Anti-Racism Resource Guide

Organizations marked with an asterisk (*) serve South Dallas/the Southern Sector directly and are supported by/involved with the State Fair of Texas.

A CHANCE TO LEARN*
Combats the issue of children entering kindergarten behind their peers. 

ABERG CENTER FOR LITERACY
Building richer lives, stronger families, and better communities through programs in English fluency, preparation for high school equivalency in English and Spanish, early childhood education, and family literacy 

ABIDE WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES
Aims to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care by offering healthcare and complimentary services that are easily accessible, holistic, evidence based and free from judgement.  

ABOUNDING PROSPERITY
Provides services that address health, social and economic disparities among Black Americans with a particular emphasis on gay & bisexual men, cisgender women, transgender women, and their families. 

ADULT REHABILITATION MINISTRY*
To transform chemically dependent individuals through loving, accountable relations and a Christ-Centered twelve step process in a residential treatment program.  

AES ALI INSTITUTE*
Motivates undereducated, underprivileged adult learners to obtain the education and career training necessary to be self-sufficient. Reduces barriers and increases access to new opportunities that help restore dignity and improves the quality of life of the students, their families, and the community. 

THE AFIYA CENTER
Serves Black women and girls by transforming their relationship with their sexual & reproductive health through addressing the consequences of reproduction oppression. 

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM*
The only one of its kind in the Southwest Region that is devoted to the preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural, and historic materials.  

ALERT MINISTRIES*
Serves high-risk youth in the Collin and Dallas communities who have experienced incarceration, sex trafficking, and other forms of hardship by providing Christ-centered life skills programs. 

ALLIANCE FOR GREATER WORKS

Alliance for Greater Works mission is to dismantle the root causes of injustices affecting marginalized communities. Alliance envisions a world where every person is empowered to be all they were created to be regardless of the zip code in which they live.

APAA RECOVERY CENTER*
Serves persons who are in recovery or seeking recovery from substance use, many with co-occurring mental challenges through a peer-driven and peer-led operational model.  

BAYLOR, SCOTT, & WHITE/JUANITA J. CRAFT RECREATION CENTER* 

BEACON HILL PREP*
Provides holistic child development through academic, cultural and life-skill programs with active parental involvement.  

BIG THOUGHT*
Equips youth in marginalized communities to imagine and create their best lives and world through a powerful combination of social and emotional focus, experiential learning, community-centered partnerships, equity lens and future focus.   

BISHOP ARTS THEATER CENTER*
Aims to cultivate a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating opportunities for local and emerging artists through performances and education.  

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS*
Enables all young people, especially those who need them most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. 

BRASWELL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER*
Provides childcare services for children who represent all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.  

CARDBoard PROJECT*
Connects the digitally disabled to opportunities, services, and access to self-sufficiency. 

Career Pathway Training* 

CARTER’S HOUSE*
Seeks to help those that do not meet the housing criteria required by many assistance programs 

CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION*
Exists to Mentor, Inspire, Nurture, Train (MINT) under-served families and at-risk youth in southern Dallas. 

CHRIS HOWELL FOUNDATION
Provides programs and services to vulnerable communities that address disparities in health, wellness, and financial literacy. 

CIRCLE OF SUPPORT*
Provides families in under-served areas of Dallas with high-quality summer learning opportunities for their children in order to minimize summer learning loss while increasing academic, social, and leadership skills.  

CITY MEN COOK
Mentors fathers and young men to help them understand their critical role in their family’s success by offering male empowerment programs, culinary services, and community support.  

CITYSQUARE*
Offers a food pantry, health & wellness programs, workforce development program, and largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing in the City of Dallas. 

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH CDC*
Provides a variety of services to the South Dallas area, including a shower facility, clothes closet, and kitchen that serves seven meals each week to the homeless.  

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES*
Nourishes the community’s low-income families and individuals by providing nutritious food and supportive education. 

CORNERSTONE CROSSROADS ACADEMY*
In addition to earning credits towards a high school diploma, CCA students have several opportunities for development and support.  

DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK*
Increase the quality and availability of afterschool and summer programs for over 14,000 students in Dallas County. 

DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE
Creates & produces contemporary modern dance & educational programs that bridge cultures & reach diverse communities.

DALLAS TRUTH
Creating a radically inclusive city by addressing race and racism through narrative change, relationship building and equitable policies and practices.

DALLAS FORT WORTH URBAN LEAGUE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS*
Supports the DFW metroplex through service, civic engagement, and leadership development. 

DALLAS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION*
By focusing on systematic leadership development built on a foundation of genuine love and respect for people, the Foundation serves as a bedrock for collaborative community transformation.  

