Division of DEI Resources

Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Annual Report

Please click this link to view the electronic copy of the 2020 Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Annual Report.

Click below to see our Language of Identity document to ensure the use of proper and respectful terminology.

 The Language of Identity

We Are Not Ok: Injustice, Action and Healing Series

• The Match that Lit the Flame: Unpacking Systemic Racism, Policing, and Resistance
  • Video Recording 6/4/2020
  • Resources
    • Article: The Racist Roots of American Policing: From Slave Patrols to Traffic Stops
    • Book: Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • Book list: Anti-Racist Reading List from Ibram X. Kendi
    • Book and Author list: List of 13 books plus list of authors
      
    • Video: Black Parents Explain How to Deal with the Police

• I Can’t Breathe: Discussion of Racial Battle Fatigue, Trauma, and Self-Care
  • Video Recording: 6/8/2020
  • Resources
    • Article: Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough
    • Article: Racism is Exhausting Black People, Here's What We Need
    • Article: How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them.
    • Article: This Is What Racial Trauma Does To The Body And Brain
    • Article: Four Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
    • Opinion Article: Racial injustice in healthcare is real, but it need not be permanent
    • Article/Resources: How to Protect Your Mental Health While Fighting Racial Injustice
    • Article/Resources: Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
    • Article/Resources: Black Men Matter - Examining Mental Health Issues Among Black Men - A Guide to Freedom
    • Article/Resources: Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
    • Resources: Black Mental Health Matters
    • Resources: 6 Therapy and Mental Health Resources for Black Women and Girls
    • Resource: Inclusive Therapists - search by location for inclusive therapists near you
    • Tips: Coping with Racial Trauma and Stress
    • Video: Racial Battle Fatigue
    • Video: Challenging Racial Battle Fatigue with Dr. William A. Smith
      
      
• Speaking Truth to Power through Pedagogy: Anti-Racist Teaching in Higher Education
  • Video Recording: 6/11/2020
  • Resources
    • Book list (note, this list includes books that can be used for a variety of classes, as well as a list of authors at the end of the article that opens up more possibilities): List of 13 books plus list of authors
    • Anti-Racism Resource Guide - Thorough list of resources, with teaching materials on page 17
    • Article: Our Children are Watching: Teachers, What are Your Non-Verbal Messages Saying to Our Black Students?
    • Article: Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom: Notes from a White Professor
    • Article: Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism
    • Article: Barriers and Strategies by White Faculty Who Incorporate Anti-Racist Pedagogy
    • Resource Guide: Inclusive and Anti-Racist Pedagogies
    • Video: Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools  
      
      
• White People Do Something:  A Dialogue on Whiteness and Allyship
  • Video Recording: 6/12/2020
  • Resources
    • Book: White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
    • Book list: Anti-Racist Reading List from Ibram X. Kendi
    • Book and Author List: List of 13 books plus list of authors
    • Article: 106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
    • Article: How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them.
    • Article: Healing Resources for BIPOC Organizers and Allies Taking Action for Black Lives
    • Article: 10 Steps for Non-Optical Allyship
    • Article: Black People Need Stronger White Allies - Here's How You Can Be One
    • Article: The 30-Day Justice Plan (This link gives you specific steps you can take over the course 30 days to educate yourself and take action.)
    • Article: "Acknowledging Your Privilege and Becoming an Ally": a Guide to Resources for White Folks
    • Article: The Basics of Black Lives Matter - and Why You Need to Act Today
    • List: Support Black-Owned Businesses: 181 Places to Start Online
    • Video: White Allyship
      
• Where Do We Go From Here? Navigating Campus and Community
  • Video Recording: 6/15/2020
  • Resources
    • Article: Racial Diversity: There's More Work to be Done in the Workplace
    • Article: 4 Ways To Actually Create Diversity and Inclusion In The Workplace
    • Article: Moving Beyond Diversity Toward Racial Equity
    • Article: 10 Reasons You Should Support Black Lives Matter
    • Book: Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehesi Coates
      
    • Video: The Future of Work is Diverse and Inclusive; How Systemic Change Can Reverse Generational Inequities
    • Video: Achieving Intercultural Competence: What Leaders Need to Learn about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
    • Video: Why No One Should be Surprised by the Disparities/Inequities of COVID and America Protesting Racism
    • Video: The Future of Work is IDEAS; Inclusive, Dignified, Equitable, Accessible, and Sustainable
    • Video: Equity, Engineering and First Gen Access to the STEAM and STEM fields
    • Video: Race, Justice, and Equity in the Workplace and Beyond: A Call to Action

