July 4, 2020 Dear Neighbors, The photo above was taken one year ago at Crestwood's 2019 4th of July Parade, pre-coronavirus. I'm sure we all long for time time when we once again can gather and celebrate with our neighbors. This year, of course, we should all be celebrating at home. Mayor Bowser is asking us to commemorate the holiday at home, reminding us that we're still under a public health emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. We will miss the annual Crestwood parade but will look forward to when we can gather safely once again.  The photo above was also taken before the murder of George Floyd. It is said that Mr. Floyd's murder awakened the conscience of a nation and put a spotlight on the systemic racism that is part of the history of our country. But resources about the history of Black Americans are not something that have been unavailable before May 25, 2020. Neighbor Shanel Anthony, who envisioned and spoke at a vigil against racism in Crestwood, compiled the following resources. I encourage you, if you haven't already done so, to dive in. After all: "In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist.” - Angela Davis - Pavan Khoobchandani, CCA President Podcast 1619 by New York Times About Race Code Switch by NPR Seeing White Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast Pod For The Cause by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Intersectionality Matters! By Kimberle’ Crenshaw Pod Save the People by Crooked Media  Books to read: Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon How to be an antiracist by Ibram x. Kendi I know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Ohio The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander White Fragility by Robin Di Angelo, PhD  Organizations to follow: Antiracism Center Audre Lorde Project Black Women’s Blueprint Color of Change Colorlines The Conscious Kid Equal Justice Initiative Families Belong Together The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights MPowerChange Muslim Girl NAACP National Domestic Workers Alliance RAICES Showing Up for Radical Justice SisterSong United We Dream Films and Shows to Watch: NetFlix 13th-Ava DuVernay American Son-Kenny Leon Dear White People-Justin Simien See You Yesterday-Stefon Bristol When They See Us-Ava DuVernay  HULU If Beale Street Could Talk-Barry Jenkins The Hate U Give-George Tillman Jr  RENT Selma-Ava DuVernay Fruitvale Station-Roger Coogler Clemency-Chinonye Chukwu I Am Not Your Negro-James Baldwin documentary