Race & Social Justice Resources

Ways to Cope

4 Ways to Cope with Racial Trauma amid the Coronavirus Pandemic


Practice Resources

• Guidance for Providers Discussing Community Trauma (PDF doc)

• CPA-Recommended Anti-Racism Action Steps and Informational Links

  
  

• How You Can Be More Culturally Competent: Building a multi-cultural, inclusive practice isn’t as difficult as many psychologists think (APA Practice Article)

Training

A weeklong personal and professional development initiative for academics to honor the toll of racial trauma on Black people, resist anti-Blackness and white supremacy, and facilitate accountability and collective action.

Local Resources

• San Mateo County Dept of Health, Office of Diversity & Equity (DOE)

Fostering Diversity at Work/Leadership

• Cultural Humility card (at Work and as a Leader)

Parenting

• National Museum of African American History and Culture (talking to kids about race) 

• Raising Race Conscious Children

• 100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice

• Talking with Children About Racism, Police Brutality & Protests

• EmbraceRace - which has a ton of book recommendations for youth, and webinar series on a variety of topics related to parenting race resilient children. They have had several webinars on police brutality, systemic racism, etc.

• I [STILL] can’t breathe”: Supporting kids of color amid racialized violence

• Supporting Kids of Color in The Wake of Racialized Violence Part 1 and Part 2

• Tips for Talking to Your Child About Racial Injustice.

• RESilience :  (a) Racial Stress and Self-care, and (b) Engaging My Child.

• Talking With Youth about Racism, Police Brutality and Protests and They're Not too Young to Talk about Race.

• Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall on Saturday, June 6.

• 'Raising White Kids' Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race. In this NPR podcast, Michel Martin talks to Jennifer Harvey, author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, about how to talk with white kids about racially charged events. And most recently: How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race

• webinar: "How do I make sure I'm not raising the next Amy Cooper?" with Jennifer Harvey and EmbraceRace. 

• From EmbraceRace is also How Kids Learn About Race, which referenced Maggie Hagerman's book on White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America. 

• Dr. Riana Anderson is a psychologist focused on understanding culturally specific parenting practices to reduce race-related stress in families. Here is her website and a link to an Apple Podcast episode: Talking to Kids about Race.

Books for Kids

• “Momma, did you hear the news? (Talking to kids about race and police)” by Santa Whittaker Gragg

• See APA's RESilience; Embracerace; Social Justice Books; Charis Books and More. 

• Something Happened in Our Town. The story is about two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. You can listen to a recording here.

WHAT TO DO NOW

• Ways to help - BLM

• Protesting and taking COVID-19 precautions: Caring Across Distance:  Some Things to Consider Before Movement Gatherings During COVID-19

• Protestors, Numbers, Lawyers, and more. 

• 6/4/2020 Update:

  • Here is information regarding law enforcement reform bills being proposed to congress, monitor these and flood your local house rep and congress-member and demand that they be passed: https://cbs12.com/news/connect-to-congress/democrats-prepare-police-reform-bills-after-floyds-death

• 6/3/2020 Update:

  • Harris, Markey, Booker Introduce Senate Resolution to Abolish Qualified Immunity for Law Enforcement, Hold Officers Accountable for Police Brutality

• Call your local house rep/congress member and demand/advocate for this bill which has already been proposed.

OTHER ADVOCACY NEEDS

• Check in with your local BLM chapters, follow pages that are sharing ways to advocate for our Black families through legislation;

• Call Attorney general Keith Ellison in Minnesota (800-657-3783) and demand justice, accountability and/or policing changes. 

• Text FLOYD to 55-156

• Text JUSTICE to 66-8336

• Text ENOUGH to 55-165

• Leave a message for Louisville Mayor and demand justice for Breonna Taylor 502-574-2003

• Lots of petitions to sign