Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Facilitator Team
Welcome to The Akers Group Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resource center.
As the group finds additional resources, this resource will be updated.
READINGS
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Library with Read Alouds
Title | Author(s) / Reference(s) |
Black People Aren't Making Things Up: The Science Behind Racial Battle Fatigue | Sam P. K. Collins |
Culturally Responsive Leadership Blog | |
Culturally Responsive Leadership Blog | |
From Safe Spaces to Brave Places: A New Way to Frame Dialogue Around Diversity and Social Justice | Brian Arao Kristi Clemens |
Paulo Freire | |
Questions that Keep Me Up at Night | Culturally Responsive Leadership Blog |
Diversity in the Classroom, UCLA Diversity and Faculty Development | |
National School Reform Faculty | |
Peggy McIntosh | |
6 Strategies for Creating a Nurturing Classroom for LGBT Students | Matthew Lynch |
Reclaiming Black Girlhood with Hand Games | Laura Varlas |
What is White Privilege, Really? | Collins, Senior Writer for Teaching Tolerance |
Multiple authors and resources (EL, SES, Special Education, Gender, Sexual Orientation,etc.) | |
Racial Battle Fatigue. Strategies for Recovery and Resiliency in Academic Advisors | Doris Wright Carroll, Kansas State University Mark Nelson, Oklahoma State University Sonia Esquivel, U.S. Air Force Academy |
Robin G. Jackson, Kyle Huskins, Seena M. Skelton, & Kathleen King Thorius | |
Embrace Race Action Guide: 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race | EmbraceRace with MomsRising |
Parent Resources to Talk about Racism with Our Children | Compiled by Marion County Public Schools Superintendents |
Pedagogy of the personal and professional: Toward a framework for culturally relevant leadership. Journal of School Leadership, 21(4), 582-606. | Horsford, S. D., Grosland, T., & Gunn, K. M. (2011) |
Rethinking successful school leadership in challenging US schools: Culturally responsive practices in school-community relationships. International Studies in Educational Administration [Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)], 35(3). | Johnson, L. (2007) |
Avoiding the Traps: Identifying and Disrupting Six Paradoxical Habits of Equity Leadership. Equity by Design. Great Lakes Equity Center. Indianapolis, Indiana. | Radd, S. (2019) |
Parent Resources to Talk about Racism with Our Children | Compiled by Marion County Public Schools Superintendents |
Why Native Americans took Covid-19 seriously: ‘It’s our reality’ | Lakhani, Nina (unknown heritage) |
Settler Fragility: Why Settler Privilege Is So Hard to Talk About b | Gilio-Whitaker, Dina (Colville Confederated Tribe) |
Moya-Smith, Simon (Oglala Lakota) | |
Panetta, Grace and Reaney, Olivia (neither are indigenous) | |
Zotigh, Dennis (Kiowa, San Juan Pueblo, Santee Dakota) | |
Percy, Jennifer (not indigenous) | |
Wood, Marisa (Monacan) | |
Walker, Taté (Lakota) | |
When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’ | Fixico, Donald L. (Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Muscogee Creek Seminole) |
Hitler Said to Have Been Inspired by US Indian Reservation System | Moya-Smith, Simon (Oglala Lakota) |
Hunhoff, Bernie (not indigenous) | |
Regan, Shawn (not indigenous) | |
Harris, Eleri and Marie M, Mariah-Rose (unknown heritage) | |
America Has Always Used Schools as a Weapon Against Native Americans | Boone, Katrina (not indigenous) |
It Takes a Movement by Sarah Kastelic (Alutiiq) | Kastelic, Sarah (Alutiiq) |
Teachers for Social Justice: 2020 Resources for Abolitionist Teaching and Solidarity in These Times | Links in this resource to articles by various authors include topics such as:
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While we look at the systems that affect Black, Indiginous, & People of Color (BIPOC) the environment is not something that we necessarily think of. That being said, there are vast inequities that greatly impact the health, wellness, and wellbeing of minorities. This newsletter provides a definition of environmental justice, some facts to consider, and valuable resources. |
Book Title | Author(s) |
Biased | Dr. Jennfier L. Eberhardt |
Black Male(d): Peril and Promise in the Education of African American Males | Tyrone C. Howard James A. Banks |
Changing School Culture for Black Males | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Vol. II | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Vol. III | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Vol. IV | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Culturally Responsive School Leadership | Muhammad Khalifa |
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students | Zaretta Hammond |
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World | Django Paris H. Samy Alim |
