Asian Anti-Racism
https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co
https://apaics.org/
https://smithsonianapa.org/
https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/asian-american/bullying-and-victimization
https://aapaonline.org/
https://stopaapihate.org/resources/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-racism-resources-support-asian-american-pacific-islander-community-n1260467
https://asianawarenessproject.carrd.co/
Black Anti-Racism

TV Special For Kids on CNN
The 60-minute special “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families” will air on Saturday, June 6, at 10 a.m. ET.
The show will talk to kids about racism, the recent nationwide protests, embracing diversity and being more empathetic and understanding.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/cnn-sesame-street-standing-up-to-racism/index.html
CPA STATEMENT OCTOBER 2020:
On September 22, 2020 the White House issued an Executive Order restricting diversity training in federal agencies https://www.
The American Psychological Association has issued a statement denouncing this executive order. We agree with the tenets of the statement, which asserts that “these orders are about much more than restricting diversity training; they are aimed at denying the well-documented systemic inequities that exist in America” (https://www.apa.org/news/
The Connecticut Psychological Association stands firmly against this White House Executive Order and remains fully committed to diversity and inclusion across our profession. Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion is at the heart of what is means to be a psychologist and a critical component of our training, continuing education and daily work. As psychologists, we have an ethical responsibility to serve our diverse communities and participate in advocacy against actions that adversely affect our profession and those we serve. For many of us, part of our work and professional identity includes promoting social justice, championing diversity efforts, and working to combat racism and other systemic problems that pervade our society. Furthermore, multicultural sensitivity and competence is a cornerstone of our profession and a necessary component of any accredited psychology training program.
CPA stands in solidarity with our colleagues working in federal agencies and are very concerned about the challenging circumstances this executive order creates. CPA strongly feels that the executive order serves to create a culture of fear and censorship and limits the very important principle of academic freedom. Trainings on diversity, inclusion, and critical race theory are grounded in science and should continue to be offered broadly to psychologists and psychology trainees.
CPA works tirelessly on behalf of all psychologists and is committed to helping to address this issue. We are here to support you and to provide advocacy and representation however it may be needed. CPA would like to offer a safe space for our colleagues to provide these trainings, engage in these discussions, and continue to do this important work. We would like to invite any psychologist who has had a talk, seminar or training cancelled or delayed to reach out to us about the possibility of offering your talk through CPA.
Please learn about CPA’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion here (https://connpsych.org/action-
We encourage our colleagues to stand with us against this executive order and continue to do the important work this order seeks to silence and suppress. We offer the attached resources in case they are helpful.
https://www.chcoc.gov/print/
https://www.apa.org/ed/
CPA stands as a strong voice against grave injustices demonstrated by recent events. We are clear in our position of solidarity with APA in that the “racism pandemic” is in fact devastating our nation. Racism is a disease that has permeated us individually and societally. One of CPA’s missions is to promote human welfare and we know from our recent Priorities Survey that CT psychologists care deeply about social justice issues. We acknowledge the trauma, grief, and outrage many people of color are feeling in light of the recent killings of Black men and women and pledge to take action.
As a community, we can take action in several ways:
Advocate
Call a Representative:
- https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp
- https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1
Sign a petition:
- Text “FLOYD” to 55156 and sign the Color of Change petition, demanding justice for George Floyd. Visit the petition here: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis/
- https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-frey-justice-for-george-floyd?utm_source=brand_us&utm_medium=media
EDUCATE
Educate ourselves and be willing to re-examine our views and actions to become better allies and address racism.
