DEI Resources
Here are resources associated with our document, "Guidance for Improving Staff Engagement: Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in SOAR Work"
DEI Resources
Allies
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How Not to be an Ally: Common missteps and advice for effective allyship, Psychology Today
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Want to support Black Lives Matter? Here’s where to start in Pittsburgh., Kidsburgh
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Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History & Culture
Anti-Racism
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An Anti-Racist Reading List, The New York Times
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Anti-Racism Resources, Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
Behavioral Health
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SAMHSA Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)
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African Americans and Mental Health (American Psychiatric Association) (PDF | 915 KB)
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African American Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Mental Health Support and Education, Steel Smiling
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Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community, Sunshine Behavioral Health
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Black and African American Communities and Mental Health (Mental Health America)
Children
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The critical role white parents play in shaping racism — and eradicating it, PBS
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Race Research Online Directory, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work \
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Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books, Social Justice Books
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How to raise anti-racist kids: 20 resources for parents, Motherly
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Why Raising Kids to "Not See Color" Doesn’t Help Fight Racism, HuffPost
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Race and Equity Resource List, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
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Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others, Pepperdine University
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In My Skin Podcast, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
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Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice, NAEYC
History
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African American History: From Emancipation to the Present, Yale
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5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence, Medium
Housing
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Advancing Racial Equity in Housing and Community Development: An Anti-Racism Guide for Transformative Change by the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, Case Western Reserve University
Legal System
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Racial Bias, Data Science, and the Justice System, Abt Associates
Organizations
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Center for Race & Gender Equality, YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
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C4Innovations https://c4innovates.com/training-technical-assistance/equity/
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Color of Change https://colorofchange.org/
Substance Use
Additional Resources: Blogs, Podcasts, Media
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Video: “I Can’t Breathe: From Agony to Activism’”, Pitt Diversity
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Video: What I am learning from my white grandchildren – truths about race, TEDx Talks
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Video: Juneteenth Round Table with Rep. Chris Rabb & Rep. Ed Gainey, For Our Future
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Podcast: Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence, On Being with Krista Tippett
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Citizen Journalism and Political Protests, Syracuse University
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Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History & Culture
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Talks to Help You Understand Race in America, TEDx Talks
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Video: "What Would You Do?"
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Video: Wealth Equity, Ted Talk
Books and Articles
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Habits of Whiteness: A Pragmatist Reconstruction by Terrance Macmullan
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The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
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Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
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How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
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I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
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So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Ph.D.
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
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The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsit
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
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The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness by Matt Wray, Eric Klinenberg, Irene J. Nexica and Birgit Brander Rasmussen
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Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
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This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
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Sesame Workshop Is Talking More Explicitly About Race—and Welcoming Two Black Muppets by Cady Lang, Time Magazine March 23, 2021
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“How to Be an Ally if You Are a Person with Privilege“ by Frances E. Kendall
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“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack“ by Peggy McIntosh
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“The Case for Reparations“ by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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“Excerpt from Privilege, Power and Difference“ by Allan Johnson
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“I used to lead tours on a plantation. You wouldn’t believe the questions I got about slavery“ by Margaret Biser
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“Allyship and Accountability Glossary“ by Levana Saxon
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“Blacks and whites see racism in the United States very, very differently“ by Ryan Struyk
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“Born that Way: Scientific racism is creeping back into our thinking“ by Matthew Hughey & W. Carson Byrd
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“Fear of the Black Man: How Racial Bias Could Affect Crime, Labor Rates“ - by Michel Martin, NPR
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“10 Messages of Wisdom We Need to Give Black Youth Right Now“ by Ernest Owens
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“The Racist Housing Policy that Made Your Neighborhood“ by Alexis Madrigal
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“15 Charts That Prove We’re Far From Post-Racial“ Braden Goyette and Alissa Scheller
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“A ‘Historic Moment’ for Native Americans“ by Julie Turkewitz
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“When Whites Just Don’t Get It, Parts 1-7“ by Nicholas Kristof
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“They Considered Themselves White, But DNA Tests Told a More Complex Story“ by Tara Bahrampour
Details
- Type:
- Guides
- Date:
- February, 2023
Other Details
- Topic
- Staffing