Education Resources

University Resources

• Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
• Abusive Conduct and a Culture of Respect
• Academic Affairs
• Ethical Standards & Code of Conduct (and for employees)
• The University of Utah Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion office
• The University of Utah School of Medicine campus, Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion office
• Women of Color Academics (WOCA). This group is headed by Dr. Annie Fukushima.
• Women in Health, Medicine, & Science (WiHMS). Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH, and Leslie Halpern, DDS, MD, PHD are Co-Directors.
• The University of Utah Black Cultural Center — Home to the Black Faculty and Staff Association
• The University of Utah American Indian Resource Center
• The University of Utah LGBT Resource Center
• The University of Utah Veteran Support Center

Neurology Department Presentations

• “Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” presented by Dr. Jose Rodriguez, Oct. 28, 2020
• “Towards an Inclusive and Equitable Academia” presented by Dr. Michelle Miranda, Dr. Lee S. Chung, and Mauricio Laguan, Nov. 11, 2020

READINGS
Articles

• Article on coping with anticipatory grief
• Article on coping with traumatic stress
• APA Best Practices on working with African American/Black patients
• APA Mental Health Facts for African Americans (2017)
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Page on Achieving Health Equity – Information about why health equity matters and what you can do to help give everyone a fair shot at being as healthy as they can be
• Perspective on How White and Non-Black People of Color Respond to Racial Incidents
• NEJM Perspective: Stolen Breaths – June 10, 2020
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
• Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Chapter 8: 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)

Chapter

• Widening The Lens Toolkit - Social Justice in Suicide Prevention (Specific resources start on page 26, but there's some other good stuff in here.)

Books

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race
• Twitter
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
• The Danger of a Single Story
• How To Be an Anti-Racist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• White Fragility
• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults
• 31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance
• For Children — Children's Books by Ezra Keats
• 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
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
• 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

MEDIA
Films

• Twitter

Movies

• Just Mercy (2019) available currently for free on all streaming platforms
• Girlhood (2004) rent on Amazon
• If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) on Hulu
• Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) on Amazon Prime ... (personal favorite)
• Moonlight (2016) on Netflix
• Pariah (2011) rent on Amazon
• Atlantics (2019) on Netflix
• Do the Right Thing (1989) rent on Amazon
• Malcolm X (1992) on Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (2013) rent on Amazon
• 13th (2016) Documentary on Netflix

Video

• Insights from a Black Pediatrician
• Video on understanding the social determinants of health and toxic stress
• Video on the social determinants of toxic stress, specifically race and ethnic toxic stress
• Be the Bridge (This is a community that offers anti-racism videos.)
• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives by Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses "White Fragility" (1:23:30)
• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Social Media

• @ruuteprogram (Instagram and Facebook)
• 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
• Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): 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

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• 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”
• Brene Brown — How To Be an Antiracist
• RUUTE (Rural Underserved Utah Training Experience)
  • About RUUTE
  • About the RUUTE team's podcast, M.ED: Medical Education for the Practicing Clinician (episodes count as CME credits!)
    • Find M.ED podcast episodes here

APA Resources

• APA President May 29, 2020 Press Release
• APA Stress & Trauma Toolkit for treating African Americans in a changing political and social environment
• Becoming an adult in the face of racism; the transition from adolescence to adulthood

Petitions

• #blacklivesmatter petitions to sign
• Petition to support the Equality Act

For Immigrants

• Living Undocumented (available on Netflix)
• "How the Stress of Separation and Detention Changes the Lives of Children"
• Clinica de Migrantes (available on Hulu and HBO)
• Rain in a Dry Land
• Which Way Home (available on Amazon Prime)
• A 3 Minute Hug (available on Netflix)
• After the Raid documentary (available on Netflix)
• Forbidden: Undocumented & Queer in Rural America

For the LGBTQ+ Community

• Disclosure (available on Netflix)
• How to Survive a Plague, about the AIDS epidemic (available on YouTube)
• Born to Be (available on YouTube)

African American Mental Health Resources

• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)

Group aimed at removing the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing. They do this through education, training, advocacy and the creative arts

• Black Men Heal

Limited and selective free mental health service opportunities for Black men

• Black Mental Health Alliance — (410) 338-2642

Provides information and resources and a “Find a Therapist” locator to connect with a culturally competent mental health professional.

• Black Mental Wellness

Provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, as well as training opportunities for students and professionals

• Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

BLHF has launched the COVID-19 Free Virtual Therapy Support Campaign to raise money for mental health services provided by licensed clinicians in our network. Individuals with life-changing stressors and anxiety related to the coronavirus will have the cost for up to five (5) individual sessions defrayed on a first come, first serve basis until all funds are committed or exhausted.

• Brother You’re on My Mind

An initiative launched by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and NIMHD to raise awareness of the mental health challenges associated with depression and stress that affect African American men and families. Website offers an online toolkit that provides Omega Psi Phi Fraternity chapters with the materials needed to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in African American men.

• Ebony's Mental Health Resources by State

List of Black-owned and focused mental health resources by state as compiled by Ebony magazine.

• Henry Health

Provides culturally sensitive self-care support and teletherapy for African American men and their families. Currently in pilot program available only to residents of MD, VA and DC. Residents of other states can join their waiting list and will be notified when Henry Health is available in their state.

• Melanin and Mental Health

Connects individuals with culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mental health needs of Black & Latinx/Hispanic communities. Promotes the growth and healing of diverse communities through its website, online directory and events.

• Ourselves Black

Provides information on promoting mental health and developing positive coping mechanisms through a podcast, online magazine and online discussion groups.

• POC Online Classroom

Contains readings on the importance of self care, mental health care, and healing for people of color and within activist movements.

• Sista Afya

Organization that provides mental wellness education, resource connection and community support for Black women.

• Therapy for Black Girls

Online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. Offers listing of mental health professionals across the country who provide high quality, culturally competent services to Black women and girls, an informational podcast and an online support community.

• Unapologetically Us

Online community for African American women to seek support.

• Black Girls Smile — Resources

Black Girls Smile Inc. was founded with a mission to provide young black women education, resources and support to lead mentally healthy lives.

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

Treatment Directories

• Association of Black Psychologists Directory
• Inclusive Therapists
• LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory
• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
• Psychology Today Directory of African American Therapists
• Therapy for Black Men

Additional Links

• Harvard Implicit Association Test: 10 minute self-administered test for individuals to learn more about their implicit biases towards diverse groups
• Trevor Noah's Excellent Explanation of Protests: George Floyd and the Dominos of Racial Injustice
• Wellness focused perspectives on issues of race and collective wellbeing
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials