Standing in Solidarity

LISTEN

We believe it is our responsibility to be active listeners for those who need to say something. Whether in person or through social media, we are committed to hearing what our community members are saying, feeling, and needing. 

LEARN

There are countless books, articles, and other mediums that we can turn to in order to learn and broaden our perspectives. Seek out historical and contemporary sources to get educated about the issues facing racially minoritized communities.

• DU Specific Resources
  • DU Mental Health & Wellness Collaborative
  • The Graduate School of Social Work: Racial Justice
  • DU Office of Diversity & Inclusion
  • Telehealth Resources 
  • GSPP Students - Diversity & Inclusion Page
• Books
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
  • Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  • How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
  • Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
  • Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 
  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 
    by Michelle Alexander
  • The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century 
    by Grace Lee Boggs
  • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi - Original edition: Stamped From the Beginning The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Kendi, Ibram X.
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
  • This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
  • Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? by Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
  • White Rage by Carol Anderson Ph.D.
  • This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins
  • Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr.
  • The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
  • The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy Tyson
  • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In A World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  • Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald
  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
  • Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
  • America’s Original Sin by Jim Wallis
  • Good Talk by Mira Jacob
  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • How Does It Feel to Be the Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi
  • The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
  • When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors
  • An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
  • Citizen by Claudia Rankine
  • Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism From The Inside Out by Ruth King
  • Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
  • The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
  • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
  • No Name in the Street by James Baldwin
  • White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad 
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 
  • The Hate U Give: Angie Thomas
  • Becoming: Michelle Obama
  • Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
  • Passing by Nella Larsen
  • For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
  • A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
  • Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell
  • Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
  • Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race Matthew Frye Jacobson
  • The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
  • But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies Brittney C Cooper (Afterword by) Patricia Bell-Scott (Editor) Barbara Smith (Editor) Akasha (Gloria T ) Hull (Editor)
  • Fatal Invention How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century by Roberts, Dorothy
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Book by Brittney Cooper
  • The Half Has Never Been Told Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Baptist, Edward E.
  • The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave by Daina Ramey Berry
  • Reconstruction America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Foner, Eric
  • Slavery by Another Name The Re-enslavement of of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II by Blackmon, Douglas A.
  • Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
  • The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois
     

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• Articles
  • “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
  • ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
  • The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
  • “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
  • Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
  • “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
  • ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
  • “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
  • The emotional impact of watching white people wake up to racism in real-time
• Trainings
  • Anti-Racism Training: https://www.driep.org/anti-racism-training 
    • Involves 3 modules that are 2 hours each. There is also the option to pay $30 to receive 6 CEUs.
       
  • Racialized Trauma Course: https://culturalsomaticsuniversity.thinkific.com/courses/cultural-somatics-free-5-session-ecourse
    • This is a free 5 session version of their paid 101 Racialized Trauma Course bundle ($117). The main difference is that videos are shorter and the free version does not include the book referenced.
• Resources for Parents

  Books:

  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
  • 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
  • An ABC of Equality by Chana Ginelle Ewing
  • Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
  • Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are by Maria Dismondy
  • This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World by Matt Lamothe
  • The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler
  • I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
  • ABC What Can She Be?: Girls Can Be Anything They Want to Be, from A to Z by Jessie Ford
  • When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner
  • Grace for President by Kelly Dipucchio
  • We’re Different, We’re the Same (Sesame Street) by Bobbi Kates
  • One Love Adapted by Cedella Marley
  • Dreams of Freedom by Amnesty International
  • I Am Enough by Grace Byers
  • Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
  • Little Feminist Board Book Set by Mudpuppy
  • Counting with-Contando Con Friday by Patty Rodriguez
  • Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
  • Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan
  • The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson
  • All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
  • Antiracist Baby By ibram x. Kendi
  • Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
  • A is for Activist Book by Innosanto Nagara
  • Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History Book by Vashti Harrison
  • New Kid by Jerry Craft
  • The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
  • This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
     

  Podcasts:

  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
  • Fare of the Free Child podcast
  • Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
     

  Articles:

  • PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
  • Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
     

  Education:

  • Anti-Racism Activities: Years 3 – 12
• Movies & TV Shows

  ​​​​Available for Free:

  • I Am Not Your Negro (Available on Amazon Prime Video)
  • Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (Available on Hulu)
  • 13th (Available on Netflix)
  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Available on Amazon Prime Video)
  • Malcolm X (Available on Netflix)
  • Moonlight (Available on Netflix)
  • Happy Birthday, Marsha! (Available on Amazon Prime Video)
  • Atlantics (Available on Netflix)
  • The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Available on Amazon Prime Video)
  • Selma (Available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV)
  • LA92 (Available on Netflix)
  • American Son (Netflix)
  • When They See Us (Netflix series)
  • Dear White People (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime)
  • Explained the Racial Wealth Gap (Netflix)
  • The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix)
  • Becoming (Netflix)
  • Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Amazon)
  • 16 Shots (Hulu, Showtime)
  • Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (Amazon)
  • America to Me (Amazon Prime)
  • Fruitvale Station (Netflix)
  • See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
     

  Available to Rent or Purchase:

  • BlacKkKlansman (Directed by. Spike Lee)
  • Do The Right Thing (Directed by. Spike Lee)
  • Get Out (Dir. Jordan Peele)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (Directed by. Behn Zeitlen
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (Directed by. Barry Jenkins)
  • Waves (Directed by. Trey Edward Shults)
  • Pariah (Directed by. Dee Rees)
  • The Hate U Give (Directed by George Tillman Jr.)   
  • The Central Park Five (Amazon Prime)
  • Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story (Amazon Prime, YouTube)
  • Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement (Amazon Prime)
  • Baltimore Rising (YouTube, Amazon Prime)
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland (Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Go)
  • Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
  • Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
  • Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
  • King In The Wilderness  — HBO
• Additional Anti-Racism Resources
  • A Guide to Allyship from BLM
  • Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
  • Becoming Anti-Racist
  • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
  • Anti-Racism Project
  • Intersecting Axes of Privilege, Domination & Oppression
  • Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
  • Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
  • Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
  • Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
  • Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
  • The [White] Shift on Instagram
  • “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
  • Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
  • Resources to Address Racism and Racial Violence (National Council on Family Relations)
  •  For Our White Friends Desiring To Be Allies
  •  “Ally” is a verb: White Privilege & Fragility Resource List
  •  Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
  • 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
  • 5 Things White People Can Do Right Now to Combat White and State-Sanctioned Violence
  • After Arbery shooting, black parents are rethinking ‘the talk’ with sons to explain white vigilantes
  • Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
  • Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters Part I
  • Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay--Chances Are They're Not
  • Anti-Racism & Racism in Psychology
  • Black Lives Matter - CPA Responds to the George Floyd Tragedy
  • Stages of Racial Identity Development
  • Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
  • Project Implicit test for implicit biases
  • Privilege Walk exercise

LEAN IN

We will continue to support the work of those who are already committed to racial justice and we are dedicated to finding new ways to join them in the fight. It is critical during these challenging times that we find ways to lean in and support each other. Whether it is through events, student groups or advocacy, there are so many ways to get involved.