Understanding Racial/Cultural Trauma
- A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
- Talking About Race
- Five Ways Racial Trauma Impacts the Body
- Psychological Toll of Racism
- Coping While Black: A Season of Traumatic News Takes a Psychological Toll
- Impact of Racial Trauma on African Americans
- Lessons on Cultural Trauma from the Emmett Till Verdict
- What is Systemic Racism?
Healing for Black Individuals and Racial Trauma
- Digital Self-care for Black individuals coping with trauma
- Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma
- The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping with Racial Trauma
- Tips For Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
- Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
- The Road to Resilience
- 101 Ways to Take Care of Yourself when the World Feels Overwhelming
Mental health resources for People of Color
- 44 Black Mental Health Support Resources
- The LoveLand Foundation
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Therapy for Black men
- Black mental wellness
- Black emotional and mental health collective
- Inclusive Mental Health Resources
- Kindred Medicine
- National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color
- We R Native
- LatinX therapy
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Asian Mental Health Project
- Boris L Henson Foundation
Social Media accounts related to Black Mental Health
- @blackmentalhealthvisibility
- @blackmentalhealthmatters_
- @blackmalementalhealth
- @black_minds_matter
- Decolonizetherapy
- Decolonizemyself
- Latinxtherapy
- Therapyforblackgirls
- BEAM (_beamorg)
- Therapy4blkmen
- Melaninandmentalhealth
- Thebarbershopgrp
- Ivywattsspeaks
- dr.thema
Ally Resources
- Guide to Allyship
- Understand your own biases by taking an implicit bias test. Dialogue about your results with someone you care about and can encourage you to challenge these biases: implicit.harvard.edu
- 9 things you can do to help end racism
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
- 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
- #StayWoke staywoke.org surveys your strengths and interests to connect you with activism opportunities.
- How to Be an Anti-Racism Activist
- Advice for White Individuals Following a Shooting of a Black Individual
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism
- How White People can be Allies
- Teaching about Ferguson, Do's and Don'ts
- Asian Allyship and Accountability
- Anti-Racism Resources - books, podcasts, organizations, films/tvs
- How Latinx People can Fight Anti-Black Racism in our Own Culture
- Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources (anti-racism resources connected to stage of white identity development)
- Nothing to Add: A Challenge to White Silence in Racial Discussions
- Teaching Tolerance
- How You Can Support Marginalized Communities
Toolkits and Trainings
- Black Self-Care Tool Kit- Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma
- Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
- Hollaback - Bystander Intervention against Harassment
- Racial Equality Resource Guide
- Talking about Racism, Racial Equity and Racial Healing with Friends, Family, Colleagues and Neighbors Guide
Each Mind Matters - California's Mental Health Movement
Books to Read
- White Fragility: Why it's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- How to be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- This Bridge Called My Back, Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
- Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Ph.D.
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Racial Healing Handbook (from the Social Justice Handbook Series) by Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D.
- Overcoming our Racism - The Journey to Liberation by Derald Wing Sue
- The Fire Next Time;by James Baldwin
- From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Toni Morrison
- The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
- The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y. Davis
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
- HarperCollins Black Stories Matter, Further Reading List
Online Courses
- Intersections of Mental Health and Oppression by IDHA Online Course Series
- The Nap Ministry by Tricia Hersey
- People of Color Sangha by the East Bay Meditation Center
Music
- Gil Scott Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Bob Marley, War
- Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit
- Garner Family, I Can’t Breathe
- Miguel, How Many
- Common and John Legend, Glory
- Daye Jack and Killer Mike, Hands Up
- Lauryn Hill, Black Rage
- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Jamila Woods, White Privilege II
- Alicia Keys, Perfect Way to Die
Podcasts
- Other: Mixed Race in America from Washington Post Podcasts
- Scene On Radio from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
- Code Switch from NPR
- The Diversity Gap
- Speaking of Racism
- Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy
- Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, speaking with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, Supporting Black Lives Matter and Understanding White Privilege
Therapists and Resources
- Black Virtual Therapist Network
- Therapy for Black Men
- Association for Black Therapists
- The Love Land Foundation - healing for women of color, especially black women and girls
- Therapy for Black Girls
- The Boris Henson Foundation - eradicating stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community
- Adapted from similar pages at University of Kentucky, California State University- San Marcos, and Univeristy of the Pacific