Dornsife Stands in Solidarity With Those Demanding Justice
June 8, 2020
While the collective attention of our nation is gripped by this most recent example in a long history of senseless murders of Black people, we at the Dornsife School of Public Health reaffirm our commitment to social justice and the rejection of all forms of racism and white supremacy.
We stand in solidarity with those demanding justice and publicly recommit to increasing our efforts to counter racism and promote social justice at our School.
Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology
Scarlett Bellamy, ScD
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development
Read a message to the Dornsife community from Dean Diez Roux
Below is a selected list of resources you might find useful. We view this as a living document and it is by no means all-inclusive. If you have others to add, please let us know.
Finally, these resources are not the end, but the start of understanding, growth and meaningful conversations.
Racism and public health
Dornsife Webinar Series: "Racism and Health: Evidence and Action": Join the Dornsife School of Public Health for our virtual Population Health Spotlight Series. This year's theme is “Racism and Health: Evidence and Action.” This series is an opportunity to hear from public health researchers who are focused on improving population health and eliminating health disparities. Learn more and RSVP.
Racism is a Public Health Crisis (ASPPH statement)
The Impact of Hate on Public Health (Huffington Post)
Racism and Health (APHA)
Examining the Connections Between Race, Racism and Health in the United States (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research (Annual Reviews)
Resources for talking about race
An Antiracist Reading List (New York Times)
Anti-racism Resources (Google doc)
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources (Google doc)
Talking about Race (new web portal from the National Museum of African American History & Culture)
Stop Lecturing Black People (Medium)
Anti-Racism Resources for Teachers (The Race Institute for K-12 Educators)
Resource List from ParticlesForJustice.org
Resources for individuals with children
Talking to Kids About Race (National Geographic)
How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism (Parent Toolkit)
Talking Race With Young Children (NPR)
Talking to Children After Racial Incidents (Medium)
CNN and 'Sesame Street' to Host a Town Hall Addressing Racism (CNN)
A Kids' Book About Racism (A Kids Book About)
Build Your Stack: Affirming Black Boys Outside the Context of Police Brutality (National Council of Teachers of English)
Children's Book Resources to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance (Embrace Race)
Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness (video reading of the picture book by Anastasia Higginbotham) (Viewpure.com)
37 Kids Books to Aid Talks on Race and Racism (ThatSister)
Action items
Dornsife's Center for Hunger-Free Communities has compiled a list of action items. Some of these actions can help people today. The page also includes a list of policies changes which, if enacted, could look toward more meaningful and sustainable change.
Know your rights. The ACLU has resources by issue, including rights if stopped by police and the right be free from
discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. The ACLU of Pennsylvania also has a handout on your right to take photographs and make video and audio recordings (pdf).
Organizations to follow
Color of Change
Black Lives Matter
NAACP
Showing Up for Racial Justice
United We Dream
Podcasts
A reading list: housing segregation, mass incarceration, ahistoricism, education bias, voter suppression, and everything in between
- A Different Mirror (Ronald Takaki)
- A People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
- Ain’t I a Woman (Bell Hooks Assata by Assata Shakur)
- Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
- Blackballed (Darryl Pinckney)
- Dying of Whiteness (Jonathan Metzl)
- Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
- Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Adichie)
- How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram Kendi)
- How We Get Free (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Killing)
- Rage (Bell Hooks)
- Lies My Teacher Told Me (James Loewen)
- Nobody (Marc Lamont Hil)l
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley)
- The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
- The Burning House (Anders Walker)
- The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
- The Condemnation of Blackness (Khalil Muhammad)
- The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
- The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
- The Warmth of the Sun (Isabel Wilkerson)
- So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
- Stamped From the Beginning (Ibram Kendi)
- White Fragility (Robin Diangelo)
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting (Beverly Tatum)
University mental health resources
In the shorter term, the School will be doing everything we can to support the immediate needs of our students. We encourage you to connect with one of the support resources below, if they meet your current needs.
Faculty and professional staff can contact the Employee Assistance Program.
Drexel University encourages anyone who has been affected by or witnessed discrimination, harassment or bias to immediately report the incident to the Office of Equality and Diversity by calling 215.895.1405 or emailing oed@drexel.edu at any time.