Racial Justice-Resources for Children & Families
There are many many lists of resources for adults and families to learn about racial justice and white supremacy. Below please find links to a few from our Christian Ed Director for our children and families
General
A Google Doc of multiple Anti-Racism resources from the publishers of this years VBS curriculum can be found HERE
A list of Social Justice Resources from the Childrens Community School can be found HERE
Booklists & Books for kids
- https://www.embracerace.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-childrens-books
- http://hereweeread.com/2017/11/2018-ultimate-list-diverse-childrens-books.html
- The Corretta Scott King Book Awards list includes books for teens: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award-winners
- Something Happened in Our Town A child’s story about race – when a black man is shot in town. National Parenting Product Award winner.
- Enough! 20 Protesters who changed America
- The Hero in the Helmet: Colin Kaepernick
Resources for parents
- Book: Raising White Kids: Bringing up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
- Book: Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, & Kindness by Cindy Wang Brandt (The church has a copy of this book for loan, this book is written from an explicitly faith based prospective.
- Podcast: https://integratedschools.simplecast.com/episodes/harvey
- Video: From the Child Mind Institute-Racism & Violence, how to help kids handle the news https://www.facebook.com/ChildMindInstitute/videos/673076123472542/
- Article: Talking to Kids about George Floyd https://childmind.org/blog/talking-to-kids-about-george-floyd/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
- Instagram feed: The Conscious Kid
- NPR Podcast: Talking race with young children
- Article: Talking with children about racism, police brutality and protests
- Infographic: They’re not too young to talk about race