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Promising Practices for African American Male Students | Dr. Dennisha Murff |
Data Strategies to Uncover and Eliminate Hidden Inequities: The Wallpaper Effect | Ruth S. Johnson Robin L. Avelar LaSalle |
Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline in Black Children | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School | Mica Pollock |
Fearless Voices: Engaging a New Generation of African American Adolescent Male Writers | Alfred Tatum |
Guiding Teams to Excellence with Equity | John Krownapple |
How Children Succeed | Paul Tough |
How To Be An Anti-Racist | Ibram X. Kendi |
Leadership for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Schools | Martin Scanlan Francesca A. Lopez |
Leading Schools in Disruptive Times: How to Survive Hyper-Change | Dwight L. Carter Mark White |
Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School and in Life | Baruti K. Kafele |
100 Multicultural Proverbs: Inspirational Affirmations for Educators | Festus E. Obiakor |
Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference | Howard C. Stevenson |
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School | Monique Morris Mankaprr Conteh |
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race | Derald Wing Sue |
Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education | Ali Michael |
Rehumanizing Mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Students | |
So You Want To Talk About Race? | Ijeoma Oluo |
Stamped | Jason Reynolds |
State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu |
Tears We Cannot Stop | Michael Eric Dyson |
The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life | Kevin Powell Hill Harper |
The Cultural Proficiency Manifesto: Finding Clarity Amidst the Noise | Randall B. Lindsey |
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys | Eddie Moore Ali Michael |
Waking Up White | Debby Irving |
We Want to do More Than Just Survive | Dr. Bettina Love |
What Truth Sounds | Michael Eric Dyson |
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism | Robin DiAngelo |
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms | Tyrone C. Howard |
TED Talks, Videos, and Films
Title | Time |
9 videos approximately 1 hour | |
3:48 | |
4:20 | |
7:44 | |
How To Get Serious About Diversity and Inclusion in the WorkPlace | 11:05 |
Help For Kids The Education System Ignores | 11:52 |
12:20 | |
13:50 | |
12 short videos between 3 to 5 minutes | |
Race and Education YouTube Playlist | |
times vary | |
The Hidden History of Indian Slavery in America Exposes the history of the enslavement of 2.5-5 million native peoples in the Americas, beginning the moment Christopher Columbus arrived. | 43 minutes |
Tells the legal roots of manifest destiny and the pervasive land theft violations that resulted. It lays the foundation for systemic racism. | 30 minutes |
‘We the People’ – the three most misunderstood words in US history TED Talk by Mark Charles ( Navajo) man explains the history of the Papal Bulls of the 15th Century which are embedded in our founding documents in the 18th Century, codified as legal precedent in the 19th Century and referenced by the Supreme Court in the 20th and 21st Centuries, the Doctrine of Discovery has been used throughout the history of the United States to keep “We the People” from including all the people. | 17 minutes |
Creating A More Equitable Society Is In White Americans’ Self Interest Dr. Ibram X. Kendi joins Stephen Colbert to discuss what it takes to call one’s self antiracist, and how he believes it’s in everyone’s interest to end the racist policies that cause inequality in this country. | 12 minutes |
The Loss of Native American Lands Within the US: Every Year Time lapse-style video graphic illustrating the rapid land theft by colonial settlers of Native American land. | 2 minutes |
Adam Ruins Everything explains how the sacred Black Hills were stolen and carved upon without Lakota permission. | 5 minutes |
Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron Adam Ruins Everything explains where this holiday comes from and why changing it to Indigenous Peoples Day is so important. | 6 minutes |
Columbus Was a Genocidal Rapist Franchesca Ramsey explains who Christopher Columbus was, why it makes no sense to celebrate him, and how Indigenous People’s Day is taking hold across the country. | 3 minutes |
A PSA-style video featuring multiple voices urging us all to abolish the holiday and use the day to learn Indigenous history. | 2 minutes |
Justice for Aboriginal Peoples — It’s time A short history of Indigenous life before first contact. | 6 minutes |
Everything You Know About Thanksgiving Is WRONG Franchesca Ramsey shares some real history about the myth-filled US holiday called Thanksgiving. | 4 minutes |