Articles
- An Antiracist Reading List: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html?referringSource=articleShare
- Anti-racism resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2-A4BJkyTp8f8RqsdC-6wqKdfI-k4Xm-n7Tbx7qoXFPOpkUjcJFdeKD5U
- “Don’t Understand the Protests? What You Are Seeing Is People Pushed To The Edge” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-05-30/dont-understand-the-protests-what-youre-seeing-is-people-pushed-to-the-edge?fbclid=IwAR1gT4sghIVxL4cTR3b2C4APV8_vDn4pysE4r0D9nmC4iDkBD3mmyW8Nw
- “Black People Need Stronger White Allies – Here’s How You Can Be One” https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841649/allyship-ahmaud-arbery-george-floyd
- “How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism” https://www.teenvogue.com/story/white-people-can-hold-each-other-accountable-to-stop-institutional-racism
- Black Lives Will Always Matter, By Meghan Hansen https://theinterstitium.home.blog/2020/05/28/black-lives-will-always-matter/
- America is on Fire by President Pelton from Emerson College: https://today.emerson.edu/2020/06/01/letter-to-the-emerson-community-may-31-2020/?fbclid=IwAR1aSL-eeGCajLTKHK0F-YmQaSz9hxV60kNbluaxhrTpOPuu81SCnJCa3Tw
- 75 things white people can do for racial justice: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
- Opportunities for White people in the fight for racial justice: Moving from actor, ally and accomplice https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/
- Moving from cultural competence to antiracism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wJ_pvbC3SI
- Raising anti-racist children: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/06/anti-racist-children
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- ”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 Combahee River Collective Statement
- “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)
- Racism in Medicine, Mama Doctor Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNC_iDPuP4
- Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwIx3KQer54
Books to Read
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- 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
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Movies & Films to Watch
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- 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
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Harriet (Kasi Lemmons)—-Hulu, Netflix and Amazon to rent
- 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)—-Netflix and Amazon
- The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg)—–Amazon
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
Podcasts
- Real Talk: Women of Color (WOC) & Allies for Racial Justice and Anti-Oppression
- Podcast By Malcolm Gladwell http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/13-miss-buchanans-period-of-adjustment
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
Organizations to Follow on Social Media
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
More Anti-Racism Resources
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- 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
- Racism and Discrimination on the Mental Health of our Black Communities
- NAMI’s Statement On Recent Racist Incidents And Mental Health Resources For African Americans
Communicate
Help our youth make sense of current events and educate children of all ages about racism.
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children
- 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
- 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
- How to Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/how-white-parents-can-use-media-to-raise-anti-racist-kids
- A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice: https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/beyond_golden_rule.pdf
- Parent Toolkit: How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism: https://www.parenttoolkit.com/social-and-emotional-development/advice/social-awareness/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-and-racism
- ChildMind.org Conversation with Kids about Race: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=673076123472542&ref=watch_permalink
- Social Media:
- The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
For parents and children of color resources to talk about violence
- Embracerace. (a) I [STILL] can’t breathe”: Supporting kids of color amid racialized violence; (b) Supporting Kids of Color in The Wake of Racialized Violence Part 1 and Part 2; (c) Tips for Talking to Your Child About Racial Injustice.
- RESilience. (a) Racial Stress and Self-care, and (b) Engaging My Child.
- Talking With Youth about Racism, Police Brutality and Protests and They’re Not too Young to Talk about Race.
- Bibliotherapy is a powerful medium to start these conversations. See APA’s RESilience; Embracerace; Social Justice Books; Charis Books and More. A personal favorite: Something Happened in Our Town. The story is about two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children’s questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. You can listen to a recording here.
Create
Develop and implement healing spaces for staff, students, and clients of color.
- https://healourcommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/WKKTH_18004_7X9_Brochure.pdf
- https://theconversation.com/grief-is-a-direct-impact-of-racism-eight-ways-to-support-yourself-91750
- https://www.racialhealthequity.org/blog/2019/5/24/embracing-difference-as-cultural-healing
- https://www.safeblackspace.org
DONATE
Donate to organizations dedicated to racial equality and justice.
- NAACP: aims to eliminate race-based discrimination and secure political, educational, social, and economic equality. https://naacp.org/make-donation-naacp/
- Equal Justice Initiative www.eji.org
- Southern Poverty Law Center www.splcenter.org
- United Negro College Fund www.uncf.org
- Black Lives Matter www.blacklivesmatter.com
- Color of Change www.colorofchange.org
- National Bail Fund Network www.communityjusticeexchange.org
- Campaign Zero: aims to end police brutality in America www.joincampaignzero.com
- ACLU: fights to protect human civil liberties, including criminal justice, prisoners’ rights, and racial justice. www.aclu.org
Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020, Basecamp, and with additions made by Connecticut Psychological Association June 2020.
As an association that represents psychologists in Connecticut, we need to be a home for all psychologists in our state. CPA must increase diversity, equity, and inclusion among our board, membership. We will do this in the following ways:
- As CPA unveils our first Early Career Leadership Academy we are actively recruiting individuals from diverse minority backgrounds to build them as leaders for both our workforce and for CPA’s own leadership pipeline.
- CPA will build on our Leadership Development Program for Graduates Students of Color and expand the work of our Ethnic Diversity Taskforce.
- CPA will offer opportunities for us to learn and grow together as psychologists. Please join CPA for a first conversation on how we as psychologists and citizens can combat racism, serve as racially just allies and be advocates for change.
CPA pledges to provide ongoing conversations and resources to champion the mission of racial equality.
Please reach out to us at connpsych@gmail.com to share your ideas and expertise. We are stronger when our talented psychology community comes together.