notable black women in world history that you should add to your watch-lists, not only to close out the month, but to watch and appreciate beyond it. After all, black women should be celebrated every month, all year, not just in March. These films are all accessible, available in at least one home video format (DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, Digital Download, YouTube, Netflix etc). This is by no means a definitive list, so feel free to add your suggestions in the comment section...

Here's your reading list for the MeToo Era.

From Issa López's 'Vuelven' to Lucrecia Martel's 'Zama,' here are 20 films directed by Latinas you can stream to celebrate Women's History Month.

The Library’s commitment to hearing and supporting Black Americans is based on its values of being welcoming, curious, accessible, kind, collaborative, and resilient. Standing for Black Lives Matter is not a political issue. Black Lives Matter is the human rights issue of our time and we must engage in the uncomfortable conversations that it will take to ensure that everything we do in our work and in our personal lives reflects our undying commitment to our Black colleagues and customers. It is not possible for us to support the Hispanic and Latino/a/x communities if we do not commit to Black Lives Matter. We cannot stand against the racism that Asian Pacific Americans continue to experience with COVID-19 without affirming that Black Lives Matter.

To understand our present, we must understand our past. These programs will give you a closer look at the history of racism and injustice against black Americans that lead us to this moment.

"To help people be better allies lists of antiracist books films and podcasts are being published in droves. There's never a bad time to learn but such a list can become erroneously prescriptive a balm to centuries-old lacerations that cut deeper than the individual reader. As Lauren Michele Jackson wrote for Vulture "The word [anti-racism] and its nominal equivalent "anti-racist" suggests something of a vanity project where the goal is no longer to learn more about race power and capital but to spring closer to the enlightened order of the antiracist." So with that in mind we've compiled a list of books films and podcasts about systemic racism acknowledging that they are just books films and podcasts. You'll find research on how racism permeates everything from the criminal justice system to health care. We hope you spend some time with these resources (and that you listen to Code Switch — here's a list of episodes to get you started). Information is power — you decide what you do with it."

"Latino/Hispanic culture is part of North and South America Central America the Caribbean and Spain."

"JSTOR has created an open library to support readers seeking to engage with BIPOC+Q-authored reading lists like the one developed by the New York Public Library."

"Looking for something new to watch read or listen to? Dig in to our list of movies TV series podcasts and books to expand your knowledge. Don't forget to share your favorites with your friends and let us know your picks in the comments below."

A book list compiled by The Book Table.

"The contributions of black writers to American literature span genres and generations. Black History Month is a great time to highlight the work of black authors in the U.S. (and beyond) but of course these literary works are worth honoring year round. This February we’re taking a look at recent history and celebrating contemporary icons and rising stars in fiction nonfiction poetry and more. Here are 50 commendable books by black authors published in the past five years."

"Of course some of Oprah's favorites made the list."