We recognize the relentless impact that prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination have on mental health and well-being, and we are here if you need to talk. We as a staff feel and understand the many reactions that can ensue from these events, such as fear, anger, sadness, rage and grief. We are processing how systems of oppression and traumatic events impact your feelings, beliefs, and identities, and we are here to help you connect to resources that feel safe and that resonate with you.
CPS will continue to confront the traumatic and unjust impact of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination by challenging ourselves, our perceptions, values, and priorities. We continue to join with students and with other offices on campus to collaborate on conversations about racial injustices and prejudice. Though supporting our students who feel directly impacted by racism is paramount, we also strongly advocate for the antiracist education and allyship of all students, faculty, and staff. We encourage the OHIO community to engage in meaningful reflection and advocacy. The resources below may resonate with the Bobcat community as ways in which we can both support those who are hurting and join together to facilitate a more inclusive and supportive environment for all.
Resources
Resources for self-help, antiracism, books, and organizations
Self-Help
Black Lives Matter: Toolkits
Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders
Discrimination: What It Is and How to Cope
Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
Filling Our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: Eight Ways to Support Yourself
Healing Justice is How We Can Sustain Black Lives
NAMI: Black/African American Mental Health
Proactively Coping with Racism
Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
Talking about Race: Self-Care
Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough
Antiracism
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Antiracism Learning Opportunities through Enrich Chicago
Detour-Spotting for White Antiracists
Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders
Expressive Writing Prompts to Use if You’ve Been Accused of White Fragility, Spiritual Bypassing, or White Privilege
Harvard Implicit Bias Test
How to Talk to Kids about Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism
Talking About Race: Being Antiracist
Books
On Antiracism
Heal Your Way Forward: The Co-Conspirator's Guide to an Antiracist Future
by Myisha T. Hill
How to Be an Antiracist
by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy
by Layla F. Saad
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
On the Experience of Racism
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
by Dr. Brittney Cooper
How We Fight for Our Lives
by Saaed Jones
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
by Austin Channing Brown
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
The 1619 Project
(see also The New York Times Magazine's The 1619 Project
)
The Bridge Called My Back, Writings by Radical Women of Color
edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa