For Older Students and Adults
The resources below are provided to help better understand the issues of DEI. More information will be added throughout the year, please check back.
Websites:
The Trevor Project & GLSEN
Resources for creating safe spaces and support for LGBTQ+ and allies.
Wabanaki Alliance
Learn more about Native Americans who live in Maine, their history and why it's important today.
Videos: The first two videos provide insight into the story of racism against Black people in America. (Warning - viewer discretion advised on the first video below - contains inappropriate language and displays angry emotions.) The third video is a resource for teachers about being an anti-racist educator.
Read or listen to: How To Be An Antiracist written by Ibram X. Kendi or White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo or listen to some YouYube videos of them speaking. There are often book groups reading these titles and starting your own can be a great way to discuss these resources in greater depth.
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Podcasts: Start with CodeSwitch on NPR or Shine Brighter Together by Monique Melton (What Is Anti-Racism parts 1&2).
Processing and Responding to Racial Bias Events With Children and Youth
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents resource from Howard Stevenson, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania.
Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence from EmbraceRace co-founders Andrew Grant-Thomas and Melissa Giraud conference call discussion with parents, teachers and other concerned adults, as well as invited expert guests, child psychologist Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith and educator Dr. Sandra “Chap” Chapman from 7/14/16.
Center for Racial Justice in Education resources for talking about race, racism and racialized violence with kids.
What to Say to Kids When the News Is Scary from National Public Radio (2020)
Helping Youth After Community Trauma resource for educators from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.