Works Cited & Resources
Equity Framework Pillar Resources
The resources below are primarily for practitioner education and reflect the research and theory used for the drafting the equity framework. For related curricular resources, please see the Puente Anthology, which includes text selections and sample curriculum for all Puente levels.
Racial and Immigrant Justice
Getting Started
Crenshaw, Kimberlé, "The Urgency of Intersectionality" [video + transcript]
Columbia University "Anti-Racist Pedagogy First Steps"
Immigrants Rising, "Supporting Students in CA"
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, For Educators: support talking about race and anti-racism.
Yosso, Tara. "Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth" Race, Ethnicity, Education
Extend Your Knowledge
Crenshaw, Kimberlé. On Intersectionality: Essential Writings
Immigrants Rising Resources
Ladson-Billings, Gloria. “Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 2.0”
Malaklou, Shadee. “The Revolution Will not Be Humanized”
National Equity Project, Resources for Educators
Rendon, L.I. Validating culturally diverse students: Toward a new model of learning and student development. (1994).
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamattha. How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Deep Dive
Hoodrats to Headwraps Podcast, "What is Brown?: The Fear and Future of a Black Planet feat. Alan Pelaez(@Migrantscribble)"
Ruiz, Iris and Sonia Arellano. "La Cultura Nos Cura: Reclaiming Decolonial Epistemologies through Medical History and Quilting as Method."
Spillers, Hortense. “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe”
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamattha. Race for Profit
Linguistic Justice
Getting Started
1974 Statement from Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Students Rights to their Own Language"
Baker Bell, April. Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy
Young, Vershawn Ashanti. "Should Writers Use They Own English?"
Extend Your Knowledge
Inoue, Asao. 2017. Anti-Racist Writing Assessment Ecologies
Sins Invalid. "Language Justice is Disability Justice"
Young, Vershawn Ashanti. "Nah We Straight: An Argument Against Code Switching"
Deep Dive
Young, Vershawn Ashanti and Aja Y. Martinez. Code Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance. NCTE Press
Young, V. A., Barrett, R., Young-Rivera, Y., & Lovejoy, K. B.. Other people’s English: Code-meshing, code-switching, and African American literacy. Teachers College Press.
LGBTQIA+ Justice
Getting Started
Gender Spectrum Resources - a great place to begin.
American Library Association. "LGBTQ+ Issues in Higher Education" (Resource Guide)
CCC Chancellor's Office Addresses LGBTQ Student Needs (video)
Foundation for California Community Colleges. California Community Colleges LGBTQ+ Resource Guide
Human Rights Campaign. "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions"
Trans Student Educational Resources, "Gender Unicorn"
Extend Your Knowledge
GLSEN's Resources for Students and Educators (see student-run groups and clubs!)
NCTE. "Affirming Gender Diversity Through Curriculum"
See also: NCTE. "LGTBQ Poster"
Deep Dive
Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Special Issue: LGBT Issues at Community Colleges
Vaid-Menon, Alok. Beyond the Gender Binary
Disability Justice
Getting Started
Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Inclusive Meetings and Accessible Event Planning Resources.
Berne, Patty. Disability Justice as a Framework or see Sins Invalid 10 Principles of Disability Justice
Inside Higher Ed, Disability as Diversity
Lewis, Talila "TL." The Definition of Ableism.
Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi and Stacey Milbern. Disability Justice: An Audit Tool
Quirici, Marion. "Student activism for disability justice and holistic access" (video)
Accessible design guidance can be found at: CSU Northridge’s Universal Design Center
Check for minimum digital compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
Extend Your Knowledge
Visit the Disability Visibility Project to learn more about disabled peoples' experiences and disability justice.
Mingus, Mia. Access Intimacy: The Missing Link and Intimacy, Interdependence and Disability Justice
Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. The Future is Disabled: Prophesies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs
Sins Invalid, Skin, Tooth and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People (A Disability Justice Primer)
Deep Dive
Kafai, Shayda. Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice and Art Activism of Sins Invalid
Ramp Your Voice. "Black Disabled Women Syllabus: A Compilation"
Wong, Alice (editor). Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century
Environmental Justice
Getting Started
All We Can Save Project and Anthology edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katherine K. Wilkerson
California Environmental Protection Agency "What is Environmental Justice?"
Energy Justice Network. "17 Principles of Environmental Justice"
See also: EJN Resources and Links
NDN Collective. "Climate Justice at NDN"
Thomas, Leah. The Intersectional Environmentalist (Book and website. Also see toolkits for classroom lesson ideas
Extend Your Knowledge
Bullard, Robert, "Equity, unnatural man-made disasters, and race: why environmental justice matters"
See also: (Various Articles on author website)
Bioneers Conference: Attend or view past talks and resource guides.
Community Water Center, Research and Publications
Deep Dive
Hernandez, Jessica. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
Jarrat-Snyder, Karen and Marianne O. Nielsen. Indigenous Environmental Justice
Kimmerer, Robin. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants