None of these are meant as a stand alone resource... all are simply intended to offer support and information. Please research for yourself and find what fits for you and your family.

America Needs All of US Tool Kit

https://www.welcomingamerica.org/sites/default/files/America%20Needs%20All%20of%20Us.pdf

Talking to Young Children About Race

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716700866/talking-race-with-young-children

Talking to Children About Racial Bias https://www.leeandlow.com/imprints/tu-books/articles/the-opposite-of-colorblind-why-it-s-essential-to-talk-to-children-about-race

Teaching Love in Action

https://www.gwendolynvansant.com/home/2018/3/16/teach-your-children-love-in-action-have-the-courage-to-talk-about-race

Clint Smith TED Talk on Raising a Black Son in America

https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_how_to_raise_a_black_son_in_america/discussion?referrer=playlist-talks_to_help_you_understand_r

I am Talking to My Black Son About Race and Privilege

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/talking-to-my-black-son-about-race-and-privilege_n_5bbba0ebe4b0876edaa0addf

Parents Raising Kids of a Different Race

https://time.com/the-realities-of-raising-a-kid-of-a-different-race/

Tips for Talking to Kids About Race

https://www.embracerace.org/resources/teaching-and-talking-to-kids

How White Parents Can Talk to Kids About Race

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/31/866426170/raising-white-kids-author-on-how-white-parents-can-talk-about-race

The Opposite of Color Blind

https://www.leeandlow.com/imprints/tu-books/articles/the-opposite-of-colorblind-why-it-s-essential-to-talk-to-children-about-race

Books to Help us Talk About Race

https://www.readbrightly.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-books-and-resources-that-can-help/

Community-Based Resources

• Lines for Life Racial Equity Warmline- linked here

• Links to:

  • Black Mental Health Providers

• Culturally Responsive Mental Health Providers

• PPS SSH Supporting Students of Color google site page

Resources

• Learning for Justice: Don't Say Nothing: Responding to Police Violence

• Suffocated Grief & Supporting Black Youth podcast episode- Dr. Tashel Border‪e‬

• Practicing Radical Self Love from Sonja Renee Taylor

• Black Minds Matter- interrupting school practices that disregard the mental health of Black youth by Coshandra Dillard (Learning for Justice)

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)—Resources for African Americans

• Loveland Therapy Fund- The Loveland Therapy Fund provides funding for Black women and girls to receive therapy support.

• Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences—Anti-Racism Resources for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)- A list of Black-led resources for mental health, free emotional well-being resources, and mindfulness and guided meditation resources.

• How Do We Protect Our Emotions During the Chauvin Trial- Interview w Resmaa Menakem

• Supporting Students, Families, and the Educational Community during the Trial of Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin April 2021 SSWAA

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