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The Protein Society encourages protein scientists all over the world to make it a priority to learn about racial disparity in STEM and beyond, and how to take concrete action to end racism in science. We hope the resources below are helpful and will assist those looking to develop an action plan.  To grow the list, please send us your suggestions.

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Use Your Voice

Contact your local elected representatives and other public officials. If you live in the U.S., you can find your local member of the House of Representatives here. For a more comprehensive list of federal, state, and local officials, you can use directories like that provided by Common Cause. 

Get Involved/Support

• Trans Women of Color Collective
• Blackbelt Community Foundation: COVID-19 Relief for Black people
• #SAYHERNAME
• Black Lives Matter
• The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• The Equal Justice Initiative 
• Color of Change
• Until Freedom
• Loveland Foundation
• Systemic Racism Explained
• Black People Meet @ ASMS Helpful Resources

Learn more (reading list)

• Country of Origin (Revised) 
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race
• Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present 
• White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race 
• 5 Books About Black Movements and Systemic Racism in America 
• So You Want to Talk about Race 
• Breathe: A Letter to My Sons 
• Heavy: An American Memoir 
• On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life
• Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education