DLT Recommended Resources and Links
Recommended Events and Resources for Black History Month:
- Updated list of recommended February 2021 Black History Month Events
- TK-12 Resources for Teachers
- Who to follow on Instagram
- Black Owned Business
- Films about Black History
- Please email: Emily Burns at eneve@sandiego.edu to add more resources or events to our list
Resources for Activists
- Juneteenth Padlet
- National Resource List #GeorgeFloyd
- Citeblackwomencollective.org
- Justice in June- 10, 25, 45
- Black American Feminism Bibliography
- https://www.raceforward.org
- https://www.racialequityalliance.org
- 1619 Project NYT
- 1619 Project NPR
- Beyond Protests: 5 More Ways to Channel Anger Into Action to Fight Racism
- Racial Equity Tools Glossary
- Being Antiracist – Smithsonian
- Robin Diangelo & Ibram X. Kendi – A Path Forward Interview – Warwick’s
- A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Systemic Racism – The Roots
- Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Prison System
Resources for Schools and Educational Institutions
- Link to article: 6 Considerations for School Leaders Making a Statement About George Floyd
- Working to Improve School and Education (WISE)
- Questions Academics Can Ask to Decolonize their Classroom
- Repurposing Our Pedagogies
- The Compassionate University
- Special Issue on Compassionate Pedagogy with Kathryn Waddington, University of Westminster
- What if we radically reimagined the school year – Chicago Unheard
- Webinar – Teaching Race in The Classroom: Takeaway Strategies and Techniques -Featuring Dr. Lathan
Suggested Events
- Socio-Emotional Learning for an Antiracist Future: A Conversation with Dr. Dena Simmons
- Racial Justice in School Renewing the Commitment – An Interactive Conversation with School Administrators & Leaders (featuring Dean Spencer)
- Racial Justice in School, Renewing the Commitment – An Interactive Conversation for Teachers (featuring Dean Spencer)
- Multiple Day Event: Catholic Perspectives on Racism and White Supremacy Series, Dr. Constance Carroll, Chancellor, San Diego Community College District – Hosted by Frances G. Harpst Center for Catholic Thought and Culture
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development:
- Link to article: ASCD Resources for Building Racial Justice and Equity
Rodney Robinson: 2019 National Teacher of the Year
- Link to article: How Educators Can Turn Grief Into Action
Inside Higher Education:
- Link to article: higher education leaders’ response to the death of George
- Floyd and the aftermath in Calls for Change
Education Dive:
- Link to article: Educators Call for Schools to be ‘Safe Havens’ Against Racism:
Education Week:
- Link to article: ‘Teachers Cannot be Silent’ How Educators are Showing Up for Black Students Following Protests
Education Post:
Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform:
- Link to article: CEEDAR Culturally Responsive Education
- Link to article: CEEDAR Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students: What Educator Preparation Programs Need to Do to Support Teacher Learning
Academics for Black Survival and Wellness:
- Link to article: Black Survival and Wellness Week
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): https://www.splcenter.org (hate map, lesson plans, teaching tolerance)
Teaching Tolerance: https://www.tolerance.org has lesson plans (K12), articles, frameworks
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: https://www.casel.org SEL framework, research policy, (K12)
National Association for Gifted Children:
- Link to article: https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-parents/social-emotional-issues
- https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources-educators
Rethinking Schools –Planning to Change the World 2020-2021: A plan book for social justice educators
Rethinking Schools–Rethinking Ethnic Studies (one of the editors is Christine Sleeter). I’ve attached the excerpt here written by former colleagues of mine in LA who I know do such amazing work in ethnic studies.
Ed Source–Article on Teacher Healing:
- Link to article: https://edsource.org/2020/teachers-need-opportunities-to-heal-before-the-school-year-begins/633287
Resources for Families
- Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News
- What do we tell our children, our students
- Start a Conversation About Race Book List
- Racism and violence: Using your Power as a Parent to Support Children Ages Two to Five-Thoughts and guidelines for talking about racism and equality in age-appropriate ways
- How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
- How to Educate your Children on Riots and Protests
- Talking with Children about Racism, Police Brutality and Protests
- Talking About Race
- 100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting to Talk About Race
- About Child Trauma
- Trauma Types
- Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance
- Talking to Children About Violence
- Tips for Talking with and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event
- Are your Kids Too Young to Talk About Race?
- Sesame Street in Communities-Community Violence and En Espanol:
- 8 Tips for Talking to Your Child About Racial Injustices
Allyship and White Privilege
- Teacher and Educators Equity Allyship
- My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest
- The author of ‘White Fragility’ doesn’t think ‘most white people care about racial injustice’
- Andra Day: True Allyship Requires a Willingness to Be Uncomfortable
- Opportunities for White People in The Flight for Racial Justice Movie from Actor → Ally → Accomplice – Northwestobserver
21-Day Ignatian Racial Equity Challenge
- Opinion: Racism Didn’t Kill George Floyd, Anti-Blackness Did – New York Times
- Historical Foundations of Race – National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Pray: Oh, God of Justice, Come to Our Aid – National Catholic Reporter
- As Non-Black POC, We Need to Address Anti-Blackness – Yes Magazine
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