We recognize our responsibility as a hub for teaching & learning praxis and community-driven academic professional development to facilitate conversation and provide faculty, staff, and students with resources for engaging in the Black Lives Matter movement and cultivating inclusive, anti-racist classrooms.
CoLab Events
Find article discussions, Twitter chats, workshops, and webinars on race and anti-racism hosted by the CoLab.
Teaching Resources
Books
- Race, Equity, and the Learning Environment: The Global Relevance of Critical and Inclusive Pedagogies in Higher Education by Frank Tuitt, Chayla Haynes, Saran Stewart
- Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism by Stephen D. Brookfield
- Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya U. Noble
Articles
- Teaching into #BlackLivesMatter by Benjamin Doxtdator
- Racial microagressions and difficult dialogues on race in the classroom by Derlad Wing Sue, Annie I. Lin, Gina C. Torino, Christina M Capodilupo, David P. Rivera
- Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator from Wheaton College Massachusetts
- Our Bodies, Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education by Shea Swauger
Syllabi
- Black Lives Matter Microsyllabus from Politics, Groups, & Identities at Taylor & Francis (articles free to access until August 30)
- We Could Be Free Fall 2017 Black Lives Matter Syllabus by Frank Leon Roberts
- Police Violence Syllabus from Duke University (all journal articles and issues freely available until September 30, 2020
- Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy by Trish Kayle
Videos, Podcasts, Webinars
- Demystifying the Safe Space: How to Create a Classroom Ecosystem That Supports Meaningful Race Conversations free webinar with Matthew R. Kay
- #BlackLivesMatter: Confronting Racism on Campus podcast with speakers, Dr. Stacey Pearson-Wharton, Dr. Paul Porter, Dr. Larry Roper, and Dr. Dafina-Lazarus Stewart
- The Effects of Police Brutality and Racism on Black Students and Professionals in Higher Education 2020 webinar recording from Minnesota State Mankato African American Affairs
Donation Funds
Between now and July 3rd, we strongly recommend donating to Academics for Black Survival and Wellness. You can read more about the organization here.
In addition, here are the orgs that individual CoLab staff members are donating to this month.
- Act Blue Donation page to contribute to Black Trans Groups: “This page is part of an effort to create an easier way for people to find and donate specifically to Black trans work and people right now.“
- the conscious kid: “All donations made here go to a dedicated fund for us to get children’s books from our list of “41 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance” into classrooms across the country.”
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