Culturally Responsive Practice Resources
The VALRC is currently curating resources for the Culturally Responsive Practice section of our website. Here is a taste of what you will find. If you have a suggestion or a tool that you have found useful in your practice, please share with us by sending an email to vdesk@vcu.edu.
Resources for Educators
- Coming Soon: “Becoming an Antiracist Educator” (register to stay informed about the details) (VCU)
- How to Root Out Anti-Black Racism From Your School (Education Week)
- Column: White people don’t understand the trauma of viral police-killing videos (PBS News Hour)
- George Floyd, Racism and Law Enforcement Guide (Anti-Defamation League)
- Preparing to Discuss Race and Police Violence in the Classroom (DCPS)
- Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence (Teaching Tolerance)
- Teaching about Racism, Violence, Inequity and the Criminal Justice System (Anti-Defamation League)
- Let’s Talk About Racism in Schools (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Let’s Talk: Discussing Race, Racism and other Difficult Topics with Students (Teaching Tolerance)
- Social Identities and Systems of Oppression (The National Museum of African American history & Culture)
- Talking About Race (The National Museum of African American history & Culture)
- Anti-bias Curriculum Guides (Anti-Defamation League)
- Books Matter (Anti-Defamation League)
- How Should I Talk about Race in my Mostly White Classroom (Anti-Defamation League)
- Teaching Materials (Scholars for Social Justice)
- Inclusive Excellence Toolkit (Campus Compact for New Hampshire)
- Resources (National Equity Project)
- Positive Deviance Guides (Positive Deviance Collaborative)
- The 4th Box (Center for Story-based Strategy)
- Understanding Culture and Diversity in Building Communities (The Community Tool Box)
- Teaching Diverse Learners (IES)
- A look at microaggressions and implicit bias (Edutopia)
Resources for Students
- Know Your Rights (ACLU)
- Speaking Up (Teaching Tolerance)
- Surviving & Resisting Hate: A Toolkit For People of Color (IC Race Lab)
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets (Beyond the Streets)
Organizations to Follow
- ADL: Anti-bias resources for educators, parents, and families
- EduColor: A place where the voices of public school advocates of color on educational equity and justice are elevated
- Project Lit Community: Literacy movement empowering students, teachers, readers, and leaders to bring diverse perspectives into literature in schools
- Teaching Tolerance: Free resources for schools and educators to help educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy
Aggregate Sites
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide
- Antiracist Resources (Educators for Anti-Racism)
- Fundamentals (Racial Equity Tools)
- Inclusive Teaching (University of Michigan)
Books
- Anti-racist books
- White Fragility 4-part book review
- How to be an Antiracist book discussion
- Me and White Supremacy workbook
- Books about race and black liberation
- Racial healing books
- Social justice book list
Other categories include videos, podcasts, webinars, courses, curricula, articles, websites, books on abolitionist teaching, historical books on the Black experience in America, and resources for parents. While some of these resources may be geared towards K-12, many of the strategies and ideas presented can be applied to adult education.