Pitt School of Social Work Commitment to Anti-Racism
We hold ourselves responsible and accountable for assuring that the Pitt School of Social Work fully embraces and embodies anti-racism. See the whole statement and commitment to action steps here.
Coursework
Center on Race and Social Problems
Various Resources
Books:
- RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR ETHNIC AND RACE-BASED STRESS AND TRAUMA by Dr. Parker
- Healing Racial Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe: The Road to Resilience
- Why Are They Angry with Us? Essays on Race by Dr. Larry Davis, Dean Emeritus and founding director of the Center on Race and Social Problems
- We Want to do More than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom,” by Bettina Love
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Barry and Kali Nicole Gross
- How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Meditation Exercises:
1. Black Lives Matters Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma by Dr. Candice Nicole
Apps:
1. Liberate app: Liberate is the #1 meditation app for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color community. Listen to dozens of guided meditations to ease anxiety, find gratitude, heal internalized racism and micro-aggressions and celebrate Blackness.
2. The Safe Place: a Minority Mental Health App geared towards the Black Community to bring awareness, education and hope
Podcasts:
- The Breakdown with Dr. Earl: A Mental Health Podcast
- The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema
Videos:
- Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility'
- The urgency of intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- What it takes to be racially literate by Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
- Color blind or color brave? by Mellody Hobson
Music:
- Songs Giving us (Much Needed) Life by Code Switch (NPR)
Social Work Practice and Pedagogy
- Teaching Note—Teaching Intersectionality: Transforming Cultural Competence Content in Social Work Education
- When Pedagogy Is Painful: Teaching in Tumultuous Times
- Anti-Racist Syllabus Review: Guiding Questions – July 2020
Allyship and anti-racism resources:
- Anti-racism resources for white people
- Resources for Accountability and Actions for Black Lives
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Social Workers: Allies for Justice?
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not
- Resources on Making Space for and Supporting Students of Color
- Fighting the Shadow Pandemic (about inclusive teaching)
- “Social Workers Belong in Police Departments” Is an Offensive Statement
- It’s Time To Defund The Police And Start Funding Social Workers
- White Ally Toolkit
- I am Black. This is what I Need (& what I Don’t) from White Allies.
Other resources:
- List to Support Anti-Racism Action (list put together by SSWR Doctoral Student members)
- Black Life Matters: Anti-Racism Resources for Social Workers and Therapists
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Being Antiracist (information compiled by the National Museum of African American History and Culture)
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LGBTQ Black Lives Matter local and national resources from Allegheny County Department of Human Services
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Live Another Day-Extensive information on mental health and substance use resources for people of color. Their mission is equal access to life-saving resources. They have guides for black, Latinx, Asian, and native people.
Articles:
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America,This is Your Chance (op-ed by Michelle Alexander)
Reforming Policing:
Resources for talking to your children about racism and violence:
- Teaching Tolerance: Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence
- Seattle Public Libraries Race & Social Justice books for kids K-5
- New York Times An Antiracist Reading List
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
- Anti-Defamation League: lessons, table talks, and books:
- 100 Race Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child – Conversation Starters
- NPR: How White Parents Can Talk About Race