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½ûÂþÌìÌà Statement on Racial Equity and Social Justice:
We believe in the fundamental right to human dignity and that generating an equitable world requires an educational system that intentionally disrupts—and builds leaders to disrupt— systems of oppression.
View the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Racial Equity and Social Justice Framework HERE.
Below you will find resources gathered by the Abernethy community to support individuals interested in learning more about Anti-racism.
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Online Resources
Atlantic article: The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America
Brooklyn Children’s Museum works with community partners to provide reading lists and resource material that helps parents and educators continue the learning experience at home or in the classroom.
Reading lists: Race and Power list, womxn's history list, black history list, latinx history list, Dr. King list.
Southern Poverty Law Center/teaching tolerance
--films and teaching kits
--teaching tolerance magazine
--tolerance.org
--mix it up at lunch day
Our Teaching Tolerance project combats prejudice among our nation’s youth while promoting equality, inclusiveness and equitable learning environments in the classroom. We produce an array of anti-bias resources that we distribute, free of charge, to educators across the country – award-winning classroom documentaries, lesson plans and curricula, Teaching Tolerance magazine, and more.
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Reading List - Picture Books
A Kid's Book About Rasicm - Jelani Memory
All the Colors We Are: the story of how we get our skin color - Katie Kissinger
Antiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi
The Colors of Us - Karen Katz
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higgenbotham
Something Happened in Our Town - Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
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Reading List - Middle grade & YA
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Reading List - Adult