Resources for families

Relevant for All Parents

• EmbraceRace Resources
• Resources for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence with Kids
• Anti-Racism Resources
• Safe Space Radio: Can We Talk? Talking to White Kids About Racism
• Talking about Racism for Every Age Group
• Talking to Kids after Racial Incidents
• NYTimes: Conversation with My Black Son
• NYTimes: Conversation About Growing Up Black
• Talking to Children About Racial Bias by Dr. Ashaunta Anderson & Jacqueline Douge

Early Learning Center Families

• Reading of the book, Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano (a currently sold-out book, explaining police brutality to young children)
• Reading of the book, A Kids Book about Racism by Jelani Memory (this is a concrete explanation of racism for young children)
• Talking to Small Children About Race by Anne Theriault

Lower Division Families

• Supporting Kids of Color after Racial Violence
• Talking to Kids about Discrimination
• Reading of the book, Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano (a currently sold-out book, explaining police brutality to young children)
• Reading of the book, A Kids Book about Racism by Jelani Memory (this is a concrete explanation of racism for young children)

Picture Books for Beginning Conversations with Children

• Yo? Yes! By Chris Raschka
• The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael Lopez
• The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates & Juniper Bates
• The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson & E.B. Lewis
• Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo
• Brown Sugar Babe by Charlotte Watson Sherman & Akem
• Hair Love by Matthew Cherry & Vashti Harrison
• Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers & Christopher Myers
• Wings by Christopher Myers
• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena & Christian Robinson
• The Color of Us by Karen Katz
• Skin Again by Bell Hooks & Chris Raschka

Upper Division Families

• Talking about Coronavirus and Racial Discrimination
• Undoing Racism Resources for Covid-19
• NYTimes: Conversation with My Black Son
• NYTimes: Conversation About Growing Up Black