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Racism and Injustice Resources
Resources and Statement from the Office of Catholic Schools in San Francisco
- Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News - Common Sense Media
- Statement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen in Wake of Death of George Floyd and National Protests
- USCCB educational resources on combating racism are located here.
National Association of Independent Schools Resources:
How to speak to children about traumatic events
How to teach about racism and civil unrest
How students can take action
- Author Jason Reynolds helps young people understand what led to the protests we’ve seen over the past week and what children can do to build a less racist society.
From the Office of Social-Emotional Counseling
Action Resources: For Reading, Reflecting and Acting
Click here for: Powerful comprehensive resource to work against racism
Books
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Minds (Resnaa Menaken)
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
- The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) (Toni Morrison)
- How We Fight White Supremacy (Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin)
- How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
- White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
- Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (Beverly Tatum)
- So You Wanna Talk about Race? (Ijeoma Oluo)
Online Resources
- What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter’?
- Standing Against White Supremacy
- Black Lives Matter: Lessons for Middle School and High School
- Nadine Burke Harris's TED talk on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- The American Psychological Association on how trauma is transmitted from generation to generation
- https://www.whiteaccomplices.
org/ - https://facingtoday.
facinghistory.org/
San Mateo County Office of Education
The following are some resources that can support our learning and help us lift our voices on behalf of our children.
Wonderful essay posted on the DeNicola Center for Ethic & Culture at the University of Notre Dame written by Dean G. Marcus Cole on the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. Well worth the read. You can access the article by clicking here.
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