ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

This session will focus on the divisions in our society that have been illuminated since the killing of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the effects of those divisions on our mental health. The inequitable allocation of resources continues to divide communities. The most important ways to fight against inequality and injustice are for us to show up as collaborators and to share the costs and risks of advocacy.

Through this event, we will explore:

• What it means to be an ally, including the risks
• How to increase the rate of fair and impartial approaches and treatment
• Skills to decrease harm to marginalized communities

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Presentation Slides

• Presentation slides 

Articles Cited in Presentation

• Ijeoma Oluo, "White People Will Always Let You Down"
• Therapists Are Learning to Treat Racial Trauma

Video Shown

• Matthew Cooke - Race Baiting 101 video (approximately 11 minutes duration)

Handouts from Presenter

• Action Steps

Books

• White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo, 2018​
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma & the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts & Bodies​, Resmaa Menakem, 2017​
• So You Want to Talk About Race​, Ijeuoma Oluo, 2018​
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, Carol Anderson
• Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Us All, Leticia Nieto et. al, 2010​
• Colonize This!: Young women of Colour on Today's Feminism
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson, 2020
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson, 2010
• Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
• White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind, Koa Beck, 2021
• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, Sabrina Strings, 2019

Podcasts

• On Being with Krista Tippett, Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem in Conversation​
• On Being with Krista Tippett, Resmaa Menakem, Notice the Rage, Notice the silence​

Videos Referenced

• PBS: Reconstruction After the Civil War
• PBS: Mysteries of Mental Illness
• "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation's Divide" 2018 John F. Morgan Sr. Distinguished Faculty Lecture by Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of African American Studies, Emory University, April 9, 2018 (approximately 52 minutes duration)
• "We're Not Bad- We're Hurting: Trauma, Hope and Healing" lecture by Dr. Kenneth Hardy (approximately 70 minutes duration)

Websites with Resources

• The MHTTC Network has curated this collection of resources on Racial Equity and Cultural Diversity
• https://www.samhsa.gov/behavioral-health-equity/black-african-american 
• https://africanamericanbehavioralhealth.org/ 
• https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-and-african-american-communities-and-mental-health 
• https://blackhistorymonth.gov/ 
• 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, 2021​

Articles of Interest and Information

• How Black people can cope with the trauma of witnessing repeated death and violence against them
• Project Implicit, Harvard University
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
• 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge
• 106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice?
• No more white saviours, thanks: how to be a true anti-racist ally
• Black History Month
• Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn't Mean 
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Advocacy Organizations

• https://naacp.org/ 
• https://civilrights.org/edfund/ 

FACILITATOR

Sherronda Jamerson, MA, CDP

Sherronda Jamerson obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology in 2012 from City University College in Seattle, WA, and became certified as a Chemical Dependency Professional in 2007. Her experiences include developing, implementing, and presenting EDI trainings to associations of healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, schools, and community-based organizations. She has also presented at state and national behavioral health conferences on the topics of DEI and Healthcare Equity. She presents with confidence and passion.

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