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HELPING ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL
NSVRC: National Sexual Violence Resource Center
RAINN Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community
Sasha Center Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing and Awareness
LOCAL
SUPPORT
NATIONAL
Sexual Assault Center's 24-Hour Crisis & Support Line: 1.866.811.RISE (811-7473)
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE (656-4673)
SAFE Clinic: 615.258.5888
Communities Against Hate: 1.844.9.NO.HATE (966-4283)
LOCAL
UNF Women's Center 24-hour Crisis Helpline: (904) 620-1010
LISTENING
Collectively Speaking podcast, by Ujima (The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community)
READING
ARTICLES
Fighting Hate & Bias from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Identity and Cultural Dimensions from National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)
Black Lives Matter Meditation Could Help Heal Racial Trauma from Verywell Mind
What are Microaggressions? from Cleveland Clinic
Examples of Racial Microaggressions adapted from Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation, by Derald Wing Sue
Dangerous Intersectionsby INCITE!
BOOKS
The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci K. Haines
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, by Danielle McGuire
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience, edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown
Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape by Charlotte Pierce-Baker
Deesha Philyaw, short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, West Virginia University Press, 2020
The Mindful Classroom: Constructive Conversations on Race, Identity, and Justice by Tru Leverette
VIEWING
“Dear Black Women, Let's talk about healing,” by Angela Bowden at TEDxMSVUWomen
I May Destroy You HBO Series
Racial Trauma and Communities of Color by Steven D. Kniffley, Jr.
FAMILY RESOURCES
BOOKS
A Kids Book About Racism, Jelani Memory
A Kids Book About Systemic Racism, Jordan Thierry
A Kids Book About Sexual Abuse, Evelyn Young
I Am Enough, Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo
Freedom River, Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
Harbor Me, Jacqueline Woodson
Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky
We March, Shane Evans
Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh
Something Happened in Our Town, Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, and Marietta Collins
Change Sings, Amanda Gorman and Loren Long
All Are Welcome Here, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman
Speak Up! Miranda Paul and Ebony Glenn
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli and Isabel Roxas
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Jacqueline Woodson
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
WEBSITES
Kara Walker's Artist Website karawalkerstudio.com
Talking About Race from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Learning for Justice from the Southern Poverty Law Center
Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism from PBS Kids
Talking to Your Kids About Sexual Assault from RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
Talking to Your Kids About Rape and Sexual Assault by Jessica Minier Mabe
Men Can Stop Rape: Creating Cultures Free of Violence