Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
What is Cultural Competence? Cultural Competence is the behaviors, attitudes and skills that allow a health care provider to work effectively with different cultural groups. For the therapist, cultural competence is the ability to provide therapy that can overcome cultural barriers that exist between the patient and the therapist.
What is Cultural Proficiency? is the policies and practices in an organization or the values and behavior of an individual, that enable the person or institution to engage effectively with people and groups who are different from them. ... Cultural Proficiency is a lens for examining one's work and one's relationships.
How you can support Black therapists/counselors:
● This is a national sign-up form led by Latinx Therapy for therapists/counselors who identify as POC (People of Color) to offer free therapy for Black therapists, as an effort to support the Black Lives Matter Movement. You must be fully licensed, hold personal liability insurance, and have access to their own telehealth platform. https://shor.by/LatinxTherapy
Where you can donate:
● Memorials
○ George Floyd -https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
○ Ahmaud Arbery -https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
● Bail Funds
○ Austin: 400+1 https://reparation.atlas.thrinacia.com/campaign/24/400-1-bail-fund?fbclid=IwAR1FCayDlQ_Ol4698JtvUkxh-1XLopb3Jo1VCD0zqQV816RNEAHL-CanJPU
○ Houston: Restoring Justice https://www.restoringjustice.org/
○ San Antonio: SAPFF https://mutualist.us/sapff
○ Dallas: Faith in Texas https://faithintx.org/
○ Minnesota: MN Freedom Fund https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
● Medical Funds
○ Mutual Aid ATX https://mutualaidatx.com/
● Black Led LGBTQ+
○ Black AIDS Institute https://blackaids.org/
○ The Okra Project https://www.theokraproject.com/
○ LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund https://www.lgbtqfund.org/
○ House of GG https://houseofgg.org/about/
○ Trans Justice Funding Project https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
○ Youth Breakout http://www.youthbreakout.org/
● Organizations
○ Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/
○ Reclaim the Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/
○ Black Visions Collective https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
○ NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund https://www.naacpldf.org/
○ The National Accountability Project https://www.nlg-npap.org/
○ Color of Change Education Fund https://colorofchange.org/
○ Unicorn Riot https://unicornriot.ninja/
○ Advancement Project https://advancementproject.org/home/
○ The Marshall Project https://www.themarshallproject.org/
○ Equal Justice Initiative https://eji.org/
○ Black Futures Lab https://blackfutureslab.org/
○ Campaign Zero https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
○ BYP100 https://www.byp100.org/
○ Texas Organizing Project https://toppac.org/
Black Mental Health:
● The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve-Book by Rheeda Walker
● Black Mental Health Matters: The Ultimate Guide for Mental Health Awareness in the Book by Aaren Snyder
● African American Mental Health https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Diverse-Communities/African-American-Mental-Health
● Melanin and Mental Health https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com/
● Black Therapists Rock https://www.blacktherapistsrock.com/
● Anxiety and Depression Association of America https://adaa.org/african-americans
Books to read:
● The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated
America – Richard Rothstein
● The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
● Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
● How to be an Antiracist – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
● Stamped from the Beginning – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
● White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – Robin Diangelo
● Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
● Black Like Me – John Howard Griffin
● How Nonviolent Struggle Works – Gene Sharp
● The Urban Crisis – Thomas Sugrue
● Queenie – Candice Carty-Williams
● Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) – Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
● Such a Fun Age – Kiley Reid
● I Am Not Your Negro – James Baldwin
● Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower – Dr. Brittney Cooper
● So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
● How to be Less Stupid About Race – Crystal M. Fleming
● Tears We Cannot Stop – Michael Eric Dyson
● The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
● I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
● So You Want to Talk About Race- Ijeoma Oluo
● White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism-Robin DiAngelo
● How to Be an Antiracist- Ibram X. Kendi
Podcasts to listen:
● 1619 (New York Times)
● Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
● Code Switch (NPR)
● Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
● Fare of the Free Child Podcast
● Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Films/TV to watch:
● Dear White People – Netflix
● When They See Us – Netflix
● See You Yesterday (Netflix)
● 13th - Netflix
● The Hate U Give (rent)
● Selma (rent)
● Just Mercy (rent)
● I Am Not Your Negro (rent)
● If Beale St Could Talk (Hulu)
Ways to act:
● Call DA Michael Freeman at 612-324-4499 to demand all four officers to be charged and arrested
● Contact your congresspeople and ask them to support Reps Pressley and omar’s resolution condemning police brutality
Black Owned Business to Support:
● Austin Monthly released a list by Rosie Ninesling to include restaurants and shops/makers
○ https://www.austinmonthly.com/black-owned-businesses-to-support-in-austin/
● The Lit. Bar: Bookstore & Chill
○ https://bookshop.org/shop/thelitbar
Articles to Consider:
● My Role in Social Change Ecosystem: https://medium.com/@dviyer/my-role-in-a-social-change-ecosystem-a-mid-year-check-in-1d852589cdb1
● Learning to unfreeze and move to support Black Communities https://medium.com/@stung/learning-to-unfreeze-and-move-to-support-black-communities-ff31834bf183
● The 1619 Project https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
● Who Gets to be Afraid in America? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/ahmaud-arbery/611539/
● Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest? https://medium.com/@courtwrites/where-do-i-donate-why-is-the-uprising-violent-should-i-go-protest-d521f527ba6d
Resources for Combating Anti-Blackness in non-black POC communities
If you want to commit yourself to combating anti-blackness in your communities and families, here are some resources:
● General article about resources and where to start
https://medium.com/@stung/learning-to-unfreeze-and-move-to-support-black-communities-ff31834bf183
● South Asian Communities
https://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2017/04/addressing-anti-blackness-attacks-india/
● Middle Eastern Communities
https://thedailyusnews.com/sex-virginity-and-anti-blackness-in-the-middle-east-a-memoir/
● Asian Communities (predominantly east asian communities)
https://studybreaks.com/news-politics/unpacking-anti-blackness-asian-american-community/
● Latinx Communities
https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/08/anti-blackness-latinx-communities/
https://remezcla.com/features/culture/unlearning-antiblackness-latino-latinx-community/
http://www.pensamientopenal.com.ar/doctrina/46725-son-obsoletas-prisiones
● Outside of the US
Additional Resources can be seen on the American Counseling Association’s Resources Page: https://www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/mental-health-resources/racism