Equity Initiative

If you have a resource you’d like to see listed here, please email details to us at greetings@paradicepalase.com. We appreciate it!

You can find our dedicated resource page & Call For Peace regarding the Israel-Hamas war HERE.

How we ally

We offer a Essentials Membership trial for artists identifying as BIPOC.

We seek to prioritize queer and/or non-white, especially Black and Brown, creatives when seeking those to collaborate with and showcase through our social media, network, and arts programming.

How you can ally

Deloris, BIPOC creatives available for paid hire, BIPOC companies to donate design services

Bid Black, a resource to support Black cinematographers, directors, and editors

A guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont, contributions by Presley Pizzo

Creative Ecosystems by Annika Hansteen-Izora

What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri

I want to be an ally but I don’t know what to do by Giselle Buchanan

How to financially help BLM with no money/without leaving your house

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack

Dismantle Collective - White Allyship 101

Black Lives Matter Online Support Safety Guide

Scholarships for Black & African American Students by Zina Kumok

Police Brutality Center organization aiming to provide help and support to victims of police brutality

A Checklist for White Allies - downloadable PDF!

Films & TV to educate

United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell - on CNN

Slavery by Another Name (2012)

13th (2016) - on Netflix

Crime and Punishment (2002) - on Hulu

Moonlight (2016)

Becoming (2020) - on Netflix, expanding on Michelle Obama’s memoir

Requiem for the American Dream (2016)

The Color of Fear (1994)

When They See Us (2019) - on Netflix

Explained - S1E1, The Racial Wealth Gap (2018) - on Netflix

Malcolm X (1992)

Paris is Burning (1990)

Dark Girls (2011)

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017) - on Netflix

The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)

Freedom Riders (2010)

Get on the Bus (1996)

LA ‘92 (2017)

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1976 (2011)

Miscellaneous ways to support