Ongoing Resources

* Asian Educators Alliance (AsEA) Annual Conference

* Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education Early Educators Workshop

* Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education Othering and Belonging

* The Equity Exchange at John Burroughs School

* Gender Spectrum Conference - Professionals Day

* Master Class in Inclusive Leadership at The Children's School

* MCRC@ADVIS Cultural Competency Institute by Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)

* Multicultural Teaching Institute at Meadowbrook School

* National Association of Independent Schools Diversity Leadership Institute

* National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference

* National Coalition Building Institute Controversial Issues Process

* National Coalition Building Institute Reducing Prejudice Workshop

* Pollyanna Conference

* Seattle Race Conference

* White Privilege Conference

I have not attended these - I just know some of the folks who run them.

* Center for Racial Justice in Education Workshops

* Facing Race Conference

* National Association of Independent Schools Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain

* National Diversity Director's Institute

* National SEED Project

* The Perception Institute Workshops

Code Switch

For the Movement

Hidden Brain

Pod Save the People

Still Processing

Something You Should Know 

Teaching While White

Third Space (Canada)

The Toure Show

Resources for Becoming a Better Ally

* http://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/ten-counterproductive-behaviors-of-well-intentioned-people/

* http://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/whiteaffinitygroup.pdf

* Commentary on not defending young people's racism https://www.facebook.com/wfaachannel8/videos/10152746662156545/

*Raising Race Conscious Children blog http://www.raceconscious.org/

* Four family-friendly activities non-Black (particularly White) families can take to support Black Lives Matter http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/four_family_centered_actions_your_family_can_take_for_black_lives_matter_and_four_others_you_shouldn_t

*Why and how to stop saying All Lives Matter and join the Second Civil Rights Movement  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-halstead/dear-fellow-white-people-_b_11109842.html

*Implicit and unconscious racism and how to work on reducing them http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_stop_the_racist_in_you

* Wear Out the Silence campaign asking White folks to wear Black Lives Matter T-Shirts every Friday and engage others in conversations.  Conversation tips, stories, and more. https://wearoutthesilence.org/

* Sugar coated language of white fragility.  Stop trying to be good people.  Work towards becoming real people https://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-kegler/the-sugarcoated-language-of-white-fragility_b_10909350.html

*AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere-Los Angeles) check out toolbox for readings and resources for becoming an Anti-Racist White Ally https://www.awarela.org/our-models/

* Harvard Business Review: Asian Americans Are the Least Likely Group in the U.S. to Be Promoted to Management https://hbr.org/2018/05/asian-americans-are-the-least-likely-group-in-the-u-s-to-be-promoted-to-management

* Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning by Pooja K. Agarwal , Patrice Bain

* The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

* Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

*Blindspot by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony Greenwald

* The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist

* Willpower by Roy Baumeister

* Sticks and Stones by Emily Bazelon

* Contagious by Jonah Berger

* Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A Blackmon

* Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler

* UnSelfie: Why Empathic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World by Michele Borba

* It's Complicated by Danah Boyd

* Managing Transitions by William Bridges

* NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

* I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown

* The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

* Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

* Men, Women, and Worthiness by Brené Brown

* Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

*Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

* Quiet by Susan Cain

* Where We Come From: A Novel by Oscar Cásares

* The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

* Asian American Histories of the United States: Revisioning History by Catherine Ceniza Choy

* You're in Charge, Now What? by James Citrin and Thomas Neff

* The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh

* Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

* We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates

*Born on Third Base by Chuck Collins

* The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

* The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey

* Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions of Adulthood by Lisa Damour

* Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis

* Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls Edited by Omobolade Delano-Orian, et. al.

* Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit

* What Does It Mean To Be White? by Robin DiAngelo

* White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo

* Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu

* Mindset by Carol Dweck

* Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success by Christopher Emdin

* For White Folks Who Teach In the Hood by Christopher Edmin

* Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire by Rafe Esquith

* How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

* Bossypants by Tina Fey

* When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... And Yourself by Brian Fikkert

* Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

* Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

* Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

* The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

* Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

* The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene

* Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them by Ross W. Greene

* Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi

* The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff

* Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta L. Hammond

* Switch by Dan Heath and Chip Heath

* We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools by Gary R. Howard

* Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

* The Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work by Sally Hegeson and Julie Johnson

* Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan Johnson

* Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

* Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination edited by Robin D.G. Kelly

* Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

* How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

* How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

* Four Hundred Souls Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

* The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

* The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations by Robert Livingston

* The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

* Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

* Lies Across America by James W. Loewen

* Teaching What Really Happened by James W. Loewen

* The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader by James W. Loewen

* Lies My Teacher Told Me About Columbus by James W. Loewen

* Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

* How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haimes

* Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haimes

* The Boy Kings of Texas: A Memoir by Domingo Martinez

* The Neuroscience of Change by Kelly McGonigal

* The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal

* The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

* Brain Rules by John Medina

* Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina

* My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem MSW LICSW SEP

* The Marshmallow Test by Walter Mischel

* The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys Edited by Eddie Moore, Jr. et. al.

* We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses

* Understanding Youth by Michael Nakkula and Eric Toshalis

* Diversity in Independent Schools: The Practice and the Practitioner by National Association of Independent Schools

* Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

* Becoming by Michelle Obama

* So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

* The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer

* Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson

* Difficult Conversations by Bruce Patton, Et Al

* Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher

* The Leadership Challenge by Barry Posner and James M. Kouzes

* Citizen by Claudia Rankine

* Spark by John Ratey

* The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley

* The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins

* The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz

* The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

* His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

* Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

* The Commitment by Dan Savage

* American Savage by Dan Savage

*The Way We're Working Isn't Working by Tony Schwartz and Jean Gomes

* Mindsight by Dan Siegel

* No-Drama Discipline: by Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson

* Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Dan Siegel

* Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive by Dan Siegel and Mary Hartzell

* Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons

* The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons

* Free Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry by Lenore Skenazy

* The History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage

* Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele

*My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

* Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

* Nudge by Cass Sunstein

* Double Victory by Ronald Takaki

* Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum

* Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Carol Travis and Elliot Aronson

* The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam

* Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

* The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy by Karen Walrond

* The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins

* The World Becomes What We Teach by Zoe Weil

* Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Williams , Owens , and Syedullah

* Redirect by Timothy Wilson

* Multipliers by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown

* Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman

* Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads by Rosalind Wiseman

* Masterminds and Wingmen by Rosalind Wiseman

* Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century: Unabridged Selections by Alice Wong

* Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity by Donald Yacovone

* Covering by Kenji Yoshino

*A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

NAIS 2016 Summer Reading List http://www.nais.org/Pages/Campaigns/Summer-Reading.aspx

Resources for Socioeconomic Diversity

* Harvard Business Review: When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message? https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/when-parents-tell-kids-to-work-hard-do-they-send-the-wrong-message?

* Challenges for Low Income Students, Test Scores, and College Readiness http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/12/getting-low-income-kids-ready-college-skipping-test-prep-status-quo

* Resource Generation organizes young people with wealth and class privilege in the U.S. to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land and power. http://resourcegeneration.org/

* Importance of intersectionality between race and class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mcnCR3Trc

* How the justice system disproportionately punishes the poor and ways to avoid doing so https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/04/08/why-i-refuse-to-send-people-to-jail-for-failure-to-pay-fines/

* Why is the one percent so White? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f82oMg6QRQ

* What is Neoliberalism?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzLv3rfnOVw

* Socioeconomic and racial barriers in youth soccer https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/01/us-soccer-diversity-problem-world-football

*Video: A Foot in the Door - Giving every public school student an automatic college savings account http://www.policymoves.org/a-foot-in-the-door/

*Video: Unlocking Investment in Rural America - Helping unlock $500 million in federal dollars into poor and rural areas http://www.policymoves.org/unlocking-investment-in-rural-america/

*Video: Homes and Hands - Introducing a new way to provide permanently affordable housing http://www.policymoves.org/homes-and-hands/

*What's it like to be poor in an Ivy League school?  https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/04/09/what-like-poor-ivy-league-school/xPtql5uzDb6r9AUFER8R0O/story.html

https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-school/summer-2016/removing-the-barriers-to-socioeconomic-diversity/

https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-school/fall-2012/our-1-problem/

https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-school/fall-2012/talking-about-class/

* AMAZE programs foster the knowledge, values, and skills that the next generation needs in order to support and respect each other across differences of race, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion/faith, and physical ability. We do this by providing curricula, trainings, and support that enable teachers and parents/guardians to start and sustain courageous conversations in schools, faith communities, after-school programs, and anywhere that children are together. https://www.amazeworks.org/

* Celebrate!: An Anti-Bias Guide to Enjoying Holidays in Early Childhood Programs

* Open Minds to Equality: A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity by Nancy Schniedewind & Ellen Davidson

* Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice.

* Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children by Louise Derman-Sparks and the A.B.C. Task Force.

* Roots & Wings: Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Programs by Stacey York

* The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration by Bill Bigelow

* Turning on Learning: Five Approaches for Multicultural Teaching Plans for Race, Class, Gender and Disability by Carls A. Grant & Christine E. Sleeter

* Team Building Activities http://www.stonehill.edu/files/resources/talusandiversityteambuilders.pdf

* Exemplar 8th Grade Reading List based on W.E.B. Dubois' Four Questions https://medium.com/@damayor/course-preview-the-four-questions-14c83ef3545c#.7libnt6xm

* At pinterest.com/adlnational, you’ll get hundreds of K-12 common core-aligned lesson plans, teaching strategies, blogs and webinars on topics including Black History Month, Bullying & Cyberbullying, Anti-Semitism, Current Events and much more. All were created by ADL: the experts at creating inclusive classrooms.

* Unit plans with the goal of providing teachers with resources that meet both the English Common Core Standards and raise awareness about the threats facing the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous populations living in the Amazon Basin http://amazonwatch.org/news/2016/0315-amazon-watch-school-curriculum

*Anti Defamation League's curriculum for K-5 and curriculum supplement for 9-12 http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/curriculum-resources/c/anti-bias-study-guides.html

*KidScribes Program - personal narrative writing and digital book publishing http://www.excelsusfoundation.com/excelsus/Kid_Scribes.html

*Zinn Project - curriculum and resources inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History http://zinnedproject.org/teaching-materials/

* Hate Hurts; How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice Stern-LaRosa/Bettmann

* Culturally Proficient Coaching: Supporting Educators to Create Equitable Schools by Delores B. Lindsey, Richard S. Martinez, Randall B. Lindsey

* You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Gussin Paley

* Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society by James A. Banks

* What Youth Can Do - Research, Student Voice, Exemplary Practice, Motivation http://www.howyouthlearn.org/

* Race Forward's mission is to build awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice by generating transformative ideas, information and experiences. We define racial justice as the systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all and we work to advance racial justice through media, research, and leadership development. https://www.raceforward.org/

* Justice Matters works to build and support a national racial justice movement working towards transformative education for students of color – and to develop and advocate for a racial justice policy agenda in local schools and on a national level. http://www.justicematters.org/

* E3: Education, Excellence & Equity imagines a future in which educators embrace the lived and learned experiences of each student and value the strengths that all children bring into the classroom. In this future, all children achieve academic success, graduate from high school, and have the skills required for their next steps in an ever- changing world.  http://www.e3educate.org

* Through education rooted in love and justice, World Trust is a catalyst for racial equity. World Trust produces equity, inclusion, and diversity films, curriculum and workshops that deepen the conversation about race. http://world-trust.org/

* Conference - The Advent School Collaborative http://adventschool.org/programs/programs-for-educators/

*Importance of authentic relationships for teens http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/6-rules-being-transparent-teens-authentic-relationships-lead-engagement?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

* Profound Gentlemen, a networking and support group for Black/African American male teachers http://wfae.org/post/profound-gentlemen-provides-support-black-male-teachers  http://profoundgentlemen.org/

* Interracial friendships decrease over time in elementary and middle school, with teachers playing a hidden role http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/06/06/interracial-friendships-decrease-over-time-in-elementary-and-middle-school.html

* Research on interventions that decrease suspensions and increase engagement http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/07/13/one-key-to-reducing-school-suspension-a.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news1

• Talking to young people after racial incidents http://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/talking-children-after-racial-incidents

* What is culturally competent teaching? EdWeek's blog/video series http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2016/09/what_is_culturally_competent_teaching_videos.html?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news2

