Knowledge Building
This page will help you to build your knowledge around issues of anti-racism, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Social Justice Education is for Everyone
Dan Scratch explains social justice and the importance of embracing a social justice framework.
Episode 10: What Do You Know? A Social Justice Podcast
Tony Neal and Debroah Bohlman go over the terminology commonly used in social justice conversations and provide examples.
PBS republished this interview with psychologist Anthony Greenwald about testing for implicit bias with permission from Knowable Magazine.
How To Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Towards Them
Vernā Myers encourages us to walk towards our discomfort to challenge our subconcious attitudes.
In this extract from his 2019 book How To Be an Antiracist, historian Ibram X. Kendi breaks down exactly what the term means – and why clear language is a vital first step in the battle against prejudice.
From the archives of the Obama administration, Jo Handelsman and Natasha Sakraney define and explain implicit bias.
Gagan Chhabra explores the term ableism and how to combat disability-based discrimination.
Understood.org’s Amanda Morin explains the concept of neurodiversity to help reduce stigma around learning and thinking differences.
Which Mental ‘Deficits’ Are Really Hidden Strengths?
Watch this four minute video about neurodiversity, the concept that there are many different variations of human functionality and that each and every variation needs to be better understood and respected.
Provided by the National Center for Public Education, this work aims to explain Educational Equity, answering the question: What does it mean? How do we know when we reach it?
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on systemic racism and social injustices.
9 Ways to Promote Equity in our Schools
Written by Matthew X. Joseph for Edutopia, this post asserts how changes to curriculum and grading policies can go a long way toward helping a school level the playing field for all students.
8 Powerful Ways to Promote Equity in the Classroom
Maria Kampen dives into the what and why of equity in the classroom, makes the distinction between equity and equalty, and provides strategies to use in the classroom to promote equity.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: What is Inclusion?
Austin Community College provides a definition for inclusion and resources to read and watch to further understand inclusion, multiculturalism, and culture competency.
The Key Traits For Effective Social Justice Educators
In this interview, Wilson Okello shares the key traits of effective social justice educators and how to create spaces for meaningful social justice work and self-exploration.
What it Means to be Anti-racist
Vox explains what it means to be anti-racist.
The Racial Equity Tools website offers foundational information on racial justice and key concepts connected to anti-racism.
Anti-Racism in Higher Education
This books offers suggestions for anti-racist practices within higher education settings.
Ibram X. Kendi discusses how we can work to be anti-racist.
PBS Implicit Bias Video Series
Offered through PBS, Saleem Reshamwala opens the first video by defining implicit bias and its effects, including the signs of implicit bias that exist in our patterns of daily living.
The Urgency of Intersectionality
Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses intersectionality and the criticality of intersectional racial justice.
NPR explains why not being racist is not enough.
Dismantling Race in Higher Education Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy
This edited book offers several chapters on how to dismantle racism and white supremacy in our higher education sites.
Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change
The purpose of this scholarly paper is to present a model for change within higher education that distributes leadership and institutional power across racial lines and enlightens the white community about systemic inequities.
Social Justice Education is for Everyone
Dan Scratch explains social justice and the importance of embracing a social justice framework.
From the archives of the Obama administration, Jo Handelsman and Natasha Sakraney define and explain implicit bias.
PBS republished this interview with psychologist Anthony Greenwald about testing for implicit bias with permission from Knowable Magazine.
In this extract from his 2019 book How To Be an Antiracist, historian Ibram X. Kendi breaks down exactly what the term means – and why clear language is a vital first step in the battle against prejudice.
Understood.org’s Amanda Morin explains the concept of neurodiversity to help reduce stigma around learning and thinking differences.
Provided by the National Center for Public Education, this work aims to explain Educational Equity, answering the question: What does it mean? How do we know when we reach it?
9 Ways to Promote Equity in Our Schools
Written by Matthew X. Joseph for Edutopia, this post asserts how changes to curriculum and grading policies can go a long way toward helping a school level the playing field for all students.
8 Powerful Ways to Promote Equity in the Classroom
Maria Kampen dives into the what and why of equity in the classroom, makes the distinction between equity and equalty, and provides strategies to use in the classroom to promote equity.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: What is Inclusion?
Austin Community College provides a definition for inclusion and resources to read and watch to further understand inclusion, multiculturalism, and culture competency.
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
This site provides various reports on race and ethnicity in higher education.
EdJustice by the National Education Association
This site provides overviews of various issues in education (from LGBTQIA+ to equity for women); they also offer strategies for taking action towards educational justice.
What It Means to be Anti-Racist
Vox explains what it means to be anti-racist.
The Racial Equity Tools website offers foundational information on racial justice and key concepts connected to anti-racism.
Anti-Racism in Higher Education
This books offers suggestions for anti-racist practices within higher education settings.
Dismantling Race in Higher Education Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy
This edited book offers several chapters on how to dismantle racism and white supremacy in our higher education sites.
Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change
The purpose of this scholarly paper is to present a model for change within higher education that distributes leadership and institutional power across racial lines and enlightens the white community about systemic inequities.
Social Justice Education is for Everyone
Dan Scratch explains social justice and the importance of embracing a social justice framework.
Episode 10: What Do You Know? A Social Justice Podcast
Tony Neal and Debroah Bohlman go over the terminology commonly used in social justice conversations and provide examples.
Gagan Chhabra explores the term ableism and how to combat disability-based discrimination.
How To Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Towards Them
Vernā Myers encourages us to walk towards our discomfort to challenge our subconcious attitudes.
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on systemic racism and social injustices.
Which Mental ‘Deficits’ Are Really Hidden Strengths?
Watch this four minute video about neurodiversity, the concept that there are many different variations of human functionality and that each and every variation needs to be better understood and respected.
The Key Traits For Effective Social Justice Educators
In this interview, Wilson Okello shares the key traits of effective social justice educators and how to create spaces for meaningful social justice work and self-exploration.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: What is Inclusion?
Austin Community College provides a definition for inclusion and resources to read and watch to further understand inclusion, multiculturalism, and culture competency.
Ibram X. Kendi discusses how we can work to be anti-racist.
PBS Implicit Bias Video Series
Offered through PBS, Saleem Reshamwala opens the first video by defining implicit bias and its effects, including the signs of implicit bias that exist in our patterns of daily living.
The Urgency of Intersectionality
Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses intersectionality and the criticality of intersectional racial justice.
NPR explains why not being racist is not enough.
