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Social Justice Information for Educators and our Community
*Names are live links; click on the names to be taken to their site

Websites/Trainings/Publications/Lesson Planning:
  • Learning for Justice (Previously Teaching Tolerance)
  • The Conscious Kid
  • Abolitionist Teaching Network
  • Children’s Community School
  • ​Native Justice Coalition
  • Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Trevor Project
  • First Nations Development Institute
  • Living Justice Press-Nonprofit Publisher of Restorative Justice Practices

Traverse City Region Support Networks
  • Title Track Michigan
  • Northern Michigan E3: Educate Elevate Engage
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Trauma Work specific to People who are Incarcerated/Adjudicated:
  • Compassion Prison Project
  • Prison Yoga Project
  • Drama Club​

​Books/book lists for Students & Children:
*When purchasing books, please consider going through an independent book seller, minority-owned book seller, local small business, or the author’s website
  • Michigan Locations: African American Literature Book Club (AALBC)
  • 17 Books by Black Authors that are Shaping our Conversation about Race
  • Teaching Tolerance: Student Texts by level
  • First Nations’ Development Institute: Children's Book List
  • The Conscious Kid: Inclusive Resource List; Multiple Ethnicities/Backgrounds
  • Association of California School Administrators: 26 Children's Books to Support Conversations
  • ​Embrace Race Booklist: 20 Picture Books for 2020: Embrace, Provide Solace, Do Good
  • Social Justice Books
  • Book Riot: Books for Teens
  • Here Wee Read: 2020 Ultimate List of Diverse Children's Books
  • Books with Lead Characters of Color
  • Books for Littles: Books on Diversity
  • NY Times: Kids Books on Racism
  • Anti-discrimination cartoon/video
  • "Kids Book About" Series: Racism
  • Mixed: Book and Diversity discussion Guide for Adults

Videos:
  • The Conscious Kid: Read Aloud Storytime Videos
  • We Are Teachers: 21 Anti-Racism videos to share with students
  • “Same Difference” book read
  • “The Skin You Live In” book read
  • 15 kid-friendly movies that can help start a conversation on racism

Staff/Adult Reads/Resources:
*When purchasing books, please consider going through an independent book seller, local small business, or the author’s website

Lists of Recommendations:
  • Ibram X. Kendi's Top Ten list of "Books to Better Understand the History of Racism in America"
  • Culturally Responsive Leadership: Book Recommendations
  • Indigenous-centered readings

Individual Books:
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Zaretta Hammond
  • My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menekam​
  • Decolonizing Trauma Work, Renee Linklater​
  • Stamped (Two versions: adult and YA), Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
  • The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
  • The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
  • Me and White Supremacy (great opportunity for journaling with prompts), Layla Saad
  • How to be an Anti-Racist (and other powerful reads by Professor Ibram X. Kendi)
  • So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys, Edi Moore Jr., Ali Michael, & Marguerite Penick-Parks
  • Everyday White People Confront Racial & Social Injustice: A Collection of 15 Stories
  • Raising Race Questions, Ali Michael
  • Whiteness and Education, Journal
    • Books specific to Mindfulness/Trauma-based information:
      • My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menekam
      • Mindful of Race, Ruth King
      • Skill in Action: Radicalizing your Yoga Practice for a More Just World, Michelle Cassandra Johnson
      • Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. Magee
      • Radical Dharma, Angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens, Jasmine Syedullah
      • ​Oppression and the Body: Roots, Resistance, and Resolutions, Christine Caldwell and Lucia Bennett Leighton
Articles:
  • Learning for Justice: Don’t Say Nothing
  • Your Kid is Not too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
  • Hey Sigmund: How to Talk About Racism by Age
  • KPJR films resource guide (they created the documentaries Paper Tigers and Resilience)
  • Ed Week: Using SEL to Challenge Systemic Oppression
  • Mindful Schools: Awakening to Implicit Bias​
  • Medium: 75 Things White People Can do for Racial Justice
  • ASCD: Culturally Responsive Teaching
  • Northeastern University: 5 Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching
  • Responsive Classroom: Student Sharing Strategy to Increase Cultural Responsiveness
  • Today Show feature of resources

Podcasts:​
  • https://dointhework.podbean.com/
  • https://www.ibramxkendi.com/be-antiracist-podcast
  • https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/06/05/podcasts-to-listen-to-about-race-america
  • https://ecowarriorprincess.net/2020/11/podcasts-hosted-bipoc-women/
  • https://www.gameplan-a.com/2020/10/listen-learn-4-of-the-best-podcasts-on-race-and-inclusion/
  • https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/antiracismresources/allies/podcasts
  • https://www.earhustlesq.com/

Support for Teacher Lesson Planning:
  • Learning for Justice: Classroom Resources and Lessons
  • Social Studies Curriculum: Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments
    Chicago Public Schools: “Say Their Name” lesson
  • Processing Racism Together
  • Common Sense: Social and Cultural Literacy Resources
  • Scaffolding anti-racism resources

Watch (video clips, documentaries, etc):
  • 13th (Doc): https://youtu.be/krfcq5pF8u8
  • Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem: https://youtu.be/Bm2PxE0HMr4
    • Racially Charged: Post-Film Discussion: https://youtu.be/OmVBdxAvdDQ
  • Difference between BLM and ALM via TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/Ej1PWo/
  • Just Mercy (major motion picture): www.justmercyfilm.com/
  • Jane Elliot clip: https://youtu.be/4yrg7vV4a5o
  • DocPlay’s list of recommendations: https://www.docplay.com/articles/10-documentaries-to-watch-about-race-instead-of-asking-a-person-of-colour-to-explain-things-for-you/

Visuals/Tools:
  • Spark 4 Community: Card game that fosters racial conversation and connection
  • Facing History: SEL curriculum focused on race and injustice
  • Children's Community School Infographic: Age ranges to discuss race
  • Infographic: Age Ranges to Discuss Race




​​How to find mental health supports:
  • If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, dial 988 
  • ​Crisis support: text "HOME" to 741741 (www.crisistextline.org/texting-in)
  • Find a therapist: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
  • LGBTQ-specific helpline: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
  • Traverse City regional crisis support via NLCMH FAST Team: 1-833-295-0616
  • OK2SAY (click here for live link): Anyone can report tips confidentially on criminal activities or potential harm directed at students, school employees, or schools. Tips can be submitted 24/7
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