* Instead of icebreakers, how about community builders?  http://www.middleweb.com/32689/dont-break-the-ice-build-your-community/

*Made with Code, a fun coding-for-social-change activity https://www.madewithcode.com/

* Talk to kids about discrimination http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/kids-discrimination.aspx

* Confronting Hate Speech in School https://www.gse.upenn.edu/news/educators-playbook/how-confront-hate-speech-school

* Importance, benefits, and strategies for increasing empathy in schools http://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/files/gse-mcc/files/empathy_brief_for_schools2.pdf

*Article on cultural appropriation http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/is-your-halloween-costume-racist/

* Flow chart on offensive costumes

http://www.mtv.com/news/2345397/is-your-costume-offensive-check-our-flow/

* James Baldwin's "A Talk to Teachers," still relevant inspiration at 2017 http://richgibson.com/talktoteachers.htm

* NPR's round up of resources for teachers supporting youth "when bad stuff happens" http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/05/555373187/how-teachers-and-schools-can-help-when-bad-stuff-happens

* Making Read Across America more inclusive https://www.theconsciouskid.org/blog/2018/2/18/a-critical-race-reading-of-dr-seuss

* Changing the Grade: A Step-by-Step Guide to Grading for Student Growth by Jonathan Cornue http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Books/Overview/Changing-the-Grade.aspx

* Awesome and FREE downloadable posters of diverse women in STEM https://medium.com/nevertheless-podcast/stem-role-models-posters-2404424b37dd

* Wonderful short video on family diversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTqC4U_98Xo&t=156s

* Analyzing children's literature using Critical Race Theory https://theconversation-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/theconversation.com/amp/rooting-out-racism-in-childrens-books-149432

* Analysis and research on gender bias in picture books http://www.lettoysbetoys.org.uk/constructing-bias-the-wonky-world-of-picture-books/

* How gender stereotypes in children's books shape children's career choices https://www.thersa.org/blog/2019/03/gender-books

* Documentary - MIND/GAME: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw https://kovnocommunications.org/mind-game-educational/

*NPR interactive site on mental health struggles for school children http://apps.npr.org/mental-health/

*Intersectionality of race, gender, and ability http://rampyourvoice.com/2016/05/05/black-disabled-woman-syllabus-compilation/

* ASCD Educational Leadership April 2017 Issue: Differences, not Disabilities http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/apr17/vol74/num07/toc.aspx

* Invisible Disability Project https://www.invisibledisabilityproject.org/

* Ways autism affects women differently and is often mis or under diagnosed https://theestablishment.co/i-thought-i-was-lazy-the-invisible-day-to-day-struggle-for-autistic-women-6268515175f3

* Understood.org, the National Center for Learning Disabilities https://www.understood.org/en

* Books - 

Kindergarten

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures-The Story of Temple Grandin (representation)

Just Ask! (author is a representative)

1st Grade

My Travelin' Eye (representation)

How to Build a Hug (representation)

3rd Grade

Emmanuel's Dream (representation)

4th Grade

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (representation)

5th Grade

Out of My Mind (representation)

Fish in a Tree (representation)

Little Heroes of Color (representation)

6th Grade

Harbor Me (representation)

7th Grade

Americans with Disabilities Act

8th Grade

Lord of the Flies (representation)

9th Grade

"We're All Different in our Own Way" (author is a representative)

10th Grade

The Book of Unknown Americans

Minari

11th Grade

"Disappearing"

"In Another Country"

"Harrison Bergeron"

Americans with Disabilities Act

Resources for Microaggressions

*http://the-toast.net/2016/01/05/what-goes-through-your-mind-casual-racism/

*http://mashable.com/2015/06/04/ally-vocabulary-banned-words/#ZbhQ_vvLdsqx

* http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/seminars/Tool_Recognizing_Microaggressions.pdf

How Diversity Makes Us Better

* http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/opinion/diversity-makes-you-brighter.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Hidden&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-10&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

* More school districts are focusing on school integration for students of color and low-income students, and are finding educational benefits, according to two recent reports. Potential benefits include better test scores, increased college attendance and improved critical-thinking skills. The Atlantic online (2/16/16) http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/promise-of-integrated-schools/462681/

*Hamilton College makes diversity a requirement through content integration http://www.npr.org/2016/08/23/491103659/hamilton-college-introduces-new-diversity-requirement

