Family Resources for Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist Education
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Ally Resources: Book suggestions for caregivers and their children (2 - 12 years of age) to aid in tough conversations about racism, identity, justice, activism, and bias
Anti-Bias Book Checklist: Checklist to help guide your book selections to represent a diverse culture that are free from bias or racism
Anti-Bias Book Checklist: Checklist to help guide your book selections to represent a diverse culture that are free from bias or racism
WEBSITES |
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Learning for Justice: Social justice and anti-bias resources to help schools, educators, and students be active participants in a diverse democracy
Understanding Gender: Resources to help understand the complex interrelationship between three dimensions: body, identity, and social gender
Embrace Race: Guides and resources for raising a generation of children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race
National Equity Project: Resources focused on transforming the experiences, outcomes, an life options for children and families who have been historically underserved by our institutions and systems
Understanding Gender: Resources to help understand the complex interrelationship between three dimensions: body, identity, and social gender
Embrace Race: Guides and resources for raising a generation of children who are thoughtful, informed, and brave about race
National Equity Project: Resources focused on transforming the experiences, outcomes, an life options for children and families who have been historically underserved by our institutions and systems
ARTICLES & GUIDES |
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Speak Up Guide: How to respond when you — as a student, parent, or educator — encounter prejudice, bias, and stereotypes in the school environment
4 Little Things You Can Do to be Anti-Racist as a Family: How to be vocal about injustice with your children and help them do the same
6 Ways to Create Identity-Safe Montessori Classrooms: A quick quide on practices to impliment in a classroom setting for an identity-safe environment
Gender Inclusivity, Gender Identity & Pronouns, Pronouns Matter, and Pronouns in Email Signatures: More information on gender identity, pronoun useage, pronoun best practices, and what to do if a mistake is made
4 Little Things You Can Do to be Anti-Racist as a Family: How to be vocal about injustice with your children and help them do the same
6 Ways to Create Identity-Safe Montessori Classrooms: A quick quide on practices to impliment in a classroom setting for an identity-safe environment
Gender Inclusivity, Gender Identity & Pronouns, Pronouns Matter, and Pronouns in Email Signatures: More information on gender identity, pronoun useage, pronoun best practices, and what to do if a mistake is made
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN |
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BOOKS FOR ADULTS |
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Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
The Gender Creative Child Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
The Gender Creative Child Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes
PODCASTS |
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Invisibilia by NPR: Combining narrative and scientific research to explore the forces that “control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions.”
Seeing White by Scene on Radio: Leading scholars discuss the history of race in the United States in a 14-part docuseries
Code Switch by NPR: Hosted by a rotating panel of BIPOC journalist, this podcast “explore[s] how [race] impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
Uncivil by Gimlet Media: Historical podcast that shares the stories of marginalized groups often left out of history textbooks
Seeing White by Scene on Radio: Leading scholars discuss the history of race in the United States in a 14-part docuseries
Code Switch by NPR: Hosted by a rotating panel of BIPOC journalist, this podcast “explore[s] how [race] impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
Uncivil by Gimlet Media: Historical podcast that shares the stories of marginalized groups often left out of history textbooks
COMMUNITY GROUPS, TRAININGS, WORKSHOPS |
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The Truth & Titus Collective: Battle Creek-based social justice education group that offers anti-bias workshops for individuals and institutions
ERACCE: This group offers 2.5-day workshops held quarterly in Kalamazoo that addresses systemic racism
Gryphon Place: Mental health support and resources in the Kalamazoo area
OutFront Kalamazoo: Organization focused on creating a safe community for LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly LGBTQ+ youth, in the Kalamazoo area
Disability Network of Southwest Michigan: Resources for individuals with disabilities as well as educational materials on increasing accessibility in our communities
ERACCE: This group offers 2.5-day workshops held quarterly in Kalamazoo that addresses systemic racism
Gryphon Place: Mental health support and resources in the Kalamazoo area
OutFront Kalamazoo: Organization focused on creating a safe community for LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly LGBTQ+ youth, in the Kalamazoo area
Disability Network of Southwest Michigan: Resources for individuals with disabilities as well as educational materials on increasing accessibility in our communities