• Additional Resources
  
  • Books
    
    • How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
    • The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
    • So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
    • The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
    • Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
    • They Can't Kill Us All, Wesley Lowery
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
    • Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century, Dorothy Roberts
    • Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, James Forman
    • The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy, Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
    • The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
    • Divided Sisters, Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
    • A reading list on issues of race
    • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
    • William Frantz Public School: A Story of Race, Resistance, Resiliency, and Recovery in New Orleans
  •  Podcasts
    • 1619 (New York Times)
    • About Race
    • Code Switch (NPR)
    • Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
    • Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
    • Pod for the Cause (Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
    • Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
    • Seeing White
    • Parenting Forward podcast, episode: 'Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt'
    • Fare of the Fee Child Podcast
  • TED Talks
    • How to Raise a Black Son in America, Clint Smith
    • How we can make racism a solvable problem - and improve policing, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
    • How racism makes us sick, David R. Williams
    • The symbols of systemic racism - and how to take away their power, Paul Rucker
    • The trauma of systemic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change., T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
      
    • Color blind or color brave? Mellody Hobson
  • Actions to Take
    • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
    • How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them.
    • 10 Steps for Non-Optical Allyship
      
    • 10 Steps You Can Take to Fight for Inclusive Freedom Today
    • Guidance for Reporting and Writing About Racism
  • Websites, Multiple Resources
    • The CMSRU Center for Humanism - Stories about racism and anti-racism at Cooper and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
    • Mapping Police Violence - This resource addresses gaps in city-reported data to provide what is thought to be one of hte most complete accounts of police killings in the United States. This data has been utilized by researchers at institutions, including the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, and Indiana University.
    • Resources in Defense of Black Lives - This website includes resources on Police Brutality, Anti-Racism, and Funding Black Futures
    • Philadelphia Community Bail Fund - request bail assistance or donate to bail assistance
    • Campaign Zero - campaign to end police violence
    • Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources - includes books, activities, articles, videos, podcasts, etc. for people new to Anti-Racism through those who have been working on Anti-Racism for years
    • 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America - Smithsonian Magazine
    • "Talking About Race" web portal - National Museum of African American History and Culture
    • List of Books, Films, and Podcasts about Racism - NPR
    • Anti-Racism Resource Guide - Thorough list, including books, podcasts, movies, websites, teaching materials, articles, people to follow on social media, and organizations.
    • Petey Greene Resource Guide
    • Anti-racism resources for white people
    • Rowan University History Department recommendations
    • Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List
    • Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom - this guide is geared towards PreK-High School educators 
    • The Anti-Racism Network (only available with a Rowan log-in)
    • 89 Racial Equity Resources for Healthcare, Education, and Communities
    • For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar
    • Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
    • Tackling Disparities in Finance for Black and African Americans
    • Addressing Disparities in Finance for Hispanics and Latinos
    • Managing Financial Challenges for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
    • Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism
    • 26 AAPI Addiction and Mental Health Support Resources
    • 61 BIPOC Addiction & Mental Health Resources by the Summit Wellness Group
    • Financial Aid Information and Opportunities for Psychology Students
    • A Guide on Racism, Inequality, and Health Care for African Americans
    • Scholarships & Resources for Hispanic & Latinx Students
    • Ultimate Guide to College for Latinx & Hispanic Students
  • Videos, Movies, Documentaries
    
    • 13th
    • American Son
    • Dear White People
    • If Beale St. Could Talk
    • King in the Wilderness
    • See You Yesterday
    • The Hate U Give
    • When They See Us
    • Seven Seconds
    • Real Sports on HBO: Season 26, Episode 5 - A look at how systemic racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic have converged to create an unprecedented moment in sports.
    • Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace
  • Resources for talking to children about Race, Racism, and Injustice
    • Article: The Conversation We Must Have with Our White Children
    • Article: Resources for White Parents to Learn about Racism
    • Article: 12 Children's Books about Racism and Injustice
    • Article: How to Talk to Kids about Race, Ages 3 - 8
    • Article: Children's Books about White Privilege
    • Book list: Books to help explain racism and protest to your kids
    • Book list: 30 books to help you talk to your kids about racism