Join study groups like BARWE (Building Anti Racist White Educators): https://www.barwe215.org/
Attend online classes and professional development focused on deepening their commitments to racial justice: https://www.csus.edu/college/education/doctorate-educational-leadership/leading-with-justice/leading-with-justice.html
Explore Zinn Education Teaching materials and social justice resources for teachers: https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/
The Round Rock Black Parents Association was a crucial part of the mobilization against the attempt to ban books in Texas. https://www.roundrockblackparents.org/
The Panther Anti-Racist Union, a student group led classmates, parents, and educators through about a month of “walk-in” protests in York, PA. https://pantherantiracistunion.com/index.html
The Librotraficante Caravan movement delivers books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. http://www.librotraficante.com/
The Zinn Education Project invites educators to #TeachTruth and protest these laws that require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-truth-days-action-2022
Students and teachers file lawsuits. In Missouri, students filed a lawsuit (Case No. 4:22-cv-191) against their district for removing eight books from school libraries. https://www.aclu-mo.org/sites/default/files/aclu-mo-sues-wentzville-school-district-2202-02-15.pdf
Red Wine and Blue created a Parent Playbook for how parents can fight back against extremism and censorship and support their teachers. https://secure.everyaction.com/E1T1y4AtjE-l9hxUQezNUA2
The American Library Association Office of Intellective Freedom maintains a list resources and ideas for combatting censorship and raising awareness of book banning. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity
School Board Partners provides trainings and support districts and school board members in anti-racist policymaking. They create and disseminate framework and toolkit for school districts across the country to assess their policies through an anti-racist lens and access resources such as a policy library. This includes the creation of a dashboard that will evaluate districts on the extent to which their policies are equitable. https://schoolboardpartners.org/
Run for Something recruits and supports young, diverse progressives to run for down-ballot races to build sustainable power in all 50 states. RfS aims to lower the barriers to entry for these candidates by helping with behind-the-scenes mechanics, tactical and strategic support, advice, mentorship, access to training, and everything in between. https://runforsomething.net/run/candidate-support-system/
Our Turn, a student run organization aims to combat censorship and ensure that students can learn about U.S. history and racism regardless of what material is removed from classrooms. https://www.itsourturn.org/thechallenge
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Virginia Advocacy Tool Kit toolkit provides action items to help. https://www.acluva.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/volunteer_toolkit-bannedbooks_final.pdf
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) assistance hotline offers confidential information, guidance, support, and next steps in accordance with NCTE’s resources on intellectual freedom in the classroom. https://ncte.org/resources/ncte-intellectual-freedom-center/
The National Coalition Against Censorship, Kids’ Right to Read Project, offers support, education, and direct advocacy to people facing book challenges or bans in schools and libraries. https://ncac.org/project/what-we-do
H.E.A.L Together (Honest, Education, Action, & Leadership) partners with on-the-ground organizers to counter book bans in our schools, and advance a vision of a just, multiracial democracy that works for everyone. https://www.raceforward.org/heal-together/about