Racial Justice Resources

Download the Racial Justice Resources document (PDF).

• Where is the protest in Atlanta? - Twitter, updated 2x daily
• Race-Conscious Parenting Collective - meets monthly on a specified Wednesday

• Emory Psychiatry Anti-Racism Action Steps - developed by members of the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee and Caring Communities
• Anti-Racist Table 30 Day Challenge - daily lessons curated to educate, to help people face and get past shame, anger, and blame, and to develop empathy
• Justice in June - learning resources and schedule of activities
• Healthy Democracy Kit - order a badge and lanyard with QR code patients can scan to register to vote
• 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge - America & Moore
• 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets - list designed to celebrate all the ways our communities can engage in celebration
• Bystander Intervention Training
• Emory Speak Up Campaign - recent interactive newsletter which contains information on how to donate and become involved in campaigns
• Street Medic Bridge Training for Medical Professionals - Do No Harm Coalition
• Harvard Implicit Association test - assess implicit bias

• Atlanta Solidarity Fund
• Homeless Black Trans Women Fund
• Racial Justice Action Center
• Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative (SNaP Co.)
• Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
• The Street Groomers
• Black Futurists Group
• Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights
• Sister Song
• Feminist Women’s Health Center
• Atlanta Jobs with Justice
• Project South
• Mijente
• Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR)
• Council for American-Islamic Relations Georgia (CAIR-GA)
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta
• Freedom University

• Movement for Black Lives
• Black Lives Matter
• Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
• Color of Change
• INCITE!
• Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
• Teach.com: 65 Resources for Racial and Healthy Equity

• The Case for Reparations - Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Some Thoughts on Mercy - Ross Gay
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - Peggy McIntosh
• Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color - Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
• Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders - Sue et al., American Psychologist
• Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of African Americans (2017) - NPR, Robert Wood Johnson, Harvard School of Public Health
• Coping with Racial Trauma - UGA Department of Psychology
• Talking About Race - National Museum of African American History and Culture
• The racial impacts of COVID-19 - Embrace Race
• How to be anti-racist: Speak out in your own circles
• Message to White Allies from A Black Anti-Racism Expert: You're Doing It Wrong
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Why you should stop saying "all lives matter," explained in 9 different ways
• Maintaining Professionalism in the Age of Black Death is A Lot
• Ten Keys to Everyday Anti-Racism - Greater Good Magazine

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches - Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
• Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X - As told to Alex Haley
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson
• Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education - Mychal Denzel Smith
• The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing - Anneliese Singh
• Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present - Harriet A. Washington
• A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do - Jennifer Eberhardt
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo
• Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debbie Irving
• No More Heroes: Grassroots challenges to the Savior Mentality - Jordan Flaherty
• How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States - Daniel Immerwahr

• Code Switch
• 1619
• Justice in America
• Uncivil
• Black History Year
• Back Story
• Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist - Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
• Ijeoma Oluo on How to Fight Racism in Your Town - How To! With Charles Duhigg

• Systemic Racism Explained - (video) act.tv
• A Racist Attack on Children Was Taped in 1975. We Found Them. - New York Times
• Jafar: An Anti-Racist Short Film
• I Apologize - (video) Oscar Brown Jr., Def Poetry
• SAEM Stands with You! - (video) Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
• #UntoldStories - (video) Emory University SOM, Department of Emergency Medicine
• “The House We Live In” - PBS (part of docuseries Race: The Power of an Illusion)
• 13th
• Whose Streets?
• I Am Not Your Negro
• When They See Us
• "22 Movies and Documentaries About Race Everyone Should Watch At Least Once" - Buzzfeed
• 10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Colour To Explain Things For You - Doc Play

• Patrisse Khan-Cullors (@osopepatrisse)
• Alicia Garza (@aliciagarza)
• Opal Tometi (@opalayo)
• Tamika Mallory (@tamikadmallory)
• Bree Newsome Bass (@breenewsome)
• Brittany Packnett (@mspackyetti)
• Ibram X. Kendi (@dribram)
• Ijeoma Oluo (@ijeomaoluo)
• bell hooks (@bellhooks)
• Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)
• Angela Davis
• James Baldwin
• Audre Lorde
• Toni Morrison
• Malcolm X

