DEI Resources
Anti-Racism Teaching | General Resources | STEM – Focused Resources | Race-Ethnicity
LGBTQ+ | Women | Spirituality and Religion
Anti-Racism Teaching
Inclusive Teaching Resources and Strategies, University of Michigan
Scholars and/or scholarly works by persons of color or other underrepresented group (also within our GES disciplines)
- The Faces of Science
- Geoscientists of color who changed history
- Works by geographers of color
- 7 LGBTQ Scientists
- 10 Hispanic Scientists
- Online anthology of Black Geographers (compiled by the American Geographical Society): ) “Celebrating Black Geographers: The First Cohort: 1900-2000”. They have added a 2 cohort for those getting PhDs 2000-2010.
Films/videos, books and other resources for use in teaching:
- Picture a Scientist
- Can we talk? A film by Kendall Moore.
- Fieldwork while Black
- 10 TV Shows and Movies to Watch to Further Your Anti-Racist Education
- Films for Anti-racist Education and Activism
- 12 Movies to Watch to Educate Yourself About Racism and Protest History
- 10 Black History Movies and Docu-series to Educate Yourself on Anti-Racism
- Streaming Media: Anti-Racist Films
- List Of Books, Films And Podcasts About Racism
- Teaching Geoscience History in Context
- Geocontext Teaching Modules
- The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery
Resources for current environmental justice issues:
- A Look at Environmental Justice in USA Today (Discusses multiple issues)
- Lithium mining and indigenous rights
- Flint water crisis
- Documentary: Flint’s Deadly Water – Frontline
- Pieper, Tang, and Edwards (2017) Flint Water Crisis Caused By Interrupted Corrosion Control: Investigating “Ground Zero” Home
Other Anti-Racism Resources
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide
- Anti-Racism Resources (this set is developed specifically for a white audience in mind):
- Anti-Racism Resources for All Ages
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies, by Courtney Ariel
- This city elected a mostly black and brown government after a police shooting
- Guide to being an ally
- Robin Diangelo, White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism.
- Bakari Sellars, My Vanishing Country: A Memoir .
- Carol Anderson’s White Rage
- I am not your Negro
General Resources
- A Guide to Allyship (Black Lives Matter)
- A Guide to Anti-Racism
- Black Lives Matter | Resources (Everlane; covers general resources for involvement, education, and support of Black-owned businesses)
- Resources from the #ShutDownStem/#ShutDownAcademia project
- Principles and Preferred Terms for Non-Stigmatizing, Bias-Free Language
Educational Resources
- Translating awareness letters & readings to multiple languages (Open Letter Project)
- Glossary for Understanding the Dismantling Structural Racism/Promoting Racial Equity Analysis (The Aspen Institute)
- Talking About Race Web Portal (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
- Teaching Difference, Power and Discrimination (Oregon State University)
- Teaching Tolerance Guide for K-12 (Southern Poverty Law Center)
- What Is White Privilege, Really? (Teaching Tolerance)
- Police Killings of Blacks: Here Is What the Data Say (New York Times)
- US Police Killings: What the data tells us (Medium)
Media & Book Lists
- Anti-racism books, articles, TV, videos, movies, etc for white people (Forbes)
- Books, films, social media accounts (Fashion)
- 10 essential anti racist podcasts (Elle)
- 21 racism in America podcasts (Bello Collective)
- Anti-racism books for all POC
- Essential anti-racism books (Buzzfeed)
- Anti-racism books are selling out, read these (Time)
STEM – Focused Resources
Books
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, by Harriet A. Washington
- Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Cathy O’Neil
- Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Superior: the Return of Race Science, by Angela Saini
- Black Faces, White Spaces; Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors, by Carolyn Finney
- Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya, Umoja Noble
- Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, by Ruha Benjamin
- Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century, by Dorothy E. Roberts
Scientists & Activism
- Silence Is Never Neutral; Neither Is Science (Scientific American)
- From Scientists to Activists (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- Should Scientists be Activists? (Royal Society of Chemists)
- Should Scientists engage in Activism? (The Conversation)
- Scientists who became activists: are they crossing a line? (Journal of Scientific Communication)
- Improving Online Dialogues About Justice And Equity In Climate And Science (Rowan Institute)
Race-Ethnicity
On Campus
- Multicultural Academic Services
- Diversity at UNC Charlotte
- UNC Charlotte Chancellor’s Diversity Fund
- African and African-American Faculty/Staff Caucus
- Latinx and Hispanic Faculty/Staff Caucus
Community
- Camino Community Center
- Charlotte Center City Partners
- Charlotte Museum of History
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
- International Center for Community Development (formerly the Hispanic Learning Center)
- International House
- Latin American Chamber of Commerce
- Latin American Coalition
- Latin Americans Working for Achievement (LAWA)
- Levine Museum of the New South
- Metrolina Native American Association
- WTVI, local PBS news channel
LGBTQ+
On Campus
- Safe Zone Allies Directory
- Trans Resources at UNC Charlotte
- PFLAG Scholarship
- LGBTQ+ Faculty/Staff Caucus
Community
- Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) in Charlotte
- Q- Notes, the LGBT arts, entertainment and news publication
- Time Out Youth
- One Voice Chorus
Women
- Association of Black Women Physicians “is an organized network of Black women physicians committed to the improvement of public health and welfare, through the advancement of knowledge concerning women and the community health.” The organization “empowers to lead in health and wellness” and “creates and supports numerous community health and wellness events.”
- Black Women in Science and Engineering is a networking and professional development group for Black women who hold degrees in STEM, to facilitate connections and shared experiences among members.
- Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security is a professional network made “to advance the leadership and professional development of women in color in the fields of international peace, security, and conflict transformation.”
- Women of Color Research Network is an NIH-organized group for researchers “created to provide women of color and supporters of their advancement in the biomedical sciences information about the NIH grants process, advice on career development, and a venue or forum for networking and sharing information.”
- Famous female geoscientists https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-female-geologists/reference
Spirituality and Religion
Visit the RSL Worship Directory for list of local religious and spiritual groups.