Resources for Social Justice

The publicly available resources collected on this page are just a small selection that have been useful to me in my work as a museum educator. These resources can act as tools to better educate ourselves as teachers and professionals in order to support and care for students, team members, and audiences by having constructive conversations about social justice, identity, racism, privilege, politics, equity, and empathy. By no means is this a comprehensive list, and I hope it will grow over time as I collaborate with and learn from other experts in the field.

ARTICLES

White Supremacy Culture
”This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations. Culture is powerful precisely because it is so present and at the same time so very difficult to name or identify. The characteristics listed below are damaging because they are used as norms and standards without being proactively named or chosen by the group.”
Speaking Up Without Tearing Down, Loretta J. Ross
”Most teachers look for opportunities to build a human rights culture and to counter hatred, bigotry, fear-mongering and intolerance. One way to do this, when students make a mistake, is to call them in rather than calling them out. Doing so prepares them for civic engagement by encouraging a sense of hope and possibility.”
Straight A’s For Facilitating Crucial Conversations, Facing History & Ourselves
”This protocol from Diane Goodman provides a framework for navigating crucial conversations.”
8 Components of a Reflective Classroom, Facing History & Ourselves
”These points are key to creating a brave, nurturing, and safe learning space.”

WEBSITES

Museum Hue
”Museum Hue is dedicated to uplifting the voices of people of color in the arts and culture field by offering tools and resources in a supportive environment.”
Mosaic Education Network
”Diversity, equity, and inclusion audits, assessments and workshops to break down bias and revolutionize your small to mid-size mission-driven organization.”
W.A.G.E
”Mission: To establish sustainable economic relationships between artists and the institutions that contract our labor, and to introduce mechanisms for self-regulation into the art field that collectively bring about a more equitable distribution of its economy.”
Facing History & Ourselves
”Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.”
The Museum, Arts, & Culture Access Consortium (MAC)
”A disability-affirming organization striving toward increasing access to cultural institutions in and around New York City for the disability community through connecting, learning, and advocating.”

VIDEOS

Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Loretta J. Ross: Don’t Call People Out — Call Them In

We live in a call-out culture, says activist and scholar Loretta J. Ross. In this bold, actionable talk, Ross gives us a toolkit for starting productive conversations instead of fights -- what she calls a “call-in culture” -- and shares strategies that help challenge wrongdoing while still creating space for growth, forgiveness and maybe even an unexpected friend.

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries: 7 Principles for Teaching Race and Racism

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, shares his Seven B's for teaching race and racism with the WW HistoryQuest Fellows.

Bridging Art and ELL to Build Safe Learning Spaces | Educator Speaker Series

Art/TESOL educator Ana Guzman is thrilled to spend an evening with you to discuss how to build safe and inclusive learning spaces for bilingual and multilingual students. Ana will present research-based practices from the art and TESOL fields to provide you with valuable information that will help you create more equitable learning opportunities for English-Language Learners (ELLs).

Alisha Mernick: Decentering Whiteness in Art Education

In this workshop led by visual art and social justice educator Alisha Mernick, you will learn how to explicitly name and disrupt the erasure and tokenization of BIPOC artists in traditional, eurocentric pedagogies and adopt best practices for fostering cultural pluralism and critical consciousness.