ANTI RACISM RESOURCES   (return to DEI main page)

These articles will introduce us to the concepts of racism & anti-racism:
• Psychology Today: Anti-racist action and becoming part of the solution 
• VOX: What it means to be anti-racist 
• Mashable: How to be anti-racist 

The following articles and website may help parents understand and speak about these issues with their children:

• From NPR: Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism and
  10 Tips on Talking to Kids About Race and Racism
• Readbrightly.com: How to talk to kids about race and books that can help
• Raceconcious.org: Raising race conscious children

The Southern Tier Library System has put together a collection of digital ebooks and audiobooks that deal with issues of race, racism and anti-racism; you can find it here:  Overdrive Anti-racism Resources

Here is a list of books for kids about fighting anti-Asian hate, compiled by the NY Times.

More resources to combat anti-Asian hate can be found HERE and HERE.

Here are some websites and organizations that address race, racism and anti-racism:
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
*the quotes at the top are from the NMAAHC.
• Race Forward
• 21 Day Equity Challenge
• Guide to Allyship
• Black Perspectives
• WhiteAccomplices.org
• Racial Equity Tools
• Building Inclusive AI: Strategies for Training Against Racism This site was suggested by a young patron whose mind was open to seeing this issue in the context of the influence of AI (Artificial Intelligence).

Here are some podcasts that address these issues:
• Code Switch by NPR
• The Diversity Gap
• Momentum: A Race Forward
• 1619 by The New York Times

Here are local action organizations where you can become involved:
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Elmira/Corning Branch
• Citizen Action of the Southern Tier
• Elmira YWCA Diversity Council
• Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival  Elmira/ Southern Tier Chapter

Here are National and New York State action sites:
• National Action Network
• New York State Poor People’s Campaign
• Know Your Rights Camp
• The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Please feel free to tell us about additional resources that you have found to be useful in understanding and overcoming these issues.