Below are a list of community partners and connections to explore for Book to Action 2021. More will be added and shared as we move through Fall 2020.
General
- Bookshop.org / local bookstores
- Braver Angels (civic discourse)
- City or County Recreation Departments, Health Departments, Community Centers, Senior Centers
- City or County Offices of Sustainability or Equity
- Community Action Teams, Community Action Partners, etc
- Museums, Arts Councils, Arts nonprofits, Nature Centers
- Special Libraries, Law Libraries
- The Wellbeing Project (City of Santa Monica)
- Universities, CSU Center for Community Engagement, Community Colleges, Adult & Continuing Education schools, K-12 schools
Equity
- 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge from America & Moore
- ACT for Women and Girls
- CSU Chico’s Book in Common 2020-2021: How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Equal Justice Initiative – Founded by Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy)
- League of Women Voters of California
- Local Healing Justice or Restorative Justice organizations
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Talking About Race series, includes Being Antiracist resources and actions
- Santa Monica Public Library’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Plan (PDF) with Twitter posts and resource links, mentioned in Book to Action Webinar #2. The challenge was based on the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge. SMPL adapted the challenge and incorporated some of their own activities/resources.
- Showing up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
Health
- California State Library Mental Health Initiative
- Healthcare Providers
- Mental Health / Behavioral Health organizations
- May is Mental Health Month – Resources from NAMI’s #NotAlone campaign
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – California
- Family Service Agencies
- YMCA / YWCA / Jewish Community Centers / Interfaith Agencies
Sustainability
- ALA’s Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change Programming Guide and General Info
- Borrowed Time – Mill Valley Public Library’s 2020 Climate Change series
- California Environmental Justice Coalition
- Climate Justice Alliance
- Earth Day (Thursday, April 22, 2021)
- Green Cities California
- Library Journal’s Sustainability Column / Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
- Project Drawdown Framework
- Repair Cafés
- Sunrise Movement (find a local hub)
- Surfrider Foundation California
- Sustainability in Libraries – Library 2.0
- Sustainable Libraries Initiative – See NY Reads statewide read project based on Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Toolkit)
- TED Countdown (apply to host a TEDx event through 2021)
- UN Sustainable Development Goals (and actions)
- Urban Sustainability Directors Network (check to see if your Office of Sustainability is linked)
- United Nations World Oceans Day (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)