DALLAS TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING & TRANSFORMATION*
Addresses the historic and contemporary effects of racism through ongoing workshops, lectures, and other programming. 

DRIVE-BY BLESSING FOOD PANTRY*
Provides food boxes at no charge to families. 

EDCO COMMUNITIES
Provides sustainable, affordable and high-quality homes that provide a conduit to revitalizing Dallas communities. 

EMPOWERING THE MASSES*
Provides basic needs, educational services and resources to help individuals gain self-worth and financial independence.  

FAITH IN TEXAS*
A nonpartisan, multi-racial, multi-faith grassroots movement of people united in values working together to achieve economic, racial, and social justice for all people. They have the Luke 4:18 fund, in addition to offering COVID-19 resources.  

FANNIE C. HARRIS YOUTH CENTER & AFTER8TOEDUCATE*
Recognizes each unsheltered youth as a whole individual with the potential to overcome all aspects of homelessness.  

FAWC CONSERVATORY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE*
Promote creative youth and adult development by linking arts and science education, training, and interpretive experiences with building personal, social and intellectual capacities needed to succeed in school, career, and life.  

FEED Oak Cliff*
Developing awareness of the benefits of a plant-based diet, motivating people to make positive changes to improve health, and bring awareness of healthier food offerings in the Oak Cliff area.  

Feeding the Community* 

Financial Education* 

First Choice Social Services*
Promotes a healthy lifestyle change through accountability, respect and education; to cultivate better choices in the lives of the families we serve that are affected by domestic violence, substance abuse and teen homeliness. 

FOR OAK CLIFF*
Started as a back to school festival, aims to liberate Oak Cliff from systemic oppression by growing a culture of education and increasing social mobility and social capital. 

FSC EMPOWER*
Provides quality workforce development services for unemployed/underemployed individuals, dislocated workers, justice-involved persons, comprehensive job placement assistance, social/economic development, capacity building, and resource referrals.  

FRAZIER REVITALIZATION*
Acts as a community quarterback – coordinating and guiding the activities of neighborhood stakeholders that life up people and cultivate places so Frazier can be a thriving community.

GOLDEN S.E.E.D.S FOUNDATION CDC
The achievement of lasting impact by propelling women entrepreneurs. A sterling opportunity for investors.  

GREEN CAREERS DALLAS*
501(c)3 nonprofit providing solar PV installation training in the lowest-income neighborhoods in Dallas as a pathway to living-wage entry-work in a rapidly growing industry. 

HARMONY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION*
Organized to stimulate the development of affordable housing, create business ownership and employment opportunities, combat crime, increase social services and provide other charitable and educational services in our community.  

HARMONY FOOD PANTRY*
Provides healthy, nutritionally balanced and quality food to individuals and families in need.  

HEART OF COURAGE*
Provides support and advocacy for women who have their children placed in the Texas foster care system and mothers who have aged out of the foster care system.   

HERITAGE GIVING FUND AT TEXAS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION*
Encourage philanthropy in the African-American/Black community to contribute in a strategic and meaningful way, and to bring a new source of funding to nonprofit organizations serving African-American women and girls throughout the North Texas area.  

HOPE RESTORATION/TRUE LEE BAPTIST CHURCH*
Restore hope in the lives of the residents of the South Dallas/Fair Park community by providing services and working in collaboration with community partners to meet their needs and help them achieve their full potential. 

HOPEFUL SOLUTIONS*
Empowers single mothers by providing the holistic support needed to sustain sobriety and self-sufficient living with their children.  

ILOOKLIKELOVE*
Empowering families with resources for a thriving baby, mentoring for personal growth, and tools for financial freedom.  

IMAGINING FREEDOM INSTITUTE*
Focuses on dismantling institutional and structural racism, providing historical analysis of inequitable policy and practices, addressing intersectionality in issues and solutions, implementing equity and social justice and envisioning a more equitable society.  

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES PROJECTS NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY & OPTIONS PROGRAM
Addresses the vestiges of racial segregation in the neighborhoods without adequate services and facilities.  

INSPIRED VISION COMPASSION CENTER*
Distributes food and essential items to those in need throughout Dallas County. 

INSPIRING TOMORROW’S LEADERS*
Inspire Tomorrow’s Leaders for today’s workforce to create generational legacies of education, job security and retention, and financial stability in our communities.  

INTERCITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ICDC)*
Mission is to create a safe, stable, and vibrant South Dallas/Fair Park community by building partnerships that provide homeownership opportunities, economic development, community education, and advocacy.   

JUBILEE CENTER*
Serves as a catalyst for community renewal and enrichment to the Jubilee Park Neighborhood.  

