Anti-Racism

In 2008, in response to a request from the Women of Color Caucus, the Implementation Collective began sponsoring an annual pre-conference workshop and conference session focused on challenging white women to actively engage in the journey of becoming anti-racist. Despite this ongoing commitment, there is still much work to be done to uproot anti-Blackness and racism within the field of psychology, our organization, and the world at large. This page is here to serve as a resource for AWP members to deepen their ongoing commitment to anti-racist praxis. 

Comprehensive Resource Guides

Racial trauma, resiliency, and ally resources

• Includes information about understanding racial/cultural trauma, healing for Black individuals and racial trauma, ally resources, tool kits and trainings, and therapist resources.

Strategies and Resources Organized according to Dr. Janet Helms’s White Racial Identity Development Model

• Includes resources, activities, and actions scaffolded according to where you are currently in your racial identity development process.

Black Lives Matter Global Network

• With more than 40 local chapters, this is a global network working collectively for Black liberation.

Anti-Racism Resources for White People

• Includes links to various articles, books, podcasts, films, and organizations to engage with.

Whiteaccomplices.org - Opportunities for White People to Fight for Racial Justice

• Includes step-by-step instructions for ways to engage in action to fight racism.

Rachel Cargle's Resources List

• Rachel Cargle is a Black community educator and this resource list includes items such as a free 30-day #DoTheWork course and lectures such as "Unpacking White Feminism" and "White Supremacy in Heels"

Your Black Friends are Busy

• Described as "A growing resource for learning about anti-racism, and supporting the people & organizations doing important work for the Black Lives Matter movement."

Resources for Raising Anti-Racist Children 

• Parent Toolkit: How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism

• Embrace Race – Children’s Books to Support Conversations about Racism

• Primer on How and What We Teach Youth about Racism and Xenophobia Across Family, School, Peer, Community, and Media Contexts 

• ChildMind.org - Facebook Live Conversation with Kids about Race with Kenya Hameed, PsyD and Jamie Howard, PhD

• A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice

• How to Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids

• Dr. Bedford Palmer's book - Daddy, why am I brown? Healthy conversations about skin color and family

• NY Times Article on Discussing Race with Children

Teaching Resources & Important Frameworks 

• Academics for Black Survival and Wellness

• The Racial Healing Handbook by Dr. Anneliese Singh

• Somatic Abolitionism - My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

• Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture - Racial Trauma Healing Tool Kit

• The Psychology of Radical Healing Collective

• Teaching Tolerance - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

• Anti-Racist Teaching Resources from MLA

• Community Ready Corps 5 Methods 

• Colorlines

• Heal our Communities

Special thanks to Liz Abrams, Kathryn Norsworthy, Nicki Johnson, Kathy McCloskey, and the 2020 implementation collective for helping to compile these resources.