For Parents of Younger Students

For Parents of Younger Students

Embrace Race
Founded by parents, Embrace Race Is an excellent resource for resources, tools and ideas for how to talk with kids about race. From their webinars to online discussion spaces, to parent and teacher resources this is a go-to organization to learn hands-on strategies for talking about race. Sign up for their newsletter or check out their YouTube videos.

Sesame Street
Seasoned supported of kids offers great resources for kids. Also check out: Never too young, ages and stages of racial understanding.

The Trevor Project & GLSEN
Resources for creating safe spaces and support for LGBTQ+ and allies. 

The Conscious Kid
An education, research and policy organization dedicated to reducing bias and promoting positive identity development in youth working to promote access to children’s books centering underrepresented and oppressed groups. Has age-leveled recommendations for books.

Wabanaki Alliance
Learn more about Native Americans who live in Maine, their history and why it's important today.

Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi Sign up to borrow from the library or pick up at a bookstore a copy of Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi with nine steps for building a more equitable world.

 AntiracistBaby
Cover used with permission from Penguin Young Readers


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.