We believe that if practices, procedures, and policies are not racially just, they are not trauma informed.
Web Resources for Promoting Equity and Racial Justice:
- Empowering Educators website containing a guidebook with concrete strategies, instructional videos, and other pedagogic resources designed to support educators in helping their students engage in effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice
- Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- Being Anti-Racist is Central to Trauma-Informed Care: Principles of an Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed Organization (National Child Traumatic Stress Network).
- How to Be an Antiracist Educator
- Why We Can't Afford Whitewashed Social-Emotional Learning
- Embrace Race website with focus on raising a generation of children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race
- Compilation of well-curated resources around cultural responsiveness and equity put together by the National Center for School Mental Health that is tailored for people who work in schools
- Summary of Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy's recommendations about how to talk about race and racism (differentiates the tasks of a white person vs. tasks of a person of color)
- Abolitionist Teaching Network
- Black Lives Matter website
- Resources for people with white skin privilege who seek to combat racism:
- Robin DeAngelo's 6-minute talk: Why "I'm Not a Racist" Is Only Half the Story (Robin DeAngelo is the author "White Fragility")
- Allyship information and resources from the Dismantle Collective
- Time article on responsibilities of white people around combatting racism
- List of 75 things white people can do for racial justice that contains actionable tips that can be implemented immediately
Books on Promoting Equity and Racial Justice for Educators and Other School Staff:
