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Black Lives Matter


MUSSA stands in solidarity with our Black peers, colleagues, friends and professionals. We condemn anti-Black racism and discrimination and are committed to learning, listening, reflecting on our practices and making space for voices of colour.

Please read our full commitment and links to resources for action, learning and support here, below, or on Facebook and Instagram.

Also take a moment to show your support for our friends Museum Professionals of Colour who are working hard to advocate for racial diversity in the museum industry.

*This webpage continues to be updated with resources and actions.*
Do you have feedback for MUSSA on how we can be better allies and make space for people of colour in our program and activities?
Please let us know; we'd love to hear from you! mussa.ischool@gmail.com.​


Read
Memoir:
  • Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
  • Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  • Notes from a Young Black Chef (Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein)
  • Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith

Fiction:
  • Americanah ( Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
  • An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
  • Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
  • Dear Martin (Nic Stone)
  • Frying Plantain (Zalika Reid-Benta)
  • How She Read (Chantal Gibson)
  • The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
  • The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas - adapted into a film)
  • Queenie (Candice-Carty Williams)
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
  • Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)

Non-Fiction:
  • Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
  • Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
  • How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
  • How We Get Free (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor)
  • Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
  • So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
  • Tears We Cannot Stop (Michael Eric Dyson)
  • The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
  • The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
  • They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice
  • Movement (Wesley Lowery)
  • Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Saidya Hartman)
  • White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)

Children’s Books:
  • A is for Activist (Innosanta Nagara)
  • Antiracist Baby (Ibram X. Kendi)
  • Each Kindness (Jacqueline Woodson)
  • Hair Love (Matthew A. Cherry - animated short film on YouTube)
  • I Am Enough (Grace Byers)
  • Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters (Andrea Davis Pinkney)
  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
  • Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
  • Sulwe (Lupita Nyong’o)
  • Tar Beach (Faith Ringgold)
Watch
  • 13th (Ava DuVernay, Netflix)
  • Dear White People (Justin Simien, Netflix)
  • I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, Kanopy)
  • The Blind Stigma (Stacy-Ann Buchanan, YouTube)
  • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay, Netflix)

Available for Free via National Film Board (nfb.ca):
  • Journey to Justice (Roger McTair)
  • Remember Africville
  • The Colour of Beauty (Elizabeth St. Philip)

​Follow
  • Brittany Packnett, activist (@mspackyetti)
  • DeRay Mckesson, activist (@iamderay)
  • Carrie Mae Weems, artist (@cariemaeweems)
  • Kehinde Wiley, artist (@kehindewiley)
  • Layla F. Saad, author (@laylafsaad)
  • Mickalene Thomas, artist (@mickalenethomas)
  • Munroe Bergdorf, activist (@munroebergdorf)
  • Nina Chanel, artist (@ninachanel)
  • Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, writer and activist (@rachel.cargle)
  • Toyin Ojih Odutola, artist (@toyinojihodutola)

Donate
  • Afri-Can Food Basket - africanfoodbasket.ca
  • Black Emergency Fund Support - ca.gofundme.com/f/black-emergency-support-fund
  • Black Health Alliance - blackhealthalliance.ca
  • Black Legal Action Centre - blacklegalactioncentre.ca
  • Black Women in Motion - blackwomeninmotion.org
  • Black Youth Helpline - blackyouth.ca
  • BLM Toronto - blacklivesmatter.ca
  • Justice for Regis Korchinski-Pacquet - ca.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis

Mental Health & Support
  • Across Boundaries - acrossboundaries.ca
  • East Metro Youth Services - emys.on.ca
  • TAIBU - taibuchc.ca/en
  • Tropicana - tropicanacommunity.org
  • UofT’s Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office - antiracism.utoronto.ca
  • Women’s Health in Women’s Hands - whiwh.com/who-we-are

Support Businesses
  • Black Owned Toronto - instagram.com/blackowned.to
  • Afrobiz.ca - ontario.afrobiz.ca/Toronto-ON
  • Black-Owned Businesses in Toronto - blogto.com/city/2020/06/black-owned-businesses-toronto/
  • Black-Owned Businesses - websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/

MUSSA's Commitment in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement. June 6, 2020.

Black Lives Matter.

The Master of Museum Studies Student Association stands in solidarity with our Black peers, colleagues, friends and professionals. We condemn the recent injustices against Regis Korchinsky-Paquet, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and too many others, known and unknown, who have been killed. We recognize that we could have used our platform sooner to condemn the ongoing discrimination and hurt caused by anti-Black racism, white violence and systems of oppression.

There is a lot of work to be done and we know we can do better to care for and advocate for Black communities. We are listening and educating ourselves, having tough conversations and learning to be uncomfortable. We don’t want this to be a one-time social media post, but are committed to reflecting on our practices as a representative council for Museum Studies students. MUSSA is learning how to best #amplifymelanatedvoices (credit to Alishia McCullough, @blackandembodied, and Jessica Wilson, @jessicawilson.msrd), and we welcome support, comments, suggestions and criticisms, now and into the future.

We are sharing educational resources in order to engage with anti-racist practices, as well as other content to amplify and support Black artists, authors, stories, activists and organizations. This list is not exhaustive and there are many other resources available. We encourage you to do your research to be able to take informed action and work alongside us in becoming better allies.

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Thank you to our friends at Museum Professionals of Colour (@mpoc.uoft) who are working
hard today and every day to advocate for racial diversity in the museum industry, and sharing
ways for us to work towards an inclusive narrative. We encourage you to check out their
resources, as well as the others we have shared here.

Make sure to check out the MPOC Instagram, Facebook and Linktree as they continue to share resources.

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MUSSA acknowledges the past and ongoing role of museums in colonialism and are committed to overcoming and reforming oppressive practices within the iSchool and larger museum community. MUSSA operates on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Wendat peoples, Haudenosaunee, and Anishinaabe. We are thankful to be situated on Turtle Island and for the opportunity to learn and work on the land.
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MUSSA is a student association of the University of Toronto and as such is committed to the university’s goals of equity, human rights, and respect for diversity. All members of the learning environment should strive to create an atmosphere of mutual respect where all members of our community can express themselves, engage with one another, and respect one another’s differences. The University of Toronto does not condone discrimination, violence or harassment against any persons or communities. As University of Toronto students, MUSSA members are bound by the University of Toronto’s Code of Student Conduct and are expected to act in a manner that is appropriate and respectful while fulfilling their role on MUSSA.

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