Native American Girls Describe the REAL History Behind Thanksgiving 6 Native American girls school us on the REAL history of Thanksgiving. | 2 minutes |
Should ALL Native American Mascots be BANNED? Franchesca Ramsey and Nataanii Means (Lakota, Omaha, Diné) unpack why the answer is yes, yes, yes! | 4 minutes |
Hear the Untold Story of a Canadian Code Talker from WWII The story of Canadian code talker Charles “Checker” Tomkins (Metis) and how the top-secret cree-language mission he helped lead contributed to the winning of of WWII. | 14 minutes |
The Iroquois Influence on the Constitution Host and producer of First Voices Indigenous Radio’s Tiokasin Ghosthorse explains how US founding fathers used what they learned from Iroquois law in the US Constitution. | 4 minutes |
Revitalizing the Wolastoquey Language Members of the Wolastoquey Nation share their experiences around speaking and reclaiming their language in an effort to maintain and pass along culture. They ask the question: Can you be a nation without language? | 14 minutes |
A Conversation With Native Americans on Race Indigenous people from a range of backgrounds grapple with the racist contradictions of a country that, many feel, would prefer it if Native Americans didn’t exist. | 6 minutes |
Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters: ‘The World Needed To See What Was Going On’ Native Americans protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline broadcast their own story live online to show the world “the truth” about the controversial construction project. | 3 minutes |
1989 – American Indian Activist Russell Means testifies at Senate Hearing The late Russell Means (Oglala Lakota) harshly criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian leadership of reservations. | 6 minutes |
“The Police Killings No One Is Talking About”: Native Americans Most Likely to be Killed by Cops News report revealing Native Americans are more likely to be killed by police than any other group, including African Americans. It also finds that cases of African-American police deaths tend to dominate headlines, while killings of Native people go almost entirely unreported by mainstream U.S. media. | 15 minutes (start @ 44 minutes) |
6 Misconceptions About Native American People 7 Native American girls debunk the common misconceptions about their culture. | 3 minutes |
Higher education and the legacy of land theft After a two year investigation by High Country News, the story Land Grab Universities was published at the end of March of this year. It shows how the U.S. Government took away lands from Tribal Nations and helped states created endowments for these universities. Those endowments and the money trail remain on the books today. | 27 minutes |
Vine Deloria Jr. on Our Relationship to the Unseen Thoughtful exploration of the contrast between Indigenous relationship to life, nature, and intuition and western culture’s materialism orientation. | 5 minutes |
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life Documentary Chronicles the achievements of Sainte-Marie and her personal journey as singer, songwriter, artist, teacher and activist. Featuring interviews with Joni Mitchell, Randy Bachman, Steppenwolf’s John Kay, Robbie Robertson, Bill Cosby and folk legend Eric Andersen; Buffy Sainte-Marie: Other noteworthy appearances in the film are those of Pete Seeger and Floyd ‘Red Crow’ Westerman. | 48 minutes |
Learn about 5 Native American Actors Quick bios and video shorts of Indigenous actors West Studi (Cherokee), Zahn McClaron (Hunkpapa Lakota), Adam Beach (Anishinaabe, Saulteaux tribe), Irene Bedard (Inuit and Cree), Graham Greene (Oneida) | 1 - 7 minute videos |
Indigenous People React to Indigenous Representation in Film And TV Conversation with a diverse range of Indigenous people by FBE about media depictions of Indigenous people, Columbus day, and Indigenous identity. | 15 minutes |
PBS documentary about the Native American boarding school movement designed to “kill the Indian and save the man.” | 56 minutes |
In Whose Honor: American Indian Mascots in Sports (1997) A critical look at the long-running practice of “honoring” American Indians as mascots and nicknames in sports. It follows the story of Native American mother Charlene Teters, and her transformation into the leader some are calling the “Rosa Parks of American Indians” as she struggles to protect her cultural symbols and identity. This film looks at the issues of racism, stereotypes, minority representation and the powerful effects of mass-media imagery, and the extent to which one university will go to defend and justify its mascot. Also available in local libraries. Or, More Than a Word documentary. (2017, 70 min) | 48 minutes |