Random

* Neuroscience of prejudice - interesting links to research studies http://www.wcnc.com/news/nation-now/humans-are-wired-for-prejudice-but-that-doesnt-have-to-be-the-end-of-the-story/415551279

* https://hbr.org/2016/03/women-and-minorities-are-penalized-for-promoting-diversity

* Link between colorism and political affiliation http://www.diversityinc.com/news/darker-president-obama-pictures-make-white-people-feel-threatened/

* Complexifying thinking about terrorism http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/08/a-psychologist-on-why-isis-shouldnt-make-you-lose-hope.html?

* Two markers of lasting relationships - the research is on marriage, but I think it applies to all long term connections http://www.businessinsider.com/lasting-relationships-rely-on-traits-2015-11

* 13th, a powerful documentary available on Netflix on how a loophole in the 13th Amendment turned prisons into an industrial complex and re-instituted de facto slavery for many, especially African Americans http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/10/ava-duvernay-13th-documentary-most-important-movie-of-the-year

* The increasingly diverse United States of America: The racial and ethnic diversity of communities varies greatly across the country, but rapid change is coming to many of the least-diverse areas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/how-diverse-is-america/?hpid=hp_no-name_graphic-story-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

* Racism in medical school curriculum that results in health disparity http://bostonreview.net/wonders/anne-fausto-sterling-race-medical-school

* Walking on Eggshells—Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics - Findings from the 2022 American Instructional Resources Survey https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA134-16.html

Talking About Elections in the Post Trump Era

*Follow-up to the Trump Effect Report

https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_trump_effect_two_special_report_final.pdf

*Take care of yourself.  Psychologists describe a phenomenon they've dubbed "Election Stress Disorder" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/09/26/feeling-anxious-ahead-of-the-debate-heres-how-to-cope-with-election-stress-disorder/?tid=a_inl

*http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/us/teaching-seventh-graders-in-a-total-mess-of-an-election-season.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

* Teaching Tolerance article by Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy, authors of The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education www.tolerance.org/magazine/tt54-fall-2016/feature/polarized-classrooms

* Editorial on the Opportunity and Risk of an Election Year for Teachers http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/capturing-the-spark-engagement-and-teaching/2016/07/election_year_opportunity_risk.html?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news1-RM

* Anti-Defamation League's Table Talk on the Presidential Election http://www.adl.org/education-outreach/anti-bias-education/c/bias-in-the-presidential.html

* Science of Us interviews 3rd graders about the 2016 Elections http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/08/the-2016-election-according-to-8-year-olds.html

*http://www.tolerance.org/election2016

* Check out "Letters to the Next President” project. It’s a joint project between the National Writer’s Project and PBS station KQED. It’s a great way to help students focus in on what issues are important to them, based on their own experiences.

* “Teach the Election” From the California History – Social Studies Project. This is a program you can purchase that includes primary sources, connections with historical elections, and teaching suggestions.

* Edutopia brings together many free resources from PBS, C-SPAN, Gilder Lehrman, and others to help teachers with interesting activities to bring the election to life.

* ICIVICS.org offers many election games and activities for all ages. The “Win the White House” game offers a fun online simulation for running your own election.

* Political Cartoons. Using activities from the Library of Congress, teachers can guide students into political discussion by introducing historical political cartoons. Check out these political cartoon activities:

    a. Cartoon Analysis Guide [Library of Congress]

    b. Political Cartoons and Public Debates [Library of Congress]

    c. Interpreting Political Cartoons in the History Classroom [Teaching History]After working with historical cartoons, use local or national newspapers to find recent cartoons to analyze, discuss, and research further.

* Let students guide the discussion by asking their own questions. Using the Question Formulation Technique [http://www.rightquestion.org/], set students up for directed research into the the topics that truly interest them regarding the election. This might prove to be the most beneficial way to find out what students are thinking and are concerned about. If there are misconceptions, they can be addressed. 

* Hold mock elections, hold debates. Scholastic and iCivics.org offer lesson plans and resources for election lessons.

* Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org and https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2016/hate-race

* http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/america-numbers video series (PBS + Teaching Tolerance).  Each video (about 25 min) comes with essential questions and other classroom materials.

