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DEI Resources from Dr. Sandra Chapman
Embrace Race - resources for parents, grandparents, caregivers, early childhood educators, and more!
The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberle Crenshaw
Critical Mentoring - Because Young People Deserve the Best of Us
The Chronicle is a source for summaries of mentoring research and practice.
Anti-Racism Tools from Tryingtogether.org
In my skin - A P.R.I.D.E. Podcast
P.R.I.D.E. Helping Black children understand race and embrace their ethnicity and heritage
The P.R.I.D.E. Report, "Children of color experience daily messages, explicit or subtle, from individuals and institutions: you are not as good, not as lovable, not as beautiful, and not as smart as children of the dominant race "
Understanding Anti-Bias Education: 4 Goals for every facet of your curriculum
A Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias
Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism | PBS KIDS for Parents
21 Anti-Racism Videos To Share With Kids
Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma
One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. This is the story of that lesson, its lasting impact on the children, and its enduring power 30 years later.
Article: Why Students Need to Learn about Reconstruction
Woke Kindergarten
How mentors and growth mindset go hand-in-hand
How to be a great mentor
theblackboyproject: "Follows the many narratives of young black males at an independent primarily white school."
Black Youth Town Hall: "This virtual town hall is being designed with that in mind. It is an opportunity to bring together young people from all over the world for a collective response to these tragic events, to share space, and to heal."
Podcast This American Life: Talking While Black "Think back to two summers ago, the summer of 2020, when a series of violent, highly-publicized killings of Black Americans sparked outrage and a national movement to eradicate racism and its evils. That movement gave way to a newer, reactionary one, a backlash that is playing out in schools and school board meetings across America. Host Emanuele Berry shares stories about Black people who got tangled up in this current backlash in both extreme and very personal ways."
The 13th - Documentary "An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality."
PBS: Slavery by Another Name "The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality."
This article, from Evidenced Based Mentoring, draws from research to provide step by step guidelines on how mentors and mentoring programs can support mentees' racial/ethnic identity development. Click the link above for full details, advice, and links to further research.
From the article:
View mentees’ race/ethnicity as an asset rather than a deficit
Leadership and staff should include members of mentees’ ethnic/racial group
Program curricula should be culturally relevant
Promote the racial/ethnic socialization of mentees
Train mentors and staff on how to listen and talk about racially sensitive issues that youth may experience in their lives.
Encourage youth of color to reflect on their experiences
Support the sociopolitical development of youth of color
How mentors can support ethnic/racial identity in mentees:
Show interest and help mentees learn about their ethnic/racial group
Engage in activities with mentees that are associated with and/or support their ethnic/racial group
Help mentees to identify positive role models who share their similar ethnic/racial identity.
Discuss your own ethnic/racial identity with mentees
Support the sociopolitical development of mentees
Advocate and be an ally on social issues affecting mentees’ ethnic/racial community.
Useful Articles
Useful Articles
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