RELATED RESOURCES
Below is a small sample of the many films and other online materials about bias that can engage you in thinking in a fresh way about implicit bias and how we can counter it, both individually and collectively.
Town of Falmouth Response to Black Lives Matter, May 2020
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Melanie Funchness: TEDxFlour City Implicit Bias: How it Effects Us and How We Push Through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk
Ageism – TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite
https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism?language=en
Life @ Google (unconscious bias) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5s_-Nl3JE 4 min.
Imagine a World Without Hate (ADL). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
https://www.adl.org/
Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is our nation’s premier civil rights/human relations organization. We have a distinguished history of reminding the world just how tenuous civil rights are and we mobilize people to engage in reasonable discourse as together we find solutions to serve our diverse society.
ENGAGE FALMOUTH
https://www.engagefalmouth.org/
Mobilizing, motivating and empowering the community to be a force for progressive change.
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
https://www.splcenter.org/
The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
NAACP CAPE COD
http://www.capecodnaacp.com/
Founded in 1961, it is our mission to end racial discrimination and segregation in all public aspects of American life.
Zion Union Heritage Museum
http://www.zuhmi.org/
The Zion Union Heritage Museum, Inc. mission is to create a museum that celebrates the African-American and Cape Verdean population as well as other ethnic and demographic diversity of the Town of Barnstable and Cape Cod.
CAPE COD PRIDE
http://www.capecodpride.org/
Cape Cod Pride, Inc. has three goals:
PFLAG CAPE COD
http://www.pflagcapecod.org/
Whether you are a parent, family member, friend, ally or member of the LGBTQ community, PFLAG is here to provide you support, information and a platform for advocacy.
MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE
https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full tribal sovereignty rights. The Mashpee tribe currently has approximately 2,600 enrolled citizens.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
http://www.barnstablecountyhrc.org/
In October of 2005, Barnstable County created the Human Rights Commission to address discrimination, equal rights, and equal access in Barnstable County.
The Barnstable County Human Rights Commission promotes equal opportunity in housing, employment, education, public accommodations, town and county services, insurance, banking, credit and health care for all persons in Barnstable County regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, sexual or affectional preference, marital, family or military status, source of income, neighborhood or disability.
The goals of the Commission are:
Town of Falmouth Response to Black Lives Matter, May 2020
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Melanie Funchness: TEDxFlour City Implicit Bias: How it Effects Us and How We Push Through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8G7MtRNlk
Ageism – TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite
https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_applewhite_let_s_end_ageism?language=en
Life @ Google (unconscious bias) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5s_-Nl3JE 4 min.
Imagine a World Without Hate (ADL). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
https://www.adl.org/
Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is our nation’s premier civil rights/human relations organization. We have a distinguished history of reminding the world just how tenuous civil rights are and we mobilize people to engage in reasonable discourse as together we find solutions to serve our diverse society.
ENGAGE FALMOUTH
https://www.engagefalmouth.org/
Mobilizing, motivating and empowering the community to be a force for progressive change.
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
https://www.splcenter.org/
The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
NAACP CAPE COD
http://www.capecodnaacp.com/
Founded in 1961, it is our mission to end racial discrimination and segregation in all public aspects of American life.
Zion Union Heritage Museum
http://www.zuhmi.org/
The Zion Union Heritage Museum, Inc. mission is to create a museum that celebrates the African-American and Cape Verdean population as well as other ethnic and demographic diversity of the Town of Barnstable and Cape Cod.
CAPE COD PRIDE
http://www.capecodpride.org/
Cape Cod Pride, Inc. has three goals:
- LGBTQ people from throughout Southeastern Massachusetts will feel free to be themselves and be appreciated by the broader community of Cape Cod and beyond.
- LGBTQ community members will feel less isolated and more aware of each other and of the many resources available to them.
- The broader Cape Cod community will become more aware of the issues and hurdles facing the LGBTQ community today, as well as of the role all may play in furthering equality.
PFLAG CAPE COD
http://www.pflagcapecod.org/
Whether you are a parent, family member, friend, ally or member of the LGBTQ community, PFLAG is here to provide you support, information and a platform for advocacy.
MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE
https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, also known as the People of the First Light, has inhabited present day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island for more than 12,000 years. After an arduous process lasting more than three decades, the Mashpee Wampanoag were re-acknowledged as a federally recognized tribe in 2007. In 2015, the federal government declared 150 acres of land in Mashpee and 170 acres of land in Taunton as the Tribe’s initial reservation, on which the Tribe can exercise its full tribal sovereignty rights. The Mashpee tribe currently has approximately 2,600 enrolled citizens.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
http://www.barnstablecountyhrc.org/
In October of 2005, Barnstable County created the Human Rights Commission to address discrimination, equal rights, and equal access in Barnstable County.
The Barnstable County Human Rights Commission promotes equal opportunity in housing, employment, education, public accommodations, town and county services, insurance, banking, credit and health care for all persons in Barnstable County regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, sexual or affectional preference, marital, family or military status, source of income, neighborhood or disability.
The goals of the Commission are:
- To promote and protect the basic human rights of all persons in Barnstable County
- To enlist the cooperation and support of racial, religious, ethnic, civic, fraternal, benevolent, and private and public agencies in eliminating unlawful discrimination, and cultivating and atmosphere of mutual understanding of the county’s cultural and social diversity
- To promote community awareness and understanding of the county’s diverse cultures through education and community action
- To provide the public with a forum to identify and address human rights violations within Barnstable County and, where possible, to assist in the resolution of complaints of human rights violations.