Racial Injustice & Racial Inequity Resources

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.

Past Statements

Statement From Dean Betsy Farmer 11-19-21

Huguley named new Associate Dean

"Looking back and looking forward" statement by Dean Farmer 5-24-2021

Commitment and support to anti-racism statement by Dean Farmer 3-18-2021

Op-ed by Interim Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems James Huguley "Racial Justice: Get Connected, Get Committed"

Message from Dean Betsy Farmer: "Coming together in difficult times" May 29, 2020

Message from the Associate Dean for Student Success about Minneapolis, Social Work, and Racism May 29, 2020

Events

Coursework

Anti-Black Racism: History, Ideology, and Resistance (PITT 0210) — Final Course Syllabus

Center on Race and Social Problems

Center on Race and Social Problems Resources for Understanding Racism

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

Allyship and anti-racism resources:

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
Being Antiracist (information compiled by the National Museum of African American History and Culture)
LGBTQ Black Lives Matter local and national resources from Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Coming to the Table
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.