LIFEPOINT CHURCH
A multicultural church in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. We provide food pantry and clothing services, and we serve the community in a variety of ways. 

LONE STAR JUSTICE ALLIANCE*
Legal organization that improves the lives of youth and emerging adults in the justice system.  

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SOCIAL SERVICES*
We provide rent and utility assistance for City of Dallas residents based on available funds/HUD guidelines.   

MASJID AL-QURAN*
Serves up a feeding site for the Southern sector in an effort to provide food/meals for needy families in the 75203 zip code 

METROCARE
Metrocare is the largest provider of mental health services in North Texas, serving nearly 60,000 adults and children annually. Metrocare provides primary care centers for adults and children, services for veterans and their families, accessible pharmacies, housing and supportive social services.  

MILES OF FREEDOM*
Helps people transition and stay out of prison, and create a productive bridge of transition for individuals, families, and communities.

MISSION OAK CLIFF
Mission Oak Cliff commits to breaking the cycle of poverty in the Oak Cliff community. As an expression of Christ’s love, we improve food security, encourage meaningful relationships, & teach life skills.  Mission Oak Cliff currently serves zip codes 75203, 75208, 75211, 75216, and 75224. Lunch for people experiencing homelessness is served from 12-1 PM, Monday – Thursday. The food pantry is distributing food from 1-3 PM, Monday – Friday. We ask that clients bring their IDs to receive services. 

MOTHERS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY
Formed to unite mothers who have lost their children to police violence.  

PARK SOUTH YMCA*
Strengthening community to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. 

PLEASANT GROVE FOOD PANTRY*

PROJECT UNITY
Seeks to protect children from traumatic adverse childhood experiences so they can grow to reach their fullest potential. 

REDEMPTION BRIDGE/SOUTH DALLAS EMPLOYMENT PILOT*
Developing sustainable, scalable, replicable models for re-entry and reintegration. 

REGIONAL BLACK CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION* 
Advocates for and advances the development and growth of African-American owned businesses and their capacity.  

SALEM INSTITUTIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH
We are a faith-based organization serving the South Dallas and Fair Park communities over the past 132 years.  Senior Pastor is Todd M Atkins. 

SEEDS TO STEM*
Organizational Mission: Seeds to STEM (STS) is a non-profit organization that works to successfully evaluate, educate and develop students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for students from families with low to moderate-income in North Texas.  

SIMPLY SHUGGA
Help weight loss surgery recipients deal with the mental, physical, emotional and new addictions that arise after the surgery. This surgery creates so many changes that most recipients are not prepared for. 

SOUL FOR CHRIST MINISTRY
Soul for Christ Ministry is still operating the food pantry on Wednesdays and Fridays. The pantry is located at 2402 S. Beckley Dallas 75224.

SOUL REP*
Provides quality transformative Black theater that shifts the paradigm of how the Black experience is valued by the world. 

SPECTRUM
A community of multicultural changemakers creating an inclusive impact economy. SPECTRUM will hold three days of interactive virtual conversational about access, inclusion, and impace from June 9 –11.  

SPRINGS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH/TOUCH MINISTRY FAITH HEALTH
Provides free health care and education events for the community in zip-code 75217 & 7522.  

SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER* 
Seeks to educate and inspire through the performing, literary, and visual arts. 

SOUTHERN DALLAS LINK*
Strives to be the link to a better way of life for the people of Dallas through multiple ways, including transportation, job readiness, parenting programs, etc.  

SOUTHFAIR CDC*
Aims to improve the quality of life for residents of South Dallas through the promotion of neighborhood revitalization through development of affordable housing, fostering economic activity and the provision of needed support services.  

STEWPOT’S PARKLAND HEALTH & HOSPITAL SYSTEM HOMELESS OUTREACH
Provides a barrier-free comprehensive clinic for the homeless population.

ST. ANTHONY COMMUNITY CENTER
Provides after school programs that enhance and enrich the lives of students, and offers a full nutritious meal after school for all students in the program.  

ST. PHILLIP’S SCHOOL & COMMUNITY CENTER*
Provides an unparalleled education and compatible community services, like a food pantry, Thanksgiving feast, and Girl’s Night Out program. 

THE LULLABY HOUSE
Provides programs and services to pregnant and parenting teenagers ages 12-21. We provide, food, clothes, transportation, educational assistance, job readiness, childcare, job placement, health and wellness, and material assistance. 

THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH
Financial resources and food. 

THE MOTIVATED MOM, INC*
Equips moms to live a healthy life of purpose, fully engaged, and financially free so they will raise children better and create positive family-oriented communities. 

