Resources for educators:
● America to Me is a 10-episode docuseries on STARZ that examines racial, economic, and class issues in contemporary American education. Educators can request free access to the series, but the Real Talk episode and conversation guides are useful teaching tools – https://www.americatomerealtalk.com/
● Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence (2016) by Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, and Keisha N. Blain – An essential overview of race relations, racial violence, and civil rights activism in the United States and other parts of the globe. – https://ugapress.org/book/9780820349572/charleston-syllabus/
● Colorín, Colorado is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of bilingual, research-based information, activities, and advice for educators and families of English language learners (ELLs). – Talking About Racism and Violence with Students: Resources for Educators – https://www.colorincolorado.org/talking-about-racism-and-violence-students-resources-educators
● The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast with Jennifer Gonzalez – Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/147-why-white-students-need-multicultural-social-justice/id900015782?i=1000477075448
● EdWeek – For teachers looking for more classroom resources—for themselves and their students—Education Week has compiled 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest – https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2020/06/15_classroom_resources_for_discussing_racism_policing_and_protest.html
● How to Be an Antiracist (2019) by Ibram X. Kendi – New York Times bestseller that provides an approach to understanding and disrupting racism in society and ourselves – https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1
● JSTOR Daily is an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship – Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus. How can we help students understand George Floyd’s death in the context of institutionalized racism? https://daily.jstor.org/institutionalized-racism-a-syllabus/
● Teaching Tolerance’s mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy. Educators use their materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued, and welcome participants. Our program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias. https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/talking-about-race-and-racism
● Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) in North Carolina offers a multitude of resources for educators – WCPSS Racial Equity Resources
Organizations to Support:
● The Bail Project works with public defenders and community organizations to provide assistance paying bail, court date reminders, transportation, and other support to low-income individuals.
● The Black Alliance for Just Immigration works toward racial, social, and economic justice locally and regionally by engaging with community partners to boost awareness about race, racism, identities, migration, and globalization.
● Black Visions Collective is a Minnesota-based organization dedicated to dismantling systems of oppression and violence by fostering black leadership.
● The UndocuBlack Network provides resources and community, along with advancing policy, immigrant rights, and racial justice to benefit black undocumented individuals.
● African Communities Together is “an organization of African immigrants fighting for civil rights, opportunity, and a better life for our families here in the U.S. and worldwide.”
● My Block, My Hood, My City is a Chicago nonprofit at the forefront of getting aid to businesses in majority-minority neighborhoods.
● Hope Not Hate is an antiracist and antifascist advocacy group in the U.K. that focuses its efforts on community politics and stifling extremism.
● The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective is a nonprofit “collective of advocates, yoga teachers, artists, therapists, lawyers, religious leaders, teachers, psychologists, and activists.”
● Know Your Rights Camp is a campaign and series of camps held in various U.S. cities to empower black youth and instruct them on how to interact with law enforcement, founded by professional football player Colin Kaepernick.
● The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law firm founded under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall in 1940. Their mission has always been to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society.