Four-episode series exploring the world created by America’s First Peoples. Available on iTunes and Amazon, also in local libraries. Native America in the Classroom offers lessons with clips from film. | 60 minute episodes |
Two young Idaho men with radically different memories of Arnold Joseph, who has just died, road trip to retrieve Arnold’s ashes. Available on iTunes and Amazon, also in local libraries. | 90 minutes |
Cultural Appropriation Panel (2020) This is an online panel discussion which defines cultural appropriation, gives examples, and features three of our Cultural Educators: Amina Zakki (Cultural Educator for Moroccan stories), Alma Richeh (Cultural Educator for Syrian stories), and Claudia Fox Tree (Cultural Educator for Arawak/ Native American stories). Guardian Adventures founder and CEO, Meghan Gardner, moderates the discussion. Available on YouTube. | 70 minutes |
The first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission in the U.S. investigates the impact of Maine’s child welfare practices on Native American communities. Available for group purchase plus many free online and live screenings. Teachers’ Guide available. | 86 minutes |
Frozen II characters travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. Along the way, Elsa learns that the dam that protects Arendelle was built as a ruse to reduce the Northuldra’s resources because of King Runeard’s dislike of the tribe’s connection with magic and his intention to incorporate the region into his kingdom. See Discussion Guide HERE. | 1 hour 40 minutes |
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has spent over 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Prosecutors and federal agents manufactured evidence against him (including the so-called “murder weapon”); hid proof of his innocence; presented false testimony obtained through torturous interrogation techniques; ignored court orders; and lied to the jury. People are commonly set free due to a single constitutional violation, but Peltier—innocent and faced with a staggering number of constitutional violations—has yet to receive equal justice. | 90 minutes |
Documentary film about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell. The film traces Trudell’s life from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his role as a leader of the American Indian Movement. Available on YouTube and Amazon Prime, also in local libraries. | 80 minutes |
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017) Filmmaker Catherine Bainbridge examines the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history. She exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped influence popular culture. Available on iTunes and Amazon Prime, also in local libraries. | 1 hour 42 minutes |
Eight-part TV docu-series on the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents from pre-Columbian to the end of the 19th century. Much of the information comes from text, eyewitnesses, pictorials, and computer graphics. Hosted by Kevin Costner, narrated by Gregory Harrison, and directed by Jack Leustig. Available on YouTube and Amazon, also in local libraries. | 6 hours |
We Shall Remain is a five-part, 7.5-hour documentary series about the history of Native Americans spanning the 17th century to the 20th century. It was a collaborative effort with several different directors, writers and producers working on each episode, including directors Chris Eyre, Ric Burns and Stanley Nelson Jr. Available on Kanopy, Amazon Prime in some locations, and iTunes. | 75 minute episodes |
Eight-part series based on Charles C. Mann’s best selling book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.” Covers 20,000 years of Indigenous achievements in the Americas. Features 60+ separate segments on such topics as agriculture, hunting, archaeology, architecture, art, culture, science, technology, governance, trade, languages and repatriation. 1491 Channel subscribers will have 24/7 streaming access to the eight episodes, director’s cuts of drama scenes, expert interviews, world view segments and more. You’ll receive a monthly newsletter that includes interviews with 1491 cast and crew and updates on NEW discoveries about Indigenous history and achievements. Available to rent on Vimeo and sometimes posted free on their FaceBook page. | 1 hour episodes |
PODCASTS
All My Relations (1 hour episodes) Hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), this podcast “explores indigeneity in all its complexity.” Episodes focus on issues such as DNA identity, appropriation, feminism, food sovereignty, gender, sexuality, and more while “keeping it real, playing games, laughing a lot, and even crying sometimes.” |
