Racial Trauma, Racial Violence, & Antiracism Resources

The Steve Fund Crisis Textline- If you are a young person of color who is feeling stressed, depressed, or anxious, please know you can text STEVE to 741741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor 24/7.

 

Dr. Joy Harden Bradford Therapy For Black Girls  (podcast)

The Nap Ministry​​​​​: Rest as Resistance

Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Tell Your Story- Report and review instances of hate experienced by members of the Asian American community. 

Stop AAPI Hate- website for reporting incidents of hate perpetrated against members of the Asian American Pacific Islander Community

Brooklyn Zen Center's Virtual Meditation Groups for People of Color

Lizzo's meditation and mantra to promote healing during this global crisis

Lizzo's meditation #2 for compassion 

Liberate meditation app for people of color

Approaching conversations on the intersection of race and LGBTQ identity

Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week

13 mental health resources for black people trying to cope right now

Black Lives Matter: Toolkits 

Discrimination: What It Is and How to Cope

Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color (video)

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: African American Mental Health

Proactively Coping with Racism

Racial Trauma is Real

Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress

Racism Recovery Steps

Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence (podcast)

Talking about Race: Self-Care

Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough

44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country 

Ethel’s Club  

How Restorative Yoga Can Help Heal Racial Wounding 

Academics for Black Survival and Wellness 

Mending Racialized Trauma: A Body Centered Approach  

Racial Anxiety Relief – Tapping Meditation 

Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People article  

Use Your WITS: How Asian Americans Parents Can Respond to Covid-19 Discrimination (video)

Acknowledge, Validate, Reframe: How Asian Americans Families Can Respond to Covid-19 Discrimination (video)

NPR Code Switch (podcast)

Still Processing (podcast)

Pod Save the People (podcast)

1619 (podcast)

Intersectionality Matters! (podcast)

Groundings (podcast)

 

Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM): Group aimed at removing the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing. They do this through education, training, advocacy and the creative arts.

Black Men Heal: Limited and selective free mental health service opportunities for Black men.

Black Mental Health Alliance: Provides information and resources and a “Find a Therapist” locator to connect with a culturally competent mental health professional.

Black Mental Wellness: Provides access to evidence-based information and resources about mental health and behavioral health topics from a Black perspective, as well as training opportunities for students and professionals.

Brother You’re on My Mind: An initiative launched by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and NIMHD to raise awareness of the mental health challenges associated with depression and stress that affect African American men and families. Website offers an online toolkit that provides Omega Psi Phi Fraternity chapters with the materials needed to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in African American men.

Ebony's Mental Health Resources by State: List of Black-owned and focused mental health resources by state as compiled by Ebony magazine.

Henry Health: Provides culturally sensitive self-care support and teletherapy for African American men and their families. Currently in pilot program available only to residents of MD, VA and DC. Residents of other states can join their waiting list and will be notified when Henry Health is available in their state.

Melanin and Mental Health: Connects individuals with culturally competent clinicians committed to serving the mental health needs of Black & Latinx/Hispanic communities. Promotes the growth and healing of diverse communities through its website, online directory and events.

Ourselves Black: Provides information on promoting mental health and developing positive coping mechanisms through a podcast, online magazine and online discussion groups.

POC Online Classroom: Contains readings on the importance of self care, mental health care, and healing for people of color and within activist movements.

Sista Afya: Organization that provides mental wellness education, resource connection and community support for Black women.

Therapy for Black Girls: Online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. Offers listing of mental health professionals across the country who provide high quality, culturally competent services to Black women and girls, an informational podcast and an online support community.

The Steve Fund: An organization dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being for students of color. Also offers a Crisis TextLine. 

Unapologetically Us: Online community for African American women to seek support.

Young, Gifted, @ Risk, and Resilient: A video toolkit developed to support the well-being of students of color 

Asian Mental Health Project- instagram account provides educational programming related to mental health for the Asian American community. 

Asians for Mental Health- instagram account that provides mental health related information for the Asian American community. 

Asian American Health Initiative- collection of resource handouts and toolkits related to mental health and well-being for Asian Americans

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Antiracist Toolkit for Teachers and Researchers

Asian Americans Advancing Justice 
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

Hollaback! Free Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment
How to Talk to Kids about Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism

Proactively coping with Racism
Resources for Educators Focusing on Antiracist Learning and Teaching
Talking About Race: Being Antiracist

Talking about Race: Self-Care
Toolkit for Teaching about Racism
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

How to Be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo 

Young, Proud, And Sung-Jee by Joyce Y. Lee and Emily Ku

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Esta lista incluye recursos del contexto estadounidense, latinoamericano y español ya que el racismo es un tema global y no exclusivo a los Estados Unidos. Estos recursos incluyen temas sobre las comunidades negras y los pueblos originarios. Lista compilada por la Dr. Gabriela Kovats Sanchez. 

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
The Bridge Called My Back, Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma  (for yoga instructors, therapists, and practitioners) 

Inclusive Therapists

LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory

National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network

Psychology Today Directory of African American Therapists

Therapy for Black Men

Austin Therapists of Color Directory

National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association Directory

South Asian Therapists

Asian Mental Health Collective Directory

Stand Against Racism- Voting in a Time of Crisis

Knee on Our Neck: Living While Black in America

Solidarity Convos: AAPIs for Black Lives

No More Silence: Tools for White People Who Want to Actively Fight Racism

White People’s Work to End Racism

Race, Police, and Unarmed Civilian Deaths: What Can Be Done?

Drive Real Change in Diversity & Inclusion

Promoting Organizational and Self-care Strategies for African Americans

Black Lives Matter, Protest and Creating Change

Blackness, Racism & Protest: Reflections on the Past, Present & Future

“I Can’t Breathe: Understanding Cultural Trauma, Grief & Mourning Experienced by African Americans”

Allyship: My Unlearning, Calling Myself Out, & Sharing Actionable Steps

Racism in Canada: Covid and Beyond

White Fragility: A FAN Webinar with Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D.