Resources for LEARNING & talking ABOUT RACISM

Resources for learning and talking about race and racism

We encourage you to begin and/or continue learning; this website seems like a great place to start:
Race and Racial Identity
(website from Smithsonian that explains race and racial identity). 

Talking with kids about race and racism

• How to Talk to Kids about Race, Racism, Protests, and Injustice
  (article from Today Show in which experts share advice on how to talk with kids in different age groups)

• 8 Tips for Talking to your Child about Race
  (EmbraceRace Website advice sheet)

• Supporting Kids and Parents of Color Amid Racialized Violence
  (webinar in which parents speak with a child psychologist)

• Something Happened in Our Town: A children's book to help start a conversation with a kid

• Webinar with practical suggestions for raising race conscious children
  (Katie found this really helpful)

• Facilitating critical conversations with students
  (from Teaching Tolerance-Katie thinks this would be helpful for conversations about race with adults, too)

Want more info?  We’ve got a few more resources to share--

• List of resources we shared with our board and volunteers

•  What Black Lives Matter Means
  (article in Good Housekeeping on why Black Lives Matter is important to say)

• For those wondering 'what can we do?', this is a good place to start: https://strivingparent.com/resources/