Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources

List of 5 items.

• To Attend:

  • Building Solidarity among Black & Latinx Kids & Families: Thursday, October 8 at 8:30 p.m. - Join this conversation with Ronda Bullock and Fabiola Salas Villalobos from We Are about their multifaceted efforts to build solidarity among Black and Latinx children and families. We Are is an organization working to extend anti-racist education. Register here. 
  • The Race Institute: November 5-7 - This workshop takes place over the course of three 8-hour days. The same group of 20 educators is present for the entire workshop, which creates an in-depth and personal experience as participants get to know one another and support one another to meet their goals. Every institute includes a panel of local high school students willing to share their experiences with race in school. 

• To read, listen and watch for older students and adults:

  • I Stayed Silent When I Saw Racism. No More (Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility)
  • The Weaponization of Whiteness in Schools (Teaching Tolerance)
  • Creating an Affirmative Space for All (Share My Lesson)(Free On Demand Webinar)
  • 6 Ways to Be an Anti-Racist Educator
  • Teaching Tolerance
  • Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
  • Abolitionist Teaching Network
  • The Conversation Ignored for Too Long: Race and Racism in Education and Society (NAIS Webinar Recording)
  • Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools (Webinar Recording featuring: Bettina Love, Gholdy Muhammad, Dena Simmons and Brian Jones)

• To read, listen and watch for Lower and Middle School students:

  • Talking Race with Young Children (NPR)
  • Talking to Kids About Racism, Early and Often (New York Times)
  • Talking to Children After Racial Incidents (Penn GSE News)
  • Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News (Child Mind Institute)
  • Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice (Teaching Tolerance)
  • Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories about Bias and Injustice (ADL)
  • Discussing Hate and Violence with Children (ADL)
  • Supporting Vulnerable Students in Stressful Times: Tips for Parents (NASP)

• Books that celebrate differences:

  • Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin and Lauren Tobia
  • Barefoot Book of Children by Kate DePalma, Tessa Strickland, and David Dean
  • Just Ask! Be Different, be brave, be you by Sonia Sotomayor

• Books for younger students that discuss difficult topics (police shooting, white privilege, discrimination):

  • Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazard
  • Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
  • Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
  • You Don't Know Everything Jilly P. by Alex Gino (ages 8+)
  • Can I Touch Your Hair? by Irene Latham & Charles Waters (ages 8+)
  • A discussion about race and racism with the authors of ABCs of Diversity, Y. Joy Harris-Smith and Carolyn Helsel