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Trainings
Trainings
Recurring ICIRR ICE Watch training:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W_38Dg56RYG5XW8XgKjTng#/registration
What to say to kids about ICE
What to say to kids about ICE
Updated October 2025
Resource for All Parents & Care-givers:
ChildNet — What to Say to Kids About ICE. Age-appropriate ways to start and maintain conversations, with simple explanations and sample language: https://www.childnet.org/what-to-say-to-kids-about-ice
Ten Expert Tips For Talking To Kids About ICE Terrorizing Their Friends and Family (Spanish/English): https://lataco.com/kids-ice-talking-points
National Domestic Workers Alliance — “It Takes a Village” Toolkit. Resources for families: talking with children, emergency plans, rights, and more:
Deepa Iyer — Social Change Ecosystem Map & “Social Change Now” workbook. A framework for figuring out how each of us can engage in social change in roles we feel capable of: https://www.socialchangemap.com/
Social Justice Books:
Titles recommended on immigration policy and politics, the immigrant experience, and human displacement due to many factors, including climate injustice, capitalism, and militarism, with a focus on the United States. https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/immigration/
See resources for teaching about immigration on the Zinn Education Project website and at TeachingCentralAmerica.org.
Children's Books
Children's Books
Children’s Book Recommendations - crowd sourced from Peirce Survey October 2024
https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/peirce-rep - holds the list
“Recommended to start with books that center Black joy”
Dim Sum for Everyone! - Grace Lin (ages 1-4)
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race - Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (ages 2+)
It’s OK to be Different - Todd Parr (ages 2-5)
Big Hair Don’t Care - Crystal Swain-Bates (ages 2-6)
Hey Black Child - Useni Eugene Perkins (ages 2-6)
Julian is a Mermaid - Jessica Love (ages 3-6)
The Ugly Vegetables - Grace Lin (ages 3-7)
I Am Enough - Grace Byers (3-7 years)
Alma and How She Got Her Name - Juana Martinez-Neal (ages 3-8)
Sulwe - Lupita Nyong'o (ages 3-8)
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham (ages 4-9 years)
Going to Ghana (Ana & Andrew)- Christine Platt (ages 4-9)
A Walk in Harlem (Ana & Andrew) - Christine Platt, Anuki Lopez (ages 4-9)
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice - Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, Jennifer Zivoin (ages 4 to 8)
Born in the Water - Nikole Hannah Jones, Renee Watson, (ages 6-10)
Four Feet, Two Sandals - Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed (ages 7-10)
Stamped (kids version): Racism, Antiracism and You - Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Sonja Cherry Paul (ages 7-11)
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All - Chelsea Johnson,, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi (ages 6-12)
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All - Chelsea Johnson,, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi (ages 6-12)
It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers) - Trevor Noah (ages 10-15)
Social Justice Book list - https://socialjusticebooks.org
Do you have a book to reccommend to the Peirce community? Send us your recommendation here: <URL Survey link>
Videos
Videos
Video: “Raising White Kids”Author talks about how to talk to your kids about race (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-St147SeEnM
Video: How to talk to Kids about Racism https://youtu.be/QNEKbVq_ou4
Video: How to talk to Kids about Race and Racism (for White and non-white children) https://youtu.be/efgU3CdmBgw
Video: How to Raise Kids to be Anti-Racist and Talk to Them About Racism (5 mins)
Resources for Supporting Kids in the Wake of Racialized Violence
Resources for Supporting Kids in the Wake of Racialized Violence
This list was emailed 2/2/23 from REP to the Peirce community via former Principal Zaimi's newsletter
Resource for All Parents & Care-givers:
Explaining the “Why” Behind Police Violence Using Child-Friendly Language.
Resource for White Parents of Children of Color
Resources for White Parents
NPR’s “Talking Race with Young Children”
Anti-Racism for Beginners: a Tool Kit
Courageous Conversations About Race by Glenn E. Singleton
“Talking to Your Kids About Racism: How to start the important conversation and keep it going.”
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults Common Sense Media
“(divorcing) White Supremacy Culture: Coming home to who we truly are” a Tool Kit
12 Part Video Series: Facing Race
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=facing+race+king+5+seattle
Equity Vision - February 2022
Ensure families and caregivers have complete access to relevant information such as student achievement, program placement and participation in a language or form of communication that is meaningful to them.
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/slcp/2011progdirmtg/equityscale.pdf
REP Inspiration - January 2021
"The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward,” Ijeoma Oluo
Events:
https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=128228
Dismantling White Supremacy in your everyday Life
https://www.verywellmind.com/avoiding-racist-action-in-everyday-life-5072846
Race Forward - Introduction to Racial Equity training Slides:
https://racc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/An-Introduction-to-Racial-Equity-Assessment-Tools.pdf
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