THE OAK CLIFF VEGGIE PROJECT*
Cultivates a stronger, healthier and more self-reliant community to affect a positive impact on the health and agricultural landscape of historically under-served communities of Dallas, TX.  

THE TEXAS OFFENDERS REENTRY INITIATIVE (T.O.R.I)
Provides services to individuals with a criminal background in Dallas and Tarrant counties through the six core components of employment, education, healthcare, housing, spiritual guidance and family reunification.  

TR HOOVER*
Provide holistic, collaborative services that impact the South Dallas community through affordable housing, economic, and community development.  

TRINITY RESTORATION MINISTRIES*
The primary focus is prison mentoring and aftercare ministry. 

UNDER 1 ROOF*
Provides permanent supportive housing and other services to homeless and low-income individuals as well as families of our community to assist persons to become self-reliant.  

VIOLA’S HOUSE*
Provides a stable and nurturing home for homeless and expectant teen mothers.   

WOMEN CALLED MOSES COALITION AND OUTREACH
Created to be an underground railroad for survivors of domestic violence.  

YOUNG LEADERS, STRONG CITY*
Building racial justice, equity, and action across communities through creating spaces for high school students to have conversations about race.  

YOUTH REVIVE*
Through in-school community-based character education program, provides youth with a communal, socially healthy environment that leads to a change in thinking and behavior. 

ZAN WESLEY HOLMES, JR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER* 
Creates self-sustaining pathways out of poverty for young people and families through education and job placement. 

Food & Drink

– In addition to this list, D Magazine’s SideDish created this list of black-owned food and drink businesses in the Dallas area.  

– Huff Post also complied this list of black-owned foods and beverages you can shop online. 

Shopping

Services

Black Press

Or search black-owned business registered with the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce.  

To be added to this list of black-owned business, please contact community@bigtex.com. 

To Read:

Articles

• 10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A POC To Explain It To You via Sadie Trombetta for Bustle 
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice via Corinne Shutack for Medium 
• Anti-racism resources for white people via Alyssa Klein and Sarah Sophie Flicker 
• An Antiracist Reading List via Ibram X. Kendi for the New York Times 
• How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change via President Barack Obama for Medium. 
• The Intersectionality Wars via Jane Coaston for Vox 
• What can white people do? via June Holley for Network Weaver 
• Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? via Courtney Martin for Medium. 
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack via Peggy McIntosh  
• 1619 Project via Nikole-Hannah Jones for the New York Times 

Books (We recommend supporting black owned bookshops – a list can be found here.)

• Here’s a list of children’s books for different age levels to spark the conversation. 
• “Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor” by Layla F. Saad 
• “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds 
• “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo  
• “Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do” by Jennifer L. Eberhardt  
• “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” by Claude M. Steele 

Website Collections with Resources and Courses 

• Anti-Defamation League 
• Dallas TRHT 
• Decriminalizing Blackness: A Syllabus from the History Department of the University of North Texas 
• National Urban League  
• Racial Equity Tools  
• Racial Equity Resource Guide 
• Race Forward 
• Southern Poverty Law Center 
• Talking About Race 
• While I Have Your Attention 

To Watch

Short Videos

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers 
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion: Peggy McIntosh 
• How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time; Baratunde Thurston 
• Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice: Megan Ming Francis 
• Systematic Racism Explained 

Race-related Movies Made by Black Filmmakers 

• 13th – Ava DuVernay (Netflix) 
• Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee (Netflix) 
• If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins (Hulu) 
• Selma – Ava DuVernay (Available to rent)  
• The Hate U Give – George Tillman Jr. (Hulu) 
• When They See Us – Ava DuVernay (Netflix) 
• Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler (Available to rent) 

Family–Friendly Movies Made by Black Filmmakers 

• A Wrinkle in Time – Ava DuVernay (Disney+) 
• Black Panther – Ryan Coogler (Disney +) 
• Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse – Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, and Rodney Rothman (Netflix) 

To Listen

• 1619, podcast for the New York Times 
• Code Switch, podcast from NPR 
• Intersectionality Matters!, podcast from the African American Policy Forum 
• Pod for the Cause, podcast from the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights 
• Pod Save the People, from Crooked Media. 

Resources

• The Anti-Defamation League released a resource to help foster conversation about race with young people. 
• USA Today published this article to talk about how to talk to your kids about police brutality. 
• Books are a great way to connect with your children. In our book section, we mentioned this list that contained recommendations for children of all ages. 
• In addition to the above list, an online instructional library is available here. 
• PBS published this article, which offers suggestions for different ways to go beyond just educating children on Black History Month. 
• Listen to this podcast, from NPR and Sesame Street Workshop.