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.
Latest Updates
"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
Message from Dean Betsy Farmer: "Coming together in difficult times" May 29, 2020
Events
Coursework
Center on Race and Social Problems
Other Resources
Books:
- RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR ETHNIC AND RACE-BASED STRESS AND TRAUMA by Dr. Parker: WWW.DRGAILPARKER.COM/
- Healing Racial Trauma by Sheila Wise Rowe: The Road to Resilience: https://www.christianbook.com/apps/easyfind?Ntk=author&Ntt=Sheila%20Wise%20Rowe
- 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 https://www.drcandicenicole.com/post/2016-07-black-lives-matter-meditation
2. Soulfulness 4 Life: https://soulfulness4life.com/ uses a culturally congruent approach to mindfulness
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.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-founder-creates-meditation-app-for-people-of-color/
2. The Safe Place: a Minority Mental Health App geared towards the Black Community to bring awareness, education and hope: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-safe-place/id1349460763
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:
- Schollar Strike for Racial Justice 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
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 https://www.tolerance.org/moment/racism-and-police-violence
- Seattle Public Libraries Race & Social Justice books for kids K-5 https://www.spl.org/books-and-media/books-and-ebooks/staff-picks-for-kids/race-and-social-justice-books-for-kids-k-5?page=2
- New York Times An Antiracist Reading List https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4
- Anti-Defamation League: lessons, table talks, and books:
- Table Talk: George Floyd, Racism, and Law Enforcement https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/george-floyd-racism-and-law-enforcement
- Middle School Level lessons https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resources-for-educators-parents-families/lessons?ed_cat_id%5b176%5d=176&ed_cat_id%5b216%5d=216&ed_cat_id%5b230%5d=230&grd_lvl%5bmiddle-school%5d=middle-school
- 100 Race Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child – Conversation Starters http://www.raceconscious.org/2016/06/100-race-conscious-things-to-say-to-your-child-to-advance-racial-justice/
- NPR: How White Parents Can Talk About Race https://www.npr.org/2020/05/31/866426170/raising-white-kids-author-on-how-white-parents-can-talk-about-race