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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources

 

WES has curated various resources to aid us in our journey of understanding the importance of celebrating the differences we all bring to the table. This space is an invitation to start conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are providing an evolving list of readings and resources, in hopes that the conversations will continue. The information provided serves only as a guide and commitment to the work that we do.

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Race & Ethnicity

Articles

  • From Allies to Partners: How White People Can Be Better Listeners by Dr. Omékongo Dibinga
  • Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race by Aisha Ray
  • Here’s How W. Kamau Bell Talks About Race With His Kids by the Tell Show

 

Videos

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
  • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent 
  • Selma (Ava DuVernay) —  Available to rent
  • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
  • Watch The Chinese Exclusion Act | American Experience | Official Site
  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | Documentary about Black Panther Party | Independent Lens | PBS

 

Podcasts

  • Integrated Schools podcast episode Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey
  • Discussing Positive Racial Identity in Adults and Kids ft. Tianna Butler and Shannon Montague mp3
  • Examining White Privilege ft. Elizabeth Denevi and Jenna Chandler-Ward
  • Brené with Austin Channing Brown on I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness | Brené Brown
  • Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
  • Seeing White – Scene on Radio

 

Books

  • Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
  • Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank Wu
  • How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • Why I No Longer Talk to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Loge
  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 
  • The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
  • Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History Of Racist Ideas In America by Ibram X. Kendi
  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
  • The Color Of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

 

Websites

  • http://www.raceconscious.org
  • the conscious kid
  • Learning for Justice

Gender & Sexuality

Articles

  • American Academy of Pediatricians “Guidelines for Children Expressing Gender Diversity”
  • A Guide to Understanding Gender Identity and Pronouns 
  • Opinion | Does your kid want to change her pronouns?

 

Videos

  • Celebrating (and deconstructing) the gender spectrum
  • The State of Marriage 
  • Disclosure

 

Podcasts

  • Queer and Trans Affirming Mental and Sexual Health Advocacy
  • Brené with Laverne Cox on Transgender Representation, Advocacy + the Power of Love | Brené Brown
  • How Gender Expression and Roles Have Changed in the Last 72 years

 

Books

  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn
  • A House for Everyone by Jo Hirst
  • Who are You? By Brook Pessin-Whedbee
  • They He She Me by Maya Christina Gonzalez
  • Free to Be… You and Me by Marlo Thomas

 

Websites

  • Gender Spectrum
  • PFLAG |

Religious Identity & Spiritual Traditions

Podcasts

  • Exploring the connections between Christian privileges and equity conversations ft. Khyati Joshi
  • Holiday with Friends: five faiths connect to peace and light

Ability

Articles

  • Learning Disabilities & Differences: What Parents Need To Know – HealthyChildren.org 
  • (PDF) Welcoming the unwelcome: Disability as diversity 
  • Understanding Dyslexia and How to Help Kids Who Have It

 

Videos

  •  Disability Rights Activist Movement Documentary

 

Podcasts

  • Disability Talks
  • This Ability

 

Books

  • The Self-Driven Child – The Stixrud Group
  • What Do You Say? by William Stixrud, PhD, Ned Johnson: 9781984880369 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

 

Websites

  • LD OnLine

More Resources

Videos

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story 
  • Verna Myers Ted Talk: How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them
  • Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
  • WHERE ARE YOU FROM? | Storytime with Yamile Saied Méndez
  • All Together Now!

 

Books

  • Where Are You From? – HarperCollins (picture book)

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