BUWG and WOCC members at “The Bluest Eye” performance on March 8, 2022.
The BU Women’s Guild Board is working to incorporate a mission to further diversity and inclusion into the DNA of the organization. Most recent efforts include:
Supporting the launch of the Women of Color Circle, a member-led affinity group initiative.
Developing a diversity and inclusion statement to be voted by the membership at the Annual Business Meeting.
We invite you to join us in these efforts.
Resources
Ally Resources
Do you want to be an Ally to women (and others) of color? Look for a growing list of resources to be added here, over time.
What is an Ally? According to the Guide to Allyship,
To be an Ally is to:
Take on the struggle as your own.
Stand up, even when you feel scared.
Transfer the benefits of your privilege to those who lack it.
Acknowledge that while you, too, feel pain, the conversation is not about you.
Ally Resources:
#LearnWithLayla
Layla Saad is a writer, speaker, podcast host & racial justice advocate whose work explores the intersections of race, spirituality, feminism & leadership. Layla is the author of the ground-breaking Me And White Supremacy Workbook (2018), and the host of Good Ancestor Podcast, and the now retired Wild Mystic Woman Podcast. She offers weekly ally training via Instagram Live.
Guide to Allyship
An ever-evolving and growing open source guide meant to provide you with the resources for becoming a more effective ally.
Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Dr. DiAngelo’s “area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives.” She spoke on the Boston University campus on Monday, March 4, 2019, on the topic of “white fragility.” Read her book, “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” and download the Free Reader’s Guide (and see other resources).
13th (available on Netflix) Selma (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) Just Mercy (available on Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube) The Hate U Give (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu) Do Not Resist (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) Do The Right Thing (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) Black Panther (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+) Get Out (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) When They See Us (available on Netflix) I Am Not Your Negro (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) 12 Years A Slave (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes) If Beale Street Could Talk (available on YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu)
