In Solidarity with those Demanding Change
Anti-Racism Resources
Updated May 2022
As communities across the US protest systemic racism and violence against people of color, we at Clarke stand in solidarity with those demanding change. The intersectionality of race and hearing loss puts Clarke students of color at greater risk than peers who are white. Their success is critical to our mission. We must do more to support them.
We respect and celebrate the diversity of the students and families we serve. We recognize the racial and cultural backgrounds of the majority of the Clarke Team and Board of Trustees do not reflect this diversity. We seek to increase this representation throughout our network.
We believe it’s essential for those who are in positions of privilege, including Clarke leaders and Trustees, to focus on listening and learning from the experiences of impacted populations, conscientious activists and the history of social transformation.
Our Human Resources Team, Communications Team, Leadership Team, staff and Board of Trustees are listening, researching and collaborating to provide our team, students and families with the resources and support they need. As we take necessary steps to elevate disenfranchised voices and enhance our efforts in the anti-racism movement, we dedicate ourselves to serve as allies to all people of color in the Clarke community.
Our immediate actions include:
- A continued commitment to creating a safe, inclusive environment for staff and families. Any form of racism will not be tolerated. We are exploring further anti-racism and unconscious bias trainings for all staff.
- Connecting staff with services through current benefit plans while exploring additional resources for assistance.
- Increasing the racial diversity of our Board of Trustees.
- Pursuing additional trainings for direct service team members.
Since our original June 2020 post we have:
- Formed an internal task force to lead our anti-racism, diversity and inclusion efforts.
- Completed organization-wide unconscious and implicit bias training.
- Completed microagressions training with all staff.
- Expanded the resources below to include support for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
- Partnered with experts and educators outside of Clarke to learn and share resources.
Resources
One way we’re supporting families in this essential work is creating a library of resources to begin, support and enhance these conversations. We’ll continue to add to this list as we gather valuable information.
While we are committed to sharing helpful resources, we are equally devoted to better understanding the needs of students and families and honoring your requests. Please email us at diversity@clarkeschools.org to share your feedback, requests for support and any other comments.
Educator and Caregiver Resources
Books & Articles for Adults
- This Book is Anti-Racist, Tiffany Jewell
- Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin Diangelo
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson
- 40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete, William C. Rhoden
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, Harriet A. Washington
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, Mehrsa Baradaran
- Raw Law: An Urban Guide to Criminal Justice, Muhammad I. Bashir
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Dr. Joy Degruy
- Teaching While White, Laura Roy
- “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”, Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Rethinking the Color Line, Charles A. Gallagher
- 50 Myths & Lies that Threaten America’s Public Schools, David C. Berliner, Gene V. Glass and Associates
- The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, Gloria Ladson-Billings
- City Kids City Schools – More Reports from the Front Row, William Ayers
- Talking to Kids about Asian American Identity and Racism
- Asian Americans K-12 Education Curriculum
- Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot
- Here Are a Few Ideas on How to Talk to Kids about Race, Police and Protests
- Happening Yesterday, Happened Today – Teaching the ongoing murders of black men
- Empowering Young People in the Aftermath of Hate (In English and en Español)
- How to Improve Discussion of Race in the Classroom
- Don’t Say Nothing
- NASP Calls for Action to End Racism and Violence Against People of Color
- More content on the way!
Podcasts, Webinars, Social Media and Videos for Adults
- Coping with Violence (online tools)
- Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Schools (virtual workshop, Oct. 17 and 24, 2020)
- Talking Race With Young Children: A Podcast by NPR (podcast)
- A Conversation on Hidden Bias [part 1] (video)
- Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms (webinar)
- Systematic Racism Explained (social media)
- Fare of the FREE CHILD (podcast)
- Code Switch (podcast)
- Sesame Street and CNN Townhall (video)
- Anti-bias Lessons Help Preschoolers Hold up A Mirror to Diversity, a video by PBS News Hour (video)
- Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence (online tools)
- Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice, TEDxRainier
- More content on the way!
Websites and Information Hubs
- APA Resources for Coping with Mass Shootings, Understanding Gun Violence
- Teach All Families
- NEA Black Lives Matter at School Toolkit
- Colorful Pages
- Guide for Parents of Asian/Asian American Adolescents
- Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness Resources
- Talking to Young Children about Race and Racism
- Sesame Workshop’s Coming Together: Talking to Children About Race and Identity
- The Asian American Racial Justice Tool Kit
- How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism
- Talking about Race: Our Children Are Not Colorblind
- WeStories.org
- We Teach NYC-resources and racism
- MomsRising.org
- Teaching Tolerance
- Embrace Race
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about Race
- National Geographic; Talking About Race
- Raising Race Conscious Children
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- Approaches to Help Parents Talk to Their Children about Racial Differences
- The Conscious Kid
- Classroom resources to teach about civil rights and social justice, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, Center for Racial Justice in Education
- Black Girls Smile
- Resources for communication with Children, Today’s Parent
- How to Honor Indigenous Peoples with Your Kids, PBS
- Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the Classroom, We are Teachers
- More content on the way!
Family Resources
Books for Children
On racism/anti-racism, diversity/inclusion, and positive stories
- Clarke Book Club – World Read Aloud Day, Amplifying Diverse Voices 2022
- Clarke Book Club – National Bullying Prevention Month
- Clarke Book Club – National Literacy Month and Hispanic Heritage Month
- Clarke Book Club – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Clarke Book Club – World Read Aloud Day, Amplifying Diverse Voices
- Asian/Asian American Children’s Books
- Classroom books to celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- August 2020: New social justice books from Teaching for Change
- 20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good
- Teaching for Change Guide to Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books
- NNSTOY Social Justice Book List
- Anti-Racism Books for Kids, The New York Times
- Books for Littles
- Children’s books with main characters who are deaf or hard of hearing
Books
- Sulwe, Lupita Nyong’o
Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust, Renee Hartman and Joshua M. Greene
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling
- Last Stop on Market Street, Matt de la Peña
- Trombone Shortly, Troy Andrews
- Black is a Rainbow Color, Angela Joy
- Giant Steps to Change the World, Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
- Hosea Plays On, Kathleen Blasi
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice, Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP, Marietta Collins, PhD, and Ann Hazzard, PhD, ABPP
- Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, Chris Barton
- Juneteenth for Mazie, Floyd Cooper
- I Am Perfectly Designed, Karamo Brown
- A Family Is a Family Is a Family, Sara O’Leary
- Julian at the Wedding, Jessica Love
- Amira’s Picture Day, Reem Faruqi
- Drawn Together, Minh Le
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle, Isabel Quintero
- Dreamers, Yuyi Morales
- Firebird, Misty Copeland
- Rainbow Weaver, Lina Elovitz Marshall
- Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, Sonia Sotomayor
- I Am Enough, Grace Byers
- Mr. Lincoln’s Way, Patricia Polacco
- Save Me a Seat, Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
- No Voice Too Small, Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson and Jeanette Bradley
- I Am Brown, Ashok Banker
- Front Desk, Kelly Yang
- My Voice is a Trumpet, Jimmie Allen
- More content on the way!
Mental Health Resources
- Asian Mental Health Collective Therapist Directory
- NAMI’s Statement On Recent Racist Incidents And Mental Health Resources For African Americans
- Therapy for Black Girls
- “We Need to Normalize Mental Health Care in the Black Community.”
- Stigma Regarding Mental Illness among People of Color
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Black Virtual Therapist Directory, BEAM
- Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up (Self-Care Printable)
- Coping with Traumatic Stress, Stanford University
- More content on the way!