• How to be Anti-Racist: A Social Worker's Perspective - Master of Social Work Program at the University of Southern California 
• Actionable Steps for Therapists (And All Human Beings) In Response to the Racial Pandemic - Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
• Anti-Racism & Racism Psychology, Psychiatry, Counseling, Psychotherapy, & Supervision: 57 Articles & Books—Cites + Summaries - Ken Pope
• Black Life Matters: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
• Counseling Individuals of African Descent - Raheem & Hart, Counseling Today (2019)
• Moving From Cultural Competence to Antiracism (video) - Thelma Bryant-Davis
• American Psychologist Special Issue: Racial Trauma: Theory, Research, and Healing - APA (all articles in this issue are free)
• Critical consciousness of anti-Black racism: A practical model to prevent and resist racial trauma - Mosley et al., Journal of Counseling Psychology
• Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system - Calgary Journal
• Hey, White Therapist, Here's Where We Start (Ep. 92) - (podcast) Clearly Clinical
• APA Town Hall on the ‘Racism Pandemic’ Facing Our Nation - (video recording) June 4, 2020
• Resources on Health Equity in the Context of COVID-19 and Disproportionate Outcomes for Marginalized Groups - National Academy of Medicine
• Can You See me? Honoring Black Mental Health During A Double Pandemic - (video recording) June 19, 2020; DC Psychological Association
• How do White Female Therapists Address Racism? - PSYED
• Dealing with Racist Patients - NEJM
• Caring for Older African American Adults:
  • Multicultural Competency in Geropsychology - American Psychological Association Committee on Aging
  • African American Older Adults and Race-Related Stress - American Psychological Association
  • Black Aging Matters: How to Better Address Racism-Related Stress in African American Older Adults - APA Webinar
  • Health and Health care of African-American Older Adults (2010) (PDF, 2.7MB)
    Stanford School of Geriatrics

• Racial Equity Tools - learning modules and curriculum
• Teaching Tolerance - social justice and anti-bias curricula for kindergarten through high school
• Psychology of Radical Healing Syllabus - The Psychology of Radical Healing Collective

• Shine app - A mental health/mindfulness app offering free meditations for Black wellbeing and mental health
• The Safe Place app - A mental health app to have open discussions, receive advice, and view stats on mental health in the Black community
• Ethel's Club - Offering two free, one hour virtual group healing and grieving sessions for the Black community (June 9 & June 23 at 6pm; on Instagram @ethelsclub)
• Sista Afya - Hosts online support groups to help Black Womxn process the BLM movement (on Instagram @sistaafya)
• Black Mental Wellness - shares resources, coping strategies, and discussions for the Black community (on Instagram @blackmentalwellness)
• HealHaus - a mindfulness/wellness space in Brooklyn that is offering free virtual mindfulness events on Instagram (on Instagram @healhaus)
• The Loveland Foundation - organization focused on providing mental health support for Black women and girls, can apply for financial assistance for therapy
• A Therapist Like Me - a non-profit dedicated to connecting minority-identifying clients to minority-identifying therapists, advancing therapists of color, providing financial gifts to minority-identifying clients for psychotherapy

• Center for Black Women’s Wellness - safety net clinic which provides mental health referrals
• The Counseling Brothers of Atlanta - on Facebook and Instagram
• Therapy for Black Girls - online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls
• 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country - Self
• 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color - Online MSW Programs (includes resources for Black patients as well as non-Black POC) 

• House of GG (Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historic Center) - runs programs that promote healing justice, resilience, and organizing by and for transgender women of color, primarily focusing on the South.
• Transgender Law Center - legal resources to advance the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming people
• Marsha P. Johnson Institute - organizes to advocate for and defend the human rights of Black transgender people
• Center for Black Equity - connects members of the black LGBTQ+ community with information and resources to empower their fight for equity and access
• LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund - posts bail to secure the safety and liberty of people in jail and immigration detention
• For the Gworls - fundraises to assist with black trans people’s rent & affirmative surgeries
• Black Transmen - organization focused on social advocacy and empowering trans men with resources to aid in a healthy transition
• National Black Justice Coalition - civil rights organization dedicated to empowering black LGBTQ+ people, advocates for policy at the federal level
• Trans Women of Color Collective - cultivates economic opportunities and affirming spaces for trans people of color
• Trans Justice Funding Project - community-led funding initiative to support grassroots, trans justice groups run by and for trans people

