Antiracism Resources: Employees

This page provides general resources related to classroom curriculum and/or pedagogy.

Use the menu or choose from the list below to locate specific concepts:

• antiracist and anti-oppression pedagogy

• microaggressions

• antiracist open education resources

• addressing white supremacy

• Antiracism in Academia - The program, Anti-Racism in Academia (ARiA): A Learning Journey, is a 5-part discussion series outlining an actionable approach to leading change from where you are. Participants engage in frank, small group facilitated discussions designed to better understand racism issues, examine their own biases, and think critically about effective ways to build a more inclusive culture in academia. This is a volunteer-led initiative open to all employees working within higher ed institutions.
• Antiracist Resource Guide - Created for anyone looking to broaden their understanding of anti-racism and get involved to combat racism, specifically as it relates to anti-Blackness and police violence.
• Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community - From Cornell University: Asian American Studies Program
• BU Center for Antiracist Research - Convenes researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice
• Building Antiracist White Educators - Resources for white educators participating in dismantling white supremacy in schools.
• Decolonization is not a Metaphor - By Tuck and Yang, from Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society.
• Edutopia: Educate to Liberate: Build an Anti-Racist Classroom
• History of Hate & Discrimination in American Guide: Native Americans
• How to Address Trauma Related Curriculum Violence 
• Learning for Justice -Formerly Teaching for Tolerance - provides free educational resources 
• Processes of Decolonization - By Poka Laenui
• Race Forward - Systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Race Forward is also home to the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a national network of local government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all.
• Racial Literacy Development Chart -  by Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
• The Radical Database - Website dedicated to support the Black Lives Matter movement & share anti-racist resources. From bail funds for protestors, to non-profits, career help, food assistance, Black owned businesses, and so much more.
• Road Map Project - The Road Map Project is a collective impact initiative to boost student success from early learning to college and career in seven King County, Washington school districts: Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton, (South) Seattle, and Tukwila. 
• Show up for Racial Justice - National network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial and economic justice.
• Start With Us: Black Youth in South King County & South Seattle - Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to incorporate youth voice, this report does not look at traditional measures such as graduation rates or test scores, but the systemic issues that affect the educational experience for Black youth.
• Teaching for Change - Building social justice starting in the classroom
• Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation -Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) is a comprehensive, national and community-based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.
• Understanding Racial Battle Fatigue - by Brooke Adams. Specifically directed toward faculty on college campuses
• Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education - From the Brookings Institute
• What is Systemic Racism (videos) - From Race Forward
• Whites for Racial Equity - Preparing White Folks to Become Allies and Leaders for Racial Equity - Provides modules for curriculum and various resources on voter suppression, policing justice, wealth gap, and more.

Racial Justice Challenge

A 5 day self-guided program designed by Madelyn Woods, PhD student in Earth and Climate Sciences, Anila Karunakar, Director of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and Jen Bonnet, Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian, all at the University of Maine. 

Steps include:

1. Beginning the Conversation
2. How to be Antiracist, not "Not Racist"
3. Moving Beyond a Single Story
4. Examining Race in the Media
5. Create an Antiracism Action Plan

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