Community Conversation Resource Links
Below are helpful resources as part of a series of community conversations about race equity. Special thank you to Michellene Davis, Esq., Dr. Wendy Christensen, Desyra Highsmith-Holcomb, Dr. Jennifer Robinson, and Dr. Maureen Gillette for providing the following resources:
Resources
Resources for Building Equity in Education
Equitable District School Classroom
Racial Equity Assessment Tools:
Organizational Assessment tools and resources
Blueprint For Equity:
Harvard Implicit Bias Test:
Harvard Implicit Association Test
UPenn Study:
Police killings of unarmed black Americans affect mental health of black community
Police killings and black mental health
Supremacist Culture in Organizations:
Coco White Sup Culture Paper (PDF)
Local Governments and Equity:
Why Governments can be a powerful force for equality
How local governments can advance health equality through their built environments
Anti-Racist Tools & Resources
Collections of Resources:
• Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources
Building Understanding:
• What Is White Privilege, Really?
• 35 Dumb things well intended people say (pdf)
• Books:
o Coates, T. N. (2015). Between the world and me. Text publishing.
o DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Beacon Press.
o Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an Antiracist. One World/Ballantine.
o Saad, L. F. (2020). Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks, Inc.
o Reading for Change: Booklist Recommends Antiracism Titles for All Ages
• Podcasts:
o Whites For Racial Equity- Stop Racism
• Documentaries/Films:
o When They See Us (2019, Netflix)
o I am Not Your Negro (2017, Netflix)
o TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (2017, Netflix)
o 13th (2016, Netflix)
o Welcome to Leith (2015, PBS)
o Eyes on the Prize (1987, PBS)
Taking Action:
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice
• Showing Up for Racial Justice
• New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
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