Resources
Below is a list of resources for learning how to take anti-racism action, self-care for people of color and ways to be an effective ally.
Campus Action
- Shaping a Better Future: Dialogues and Strategizing for Change
- Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions (video)
- Campus Response to Hate: A Quick Guide to Action
- Ten Ways to Fight Hate on Campus
- DEI Education and Training Lab
- Campus Dialogue Resources
- It's Time to Decolonize that Syllabus
- Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future
- Teaching and Discussion Resources about Ferguson, Black Lives Matter and Racism
- Do's and Don'ts for Teaching about Ferguson
- Major in African American Studies
Anti-Racism Action
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, Talking about Race
- Resources for Engaging in Anti-Racism Work
- Anti-Racist Reading List
- We are Living in a Racist Pandemic
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay- Chances Are They're Not
- Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
- Key Public Health Resources in Anti-Racism Action
- For Parents: Embrace Race Informing Children on Race
- How to Respond to Racial Microaggressions When They Occur
- Kent State Library: Antiracism Resources
- Kent State Library: Black Lives Matter Resources (developed by Peggy Nzomo, Jazmine Jefferson and Paul Fehrmann)
Self-Care for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
- Surviving and Resisting Hate: a Toolkit for People of Color
- Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week
- Self-Care Tips for Black People Feeling Overwhelmed by the Media
- Self-Care for People of Color after Psychological Trauma
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
- A Survival Guide for Black, Indigenous, and Other Women of Color in Academe
- The Steve Fund: Mental Health Resources for Students of Color
- The Loveland Foundation: Mental Health Resources for Black Women
- The Association of Black Psychologists
- How Organizations Can Support the Mental Health of Black Employees
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Stigma and Silence: Black Canadians and the Fight for Mental Health Awareness
- 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
Racial Trauma Resources
- Twinpowerment Instagram for trauma informed healing
- Grounding Techniques Instagram
- The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping With Racial Trauma
- Liberate Meditation
- Soulful Serenity Meditation Series
- Street Somatics: Tips for Regulating Nervous Systems in Uprisings
- Marginalized People Face a Unique Mental Health Struggle
- Racism and the Invisible Struggle of Mental Health in the Black Community
- Coping with Racial Trauma
- Free Racialized Trauma 5-Day eCourse
Support for the Asian American Community
- Stop AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Hate Reporting
- U-M Against AAPI Hate
- The Wounds of Racism and the Pandemic of Anti-Asian Hatred
- When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus
- Protecting AAPI Workers During COVID-19
- How the Coronavirus is Surfacing America's Deep-Seated Anti-Asian Biases
Allyship/Co-Conspirator Resources
- Addressing Racial Injustice Forum (video)
- Anti-Racism Resources
- Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources
- How to Be an Anti-Racism Activist
- Advice for White Individuals Following a Shooting of a Black Individual
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism
- 12 Ways to Be a White Ally to Black People
- How to Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues
- The Role of White Co-Conspirators in Dismantling Systemic Racism
- Ways You Can Support the Black LGBTQ+ Community
- How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality
- Anti-Racism Checklist for White People
- Allyship in the Workplace
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- 97 Things White People Can Do to Fight Injustice
Films
- 13th
- The Hate U Give
- Moonlight
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Selma
- Malcolm X
- When They See Us
- Dear White People
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
- Just Mercy
- Hidden Figures
- More Movies, Shows and Documentaries to Watch to Educate Yourself on Racial Injustice