Have You Ever Been Told To “Go Back To Where You Came From?” (1 hour episode) Jacqueline Keeler (Diné and Ihanktonwan Dakota) asked KBOO listeners in light of Congress passing a resolution condemning Trump’s racist tweets telling unnamed “Progressive Congresswomen” to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” have you ever been told “to go back to where you came from?” |
Breakdances with Wolves Podcast (1 hour episodes) Hosted by Gyasi Ross (Blackfoot/ Suquamish), Wesley (“Snipes Type”) Roach (Lakota Sioux), and Minty LongEarth (Santee/Creek/ Choctaw), “a few Natives with opinions and a platform.” Episodes report on current events through an indigenous perspective. |
Uprooted: 1950s plan to erase Indian Country (50 minutes) Podcast about the genocidal Indian relocation and termination policies of the US government in the 1950s and 60s. At the time, “blackness” was defined by the “one-drop rule,” but “Indianness” could be washed away in just a few generations through intermarriage with whites. More black Americans meant more workers to exploit. Fewer Native Americans meant more land to take. |
Unreserved (40 - 55 minute episodes) Podcast host Rosanna Deerchild (O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree) takes you straight into Indigenous Canada, from Halifax to Haida Gwaii, from Shamattawa to Ottawa, introducing listeners to the storytellers, culture makers and community shakers from across the country. The Unreserved team offers real talk from the people behind the headlines, with a soundtrack from the best in Indigenous music. |
Recovering the Voice of Native Americans in the Classroom (30 minutes) Jenna Chandler-Ward interviews Native American educator Claudia Fox Tree (Arawak) about the ways we learn about Indigenous Peoples in school- or don’t (visit: www.teachingwhilewhite.org). |
Morning Show On WJOP With Mary Jacobsen (1 hour) Claudia Fox Tree, Penny Lazarus & Brian Greenberg discuss Thanksgiving inaccuracies, history, and truths the National Day of Mourning. |
The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women From Across The U.S. (4 minutes) NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Annita Lucchesi (Cheyenne) about her report looking at missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in 71 cities across the U.S. |
Listening to Indigenous Voices (1 hour) Join the Jilted Indians as we discuss the importance of listening to indigenous voices and building a shared memory of the history of this country on a special Indigenous People’s Day episode. |
Coffee With My Ma (16 - 45 minute episodes) Haniehtiio Horn talks with her radical activist mother Kahentinetha Horn who tells me stories of her very long adventurous life, always with the sense of humour that carried her through. |
Teaching to Thrive is a podcast committed to sharing ideas that strengthen the everyday lives of Black and Brown students within our schools and communities. Each episode is aimed at empowering our knowledge for collective liberation. (You can listen here without a streaming service.) |
WEB RESOURCES
Website | Link |
Where to find diverse books? | https://diversebooks.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-books/ |
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources | |
Teaching People’s History | |
A bilingual site for educators and families of English Learners | |
Zaretta Hammond - Ready for Rigor | |
Debby Irving, author of Waking up White, Resources | |
Eddie Moore, Jr., author of the guide for white women who teach black boys, 21 Day Equity Challenge | |
Teaching Tolerance | |
LGBT Youth Resources | |
Practicing Inclusion: Icebreakers and Team builders for diversity | |
Wakelet -a tool that allows users to take control of the content that interests and inspires them. Users can save content and organize it in folders or wakes (e.g., student portfolios) as well as search topics of interest. | |
Haymarket Books is a resource of books, blogs, and online events. |
Online Activities
Educators for Social Change | |
UH Center of Diversity and Inclusion | |
13 Learning Activities to Help Discuss Race with Kids | https://www.chicagoparent.com/education/at-home-learning/activities-to-discuss-race-with-kids/ |
Lesson Planet: Race and Ethnicity Teacher Resources | https://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/race-and-ethnicity/all |
Critical Media Project | http://criticalmediaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Race-and-Ethnicity_LessonPlan.pdf |
Safe At School | |
User Generated Education | |
Share My Lesson | https://sharemylesson.com/collections/teaching-about-race-and-racism-lesson-plans-and-resources |
Trying Together | https://tryingtogether.org/community-resources/anti-racism-tools/ |
It Stops With Me | https://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/education-resources |
We Are Teachers | |
Learning for Justice | |
Student Treasures | |
All 4 Kids | https://www.all4kids.org/news/blog/how-to-teach-kids-about-diversity-and-acceptance/ |