• A list of more than 100 black-owned restaurants, food businesses in metro Atlanta - AJC
• Want to support Black-owned businesses? Here's a list - Decaturish
• Buy Black ATL: Directory of black-owned businesses
• 138 Black-Owned Businesses to Support - The Strategist

• Emory Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
• The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
• School of Medicine Anti-Racism Resource Guide 

• Student Health Services (SHS)
• Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Mental Health and Wellness Resources for Students of Color 
• Drop-In Groups: No initial consultation/screening necessary. To join a group, schedule an initial screening at CAPS (404-727-7450).
• Stress Clinic: Wednesdays, 11 AM-12 PM EST & Thursdays, 4-5 PM EST (students choose one day only and meet for three weeks)
• International Student Support Group: Thursdays, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM EST
• Black Graduate/Professional Student Support Group: Thursdays, 4-5 PM EST
• Mindfulness: Mondays, 11 AM-12 PM EST; Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 PM EST; Fridays, 2-3 PM EST
• Healthy Healers Drop-In Workshop: Tips for Students in the Health Professions. No initial consultation/screening necessary. Open to all School of Medicine students. June 17, 6-7 PM EST.

• Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit Resources - AAMC
• Diversity & Inclusion - AAMC
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Collection - AAMC
• How to Talk About George Floyd and Racism with Your Team
• How Should Organizations Respond to Racism Against Health Care Workers? 

• Anti-racism resources list
• Anti-Racist Info Kit for White People - guides and resources
• Racial Equity Tools - books and films list
• Antiracist Resources and Reads: recommendations by age group
• Racial Re-Education Resources on Hoopla - free e-books and audiobooks available from your local library
• Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
• Juneteenth Webinar Resources

Comprehensive Lists

• Antiracist Resources and Reads: Lists for All Ages
• Something Happened in Our Town: Book Lists and Online Resources
• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup — Pretty Good

Children

• Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice
• We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) by Bobbi Kates
• AntiRacist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
• Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
• "Daddy Why Am I Brown?": A healthy conversation about skin color and family. by Bedford Palmer, Winda Mulyasari
• Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina: Brown, Monica, Palacios, Sara
• Chocolate Me!: Diggs, Taye, Evans, Shane W.
• It's Okay To Be Different (Todd Parr Classics)

Adolescents

• This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
• Preview — The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Race Affirming Books

• Be Bold, Baby
• Children's Books For Black History Month and Beyond
• 15 Must-Read Children's Books for Black History Month

Books for Parents

• Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
• Let's Talk About Race: Lester, Julius, Barbour, Karen
• Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine): Perry, LaTashia M.

Videos for Children and Adolescents

• Systemic Racism Explained

Videos for Parents

• Black Parents Explain How to Deal with the Police | Cut

News Articles for Parents

• Talking to Children After Racial Incidents - Lion's Story
• How to talk to kids about racism, racial violence and police brutality
• Study: Racism Affects Even Young Kids' Mental and Behavioral Health
• How to talk to your kids about race, racism, and police violence
• How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race : Life Kit

National Resources

• CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism - June 6, 2020
• Teaching Tolerance - social justice and anti-bias curricula for kindergarten through high school
• The Trevor Project - crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ young people under 25

Community Resources 

• Race-Conscious Parenting Collective at Charis Books & More (meets monthly)
• Therapy for Black Girls - online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls

Websites on Bullying

• The Bully Project
• Bully Bust

BIPOC Resources

• The Summit Wellness Group - Written and curated by women of color, this guide features 61 mental health and substance use resources for the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community.
• Detox Local - An extensive list of mental health and substance use resources specifically for the AAPI (American Asian and Pacific Islander) community.