* http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/teachers-lounge-teaching-politics-in-the-age-of-trump/ Teaching the election in the age of Trump

* http://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/publications/se/8001/80011636.pdf Teaching the election in the age of Trump

* http://www.middleweb.com/31487/six-ways-to-talk-with-students-about-politics/ a more general piece about discussing politics with middle schoolers

* The dangers of neutrality in the classroom Justice and Stanley in Social Education notes "democratic principles and ideals are not themselves neutral [and] neither is teaching students to become citizens in a society that aspires to these ideals." Sam Miller on the dangers of perpetrating bigotry and inequity by feigning objectivity, Alan Singer suggests some ideas for research and debate into the hopper, suggesting heavy reliance on fact-check sites to inform and substantiate students' research and debate.

* Dear Teachers: An Open Letter about Images of Indians http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

* Children's Books about Thanksgiving http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

* Myths about Thanksgiving http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

* American Indians in Childrens Literature Best Books List http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/best-books.html

* Spoken word poem "Accents" http://www.theflama.com/for-anyone-who-had-to-defend-their-parents-accent-1476343338.html

* Unsung Heroine of 9/11 Betty Ong http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/160547

* First US school to be named after Filipino labor leaders Larry Itlong and Phillip Vera Cruz http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/california-school-bear-names-filipino-american-labor-leaders-itliong-vera-n482351

* Yeonmi Park, North Korean escapee and human rights activist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-gGvLWOZI

*Why Asian Americans should support affirmative action http://blog.angryasianman.com/2015/11/top-five-reasons-why-asian-americans.html#more

* http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/books/library-of-congress-anoints-graphic-novelist-as-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature.html?_r=1

* Biopic of Chiune Sugihara, Japanese Ambassador who issued visas for Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/japanese-schindler-chiune-sugihara_us_569e952ce4b04c813761b8a9

* Data and patterns around Korean migration into USA http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/korean-immigrants-united-states

* Self determination of identity influenced by race, class, and gender http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/28/living/biracial-self-identity-study-feat/index.html

* History of Black and Asian Activism in LA https://www.kcet.org/shows/departures/growing-up-japanese-american-in-crenshaw-and-leimert-park

* White Debt: Reckoning with what is owed — and what can never be repaid — for racial privilege. By Eula Biss http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/white-debt.html?referer

*Compilation of data across 12 realms that show the systemic nature of White privilege http://www.jbwtucker.com/ultimate-white-privilege-statistics/?utm_campaign=shareaholic

* http://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/2_Gulati_AB3.pdf

* WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA: Breaking the White Code of Silence, A Collection of Personal Narratives.  Edited by Gabrielle David and Sean Frederick Forbes  http://2leafpress.org/online/white-in-america/

* Waking up White by Debby Irving http://debbyirving.com/the-book/

* Book club for immigrant parents helps parents love reading and encourage their children http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-mothers-book-club-20160305-story.html

* Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial World (New Critical Viewpoints on Society) by Sharon H Chang http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Mixed-Race-Multiracial-Post-Racial/dp/1612058485

* Resource blog for multiracial Asian families http://multiasianfamilies.blogspot.com/

* "A Poem for My White Friends" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVIgjuovt8&feature=share

* Are Indians Asians?  Identity politics questions raised in the potential nomination of Judge  Judge Sri Srinivasan to the Supreme Court http://aapidata.com/blog/indian-ams-asian/

* Native & American Indian News, Culture, Music, Art and More http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/

* NY Times Op Doc Asian Americans talking about stereotypes http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004308529/a-conversation-with-asians-on-race.html?smid=fb-share

* In Whose Honor? Documentary about Charlene Teres and the movement she started to end the use of Native American mascots http://www.pbs.org/pov/inwhosehonor/

* Teaching Asian American history in school http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/intersection-culture-and-race-in-education/2016/05/the-moment-we-were-seen-why-aapi-history-month-matters.html?cmp=eml-enl-tu-news3

*Actual Civil War origin of Cinco de Mayo https://vimeo.com/126634867 password cinco

*Racial and Belief Gap for Gifted Education http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/k-12-education/closing-the-gap-in-gifted-school-programs-20160508

