We believe in inclusivity, empowerment, and safety. We believe in communities that are strong and mutually supportive. We believe in creating the society we all deserve. Below are links to full on course explanations and notes for all of the classes we offer on inclusive teaching and community empowerment, as well as a long list of outside resources on community spaces, workshops, and general info.
Have some suggestions? We want to hear them! Whether they are comments on the resources here or any new resources to suggest. We want this page to be interactive, just as we hope the conversations in the community will give a voice to everyone. We will try our best to respond to any comments you have on the resources here, especially comments on any of the classes or skits. And we are always looking for more resources to add. In particular, we are trying to develop a section of "local resources" available in cities all around the country (and the world). If you know of any info shops or groups in your (or any other) area, please let us know!
Featured!
To make this page flashier and more exciting (not that being radical isn't already flashy enough) let's highlight some new find now and again of something that makes some great points. This time? An excellent and somewhat jarring French video. Have a suggestion for next time? Send it to us!
Have some suggestions? We want to hear them! Whether they are comments on the resources here or any new resources to suggest. We want this page to be interactive, just as we hope the conversations in the community will give a voice to everyone. We will try our best to respond to any comments you have on the resources here, especially comments on any of the classes or skits. And we are always looking for more resources to add. In particular, we are trying to develop a section of "local resources" available in cities all around the country (and the world). If you know of any info shops or groups in your (or any other) area, please let us know!
Featured!
To make this page flashier and more exciting (not that being radical isn't already flashy enough) let's highlight some new find now and again of something that makes some great points. This time? An excellent and somewhat jarring French video. Have a suggestion for next time? Send it to us!
Outside Resources
Overall Resources:
Some Good Blogs:
On Consent:
On Sexism:
On Sexual Violence
On Allyship and Privilege:
On Accountability
On Facilitation
On Cultural Appropriation:
Local Resources:
Resources Recess Has Developed
Radical Organizational Techniques:
Classes:
Skits:
**A note on the Skit: Confronting Someone on their Use of Language: we've received a few comments related to the examples of potentially offensive terms listed at the bottom of this document. Some terms, such as "picnic" or "hip hip horray" were called into question as having rumored or falsely problematic origins. We thank everyone so much for raising these clarifications and have modified the document. Research and a care for true information is important. We would like to additionally note, however, that even when some terms are controversially offensive it can some times be better to "play it safe" and many of these terms were added in hopes of being all incompassing of what people are offended by rather than what people should be offended by and that the primary role of this skit intends to give methods of confronting an individual on language more than anything else. Thank you all for your comments, if you have any others we would love to hear them! We hope that this resource page will be interactive with the community and love to hear everyone's suggestions.
Overall Resources:
- Overall Resource Guide: Contains links for all of the resources below if you'd like something to print off.
Some Good Blogs:
- Jezebel: A blog with consistently good posts about feminist news and ideas.
- Radicaltransfem: A blog with a lot to say about gender issues. Provides a unique and important voice on these issues from the trans community.
- Zines: Want more to read? This page has an extensive library of zines.
On Consent:
- BED: A Burning Man group offering articles on consent in a creative and sex positive way. Has workshop outlines and fantastic educational printouts.
- Support: A guide for responding to sexual assault.
- Practicing Good Consent: One of the best consent zines we have ever read. Contains narratives and workshops.
- Consent Workshops: Role plays and testimonials for consent workshops.
- You were Asking to get Mugged: A salient and short narrative that highlights the absurdity of the way society treats rape allegations.
- Radical Consent: A dense and well developed radical lens on consent in the context of power agency and sexuality.
- When Consent has been Broken: Another consent workshop that focuses on responding to sexual assault and rape.
- Consent isn't all about Sex: A brief reminder that people have the right to consent in all situations. Not just the sexual ones.
On Sexism:
- The Oppressed Majority: A jarring french film (and discussion) of sexism and some of it's consequences.
- Social Detox: A Rad (now inactive) organization for breaking apart sexism, and their super cool Zine on guiding men's groups for men actively working against sexism. Lots of great anti-patriarchy resources on their blog.
On Sexual Violence
- Northeast Anarchist Network's resource guide: A list of resources as big as ours (!) on Consent, Sexual Assault, Rape, Accountability Processes,, Community Responses to Sexual Assault, Resources For Survivors, Resources for People Called Out for Sexual Assault, and even some specifically for men.
- Rape Culture: An explanation of Rape Culture, how it operates, and how we can work against it.
On Allyship and Privilege:
- What an Ally is Not: A critical discussion of common problems with approaches to allyship.
- Being an Ally: While the very concept of allyship has some serious faults, this is a nice primer on how to own your privilege and stand up for everyone.
- I am Complicit: A narrative zine on the crisis we should (probably all) have when confronting privilege and the way systems of oppression force us to hurt each other.
On Accountability
- Accountability: Looking at how to structure accountability in our community.
- Revolution Starts At Home: A Zine on running accountability process and need-to-knows.
- A Community Accountably Blog: new resources posted all the time.
- If A Man Rapes In Newton And Nobody Knows What To Do..:One how-to on a specific Accountability Processes:
- A short Zine on how to take accountability for your own actions.
- Accountability Processes and common pitfalls by CrimethInc.
On Facilitation
- Effective, anti-oppressive, meeting facilitation. A Publication by the AORTA Collective on
On Cultural Appropriation:
- Cultural Exchange vs Appropriation: Cultural appropriation is important but can be tricky to navigate. Here's an accessible introduction.
Local Resources:
- Bay Area: AORTA Collective: Community space focused on education for social justice.
- Portland: Free School: Located often at Red and Black Cafe or elsewhere, this community based school teaches on social justice and everything else.
- NY: Blue Stockings: Radical feminist and queer bookstore/infoshop. Often holds discussions.
- NY: Theater of the Oppressed: A Brooklyn based theater of the oppressed troupe with productions and discussions
- Seattle: WildCat: A radical community space.
Resources Recess Has Developed
Radical Organizational Techniques:
- Profit Sharing: An Introduction and a Model
Classes:
- Allyship
- Check Your Privilege: Privilege and Power Dynamics in Dance Communities
- Check Your Privilege Instructor Edition: Reassessing Organizer and Instructor Privilege
- Conflict Resolution for Instructors and Organizers in Dance Communities
- Inclusive Language For Dance Classes and Conversations
- Inclusive Teaching Techniques for Partner Dance Classes
- Queering Dance Methods/Language: Dancing for and with Any Body
- Sexualization in Dance and Dance Communities
Skits:
- Confronting Someone on their Use of Language**
- Definitions of Common Terminology
- Personal Gender Pronouns: What They Are and How to Ask for Them
**A note on the Skit: Confronting Someone on their Use of Language: we've received a few comments related to the examples of potentially offensive terms listed at the bottom of this document. Some terms, such as "picnic" or "hip hip horray" were called into question as having rumored or falsely problematic origins. We thank everyone so much for raising these clarifications and have modified the document. Research and a care for true information is important. We would like to additionally note, however, that even when some terms are controversially offensive it can some times be better to "play it safe" and many of these terms were added in hopes of being all incompassing of what people are offended by rather than what people should be offended by and that the primary role of this skit intends to give methods of confronting an individual on language more than anything else. Thank you all for your comments, if you have any others we would love to hear them! We hope that this resource page will be interactive with the community and love to hear everyone's suggestions.
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