Research Guides: 21-Day Anti-Racism Challenge: Beyond the Challenge

Beyond the 21 Day Challenge

While education is the first step towards an anti-racist community, it is not all that is needed to affect real change. Here are some local and national resources that you can engage with as you continue to contribute to anti-racist rhetoric in both the UC community and your personal communities.

In Cincinnati

Black Owned Businesses in Cincinnati
This comprehensive database allows you to search for Black owned businesses in Cincinnati by type. This includes retail stores, health and fitness, education, and more.
50 Black Owned Businesses in Cincinnati
This Enquirer article lists a curated list of 50 Black owned businesses in the Queen City.
U.C. Coalition for Anti Racist Action
This U.C. coalition is a cross-campus network of staff and faculty committed to doing work to support calls to action by Black-led organizations at the University of Cincinnati.
Eliminating Racism Empowering Women
This group is based in the Greater Cincinnati region. From its inception, YWCA championed initiatives including a women’s employment bureau, minimum wage, protective labor laws, women’s suffrage, and job training for women.
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Antiracist Workshops
Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) is committed to conversations about racial equity that build connections and move us forward with enhanced insights and shared purpose. To help advance that imperative goal, GCF offers a series of educational trainings.

National Organizations

Equal Justice Initiative
EJI works with communities that have been marginalized by poverty and discouraged by unequal treatment. They are committed to changing the narrative about race in America.
Boston University Center for Antiracist Research
Quote from Ibram X. Kendi, founder: "We are choosing to be antiracist. My colleagues and I are choosing to use the blocks of thoughtful and exhaustive public scholarship to build an antiracist future for America, for humanity."
Honest Education Action and Leadership (H.E.A.L.) Together Training
This series helps students, parents, teachers, and community members learn how to foster the growth of resilient and equitable public schools. Topics covered include student organizing, integrating cultural inclusivity into curricula, and budgeting and policymaking for equity.

Online

Harvard University's Implicit Bias Test
Take this implicit bias test to understand your own bias' better. Use this information to analyze your interactions with those around you!
How History Has Shaped Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
This interactive timeline details the ways in which U.S. federal policies have led to the racial health disparities that we experience today.