*Ungendering the Spanish Language http://latinousa.org/2016/01/29/latinx-ungendering-spanish-language/

*Latinx, Let's Check Our Privilege https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGpg1nLQxo&feature=youtu.be

*30 Asian and Asian American Books for Children 0 - 18 http://coloursofus.com/30-asian-asian-american-childrens-books/

*Asian-American Actors Are Fighting for Visibility. They Will Not Be Ignored http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/movies/asian-american-actors-are-fighting-for-visibility-they-will-not-be-ignored.html

* Use of the term "chink eyes" to describe photos on social media https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/quote-chink-eyes-unquote?utm_term=.fcVOQyxeK#.lhp1R9JM4

*100 people who could help with the OscarsSoWhite problem http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-et-mn-academy-diversity-candidates/

*Need for pronouncing students' names correctly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9uL6bS64f4

*Black boys describe emotional stress of daily racism http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/05/12/these-young-black-boys-describe-the-emotional-stress-they-go-through-everyday-growing-up-in-america/

*Colorblind ideology contributes to racism http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/02/colorblindness-adds-to-racism/

*Racial disparities in preschool suspensions https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/preschool-suspensions-are-made-worse-by-racial-disparities/2016/06/12/c9601318-30bf-11e6-95c0-2a6873031302_story.html

*Asian and Pacific American elected officials share the stage for the first time at the 2016 DNC http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-pacific-islander-officials-take-dnc-stage-celebrate-firsts-n618286

* Various views of the word Hapa http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/08/08/487821049/who-gets-to-be-hapa?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

*Politics and history of various terms for folks with more than one racial ancestry http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/08/25/455470334/all-mixed-up-what-do-we-call-people-of-multiple-backgrounds

*Immigration as Racial Policy (ppt slide deck) by Professor Warren Blumenfeld http://www.slideshare.net/wblumen/immigration-as-racial-policy

*Delano Manongs - Documentary about the forgotten history of Larry Itliong and the critical role Filipino workers played in the Labor Movement http://www.delanomanongs.com/

* #StandingRockSyllabus https://nycstandswithstandingrock.wordpress.com/standingrocksyllabus/

*The Story Of The Chinese Family That First Fought To Desegregate Southern Schools http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lum-family-desegregation_us_581a4320e4b0c43e6c1db6f5

* Dena Simmon's powerful TED Talk http://www.ted.com/talks/dena_simmons_how_students_of_color_confront_impostor_syndrome/transcript?language=en

* Wealth gap in the API community that invalidates the model minority myth http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cap-asian-americans-wealth-gap_us_586bd460e4b0d9a5945c91a7

* Dorothy Lange's censored or impounded photographs of Japanese Internment Camps  https://anchoreditions.com/blog/dorothea-lange-censored-photographs

* Website run by renowned astrophysicist Reyna Reyes that features a Filipino scientist each week http://pinoyscientists.com/

* Established in 2006, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society.  Links to book reviews, Native media, and more https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

* NBC Asian America short on Gene Luen Yang, author of graphic novel American Born Chinese https://www.facebook.com/nbcasianamerica/videos/1920936314590264/

* Linguistic bias in children's animated media https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/01/why-do-cartoon-villains-speak-in-foreign-accents/549527/?utm_source=atlfb

* Short Documentary on colorism within the Latina community http://www.analydiamonaco.com/2018/01/conversation-in-colorisms.html

* History and bias around "axe" vs "ask" https://www.facebook.com/MTVDecoded/videos/139672456716985/

* Smithsonian's Native Knowledge: New perspectives on Native American

history, cultures, and contemporary lives http://nmai.si.edu/nk360/

* Resource page for Asian Americans wanting to examine White supremacy https://medium.com/@jennawen/resources-for-asian-americans-starting-to-examine-white-supremacy-3ed5a4922533

* Resource page for supporting multiracial identity and multiracial youth https://docs.google.com/document/d/18RTT-Wc-Kc5UH2i4mu_luZ0k_uEvkUDpuGZ9Lv0PGw0/edit

*Native Land is a map app that allows you to see territories, languages, and treaty information. If you spend time in Canada, Whose Land is useful and full of info! There are videos of land acknowledgements by members of various tribes and links to tribal pages that pop up when you are in their lands.

* Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4