DADD Statements on Social Justice

STATEMENT on racial injustice

Fight for Racial Justice Must Continue

We Stand with the Asian American
​& Pacific Islander Communtity

Statement on Unity with Transgender
​ & NonBinary Individuals

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Privilege & Oppression

Intersectional Pedagogy

Cultural Competence

Intersectionality

White Fragility

Bias

Representation

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​INTERSECTIONALITY

Articles

• The Intersectionality Wars. (Coaston, 2019). 
• Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. (Crenshaw, 1989).
• What is Privilege? Everyday Feminism. (Ferguson, 2014).
• Examining racial microaggressions, race/ethnicity, gender, and bilingual status with school psychology students: The role of intersectionality. (Proctor, Kyle, Fefer, & Lau, 2017).
• Intersectionality and School Psychology: Implications for Practice. (Proctor, Williams, Scherr, & Li, 2017). 
• What the latest research really says about LGBTQ youth in schools. (Strauss, 2017).

Books

• Race, Gender and Class: Theory and Methods of Analysis. Weber L. (2007). In Landry B. (Ed.). 

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Videos

• Intersectionality 101 
• What is privilege? ​

How to Incorporate Intersectional Pedagogy in Your Classroom

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ABELISM

Articles

• It's Not Just About Racism, But Ableism: When talking about diversity, the ableism that students with disabilities face should be part of the conversation. (Ford, 2009).​

Books​

• Claiming disability: Knowledge and identity (Linton, 1998).

HOW TO INCORPORATE ANTI-ABLEIST TEACHING IN YOUR CLASSROOM

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RACISM(RESOURCES FOR WHITE PRACTITIONERS)

Articles

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. (McIntosh, 1988) 
• The Culture of Whiteness. (Mulholland, 2018)
• Reflections from a Token Black friend. (Nagarajah, 2020)
• The unexamined whiteness of teaching: How white teachers maintain and enact dominant racial ideologies. (Picower, 2009) 
• Holy shit, being an ally isn’t about me! How I learned being a white liberal doesn’t make me a good ally. (Real Talk: WOC & Allies, 2017)
• The year I gave up white comfort: An ode to my white “friends” on being better to Black woman. (Ricketts, 2019)
• Inquiry into (in)ability to navigate dissidence in teacher education: What it tells up about internalized racism. (Shim, 2018)
• The most dangerous person in America is the White woman. (Slaughter, 2018)
• The Quest for Equity: Maintaining African American Teachers in Special Education. (Talbert-Johnson, 2001)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act:Standards needed to improve identification of racial and ethnic overrepresentation in special education (GAO-13-137). U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2013). ​
• What’s my complicity? Talking white fragility with Robin DiAngelo. (Van Der Valk & Malley, 2019)

Books
*Black-owned book stores

• Arnold, J. (2020). Raising our hands: How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations, start accepting responsibility, and find our place on the new frontlines. BenBella Books.

• DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism. Beacon Press.
• Eddo-Loge, R. (2017). Why I’m no longer talking to White people about race. Bloomsbury Adult.
• Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be antiracist. One World.
• Lorde, A. (2007). Sister outsider. Crossing Press.
• Morrison, T. (2007). The Bluest Eye. Vintage.

• Oluo, I. (2019). So you want to talk about race. Seal Press.

Videos

• Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’
• How studying privilege systems can strengthen compassion                        
• Systemic Racism Explained    ​
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black man                   
• Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story | Robin DiAngelo | Big Think

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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

Button HOW TO INCORPORATE ANTI-RACIST TEACHING IN YOUR CLASSROOM

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LGBTQ+

Articles and Books

• The Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Queer Round Table of the American Library Association (2012) provided a list of LGBTQ+ inclusive texts called the Rainbow
• Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults (Gratton, 2019) 
• Queer-owned book stores
• LGBTQ+ Resources for College Students

Resources

• Human Rights Council (HRC)
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Tools for Equality and Inclusion 
• GLSEN
  • Educator Resources
  • Considerations when Working with LGBT Students of Color
• Learning for Justice
  • Educator Resources
• The Trevor Project
  • School Resources: helping adults become better allies to LGBTQ youth
• PBS News Hour LGBTQ Lesson Plans​
• Teachers as LGBTQ Allies
• Student Resources and Support
• Students ​and Gender Identity: A Toolkit for Schools

Curriculum Resources for Inclusive Sexuality Education

• Elevatus Training
  • Curriculum: Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities
  • Certificate in Becoming a Sexuality Educator and and Trainer
• Sex Ed Mart
  • Classroom Resources & Online Training

Books for Learners

• Picture book list
• More children’s books
• Resource for obtaining LGBTQ+ inclusive classroom books

Specific Books
Young Adult

• Failure to Communicate  (Kain Sonderby)
• Stake Sauce (series) (RoAnna Sylver)
• Chameleon Moon (series)  (Roanna Sylver) 
• Human Enough (E. S. Yu)

Uncomfortable Labels

• My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman  (Laura Kate)
• On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)
• Queens of Geek (Jen Wilde)​

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TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING & LEARNING

Articles

• Leveraging the neuroscience of now: Trauma-informed teaching & learning. (Imad, 2020). 
•  Trauma-Informed Teaching: During the Transition to Virtualized Learning and in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. (Imad & Schumaier, 2020)
• How to prevent secondary trauma. NEA News. (Turner, 2020).
• Mental Heath Issues Facing the Black Community
  
  • How Racism Causes Mental Health Problems; Why Don't More Black People Seek Mental Heath Help 
    

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Suggested Resources

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Helpguide.org
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
• National Center for PTSD
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

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​Videos
Trauma-Informed Teaching (for teachers)
Trauma-Informed Learning (for students)
Howʻs Your Heart?

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BOOKS FOR STUDENTS

Book lists:  Early Childhood Readers
                            Elementary Readers
                  Older Readers