CU Boulder Campus Resources For Standing Against Racism
Ombuds Office Lunch And Learn Series. Small Bites. Big Impact.
“Staying In Conversation About Racism” Series With Kirsi Aulin And Donna Mejia
You may be wondering, what can you do? Donna Mejia and Kirsi Aulin will talk through five elements that you can engage with:
• Meeting the moment with awareness
• Questioning with courage
• Listening with sincerity
• Learning about valuable resources
• Acting with integrity
View the June 19th session: Staying In Conversation About Racism, Part 1 of 6, What Can I Do?
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin share an overview of the five elements of Staying In Conversation about Racism.
View the July 8th session: Staying in Conversation About Racism, Part 2 of 6, Meeting the Moment with Awareness
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin take a deeper dive into what it means to meet the moment with awareness.
View the July 15th session: Staying in Conversation About Racism, Part 3 of 6, Listening Meaningfully and Wholeheartedly
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin take a deeper dive into what it means to listen meaningfully and wholeheartedly.
View the July 22 Session: Staying in Conversation About Racism, Part 4 of 6, Questioning with Courage
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin take a deeper dive into what it means to question with courage.
View the July 29 Session: Staying in Conversation About Racism, Part 5 of 6, Learning About Valuable Resources
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin take a deeper dive into what it means to learn about valuable resources.
View the August 5 Session: Staying in Conversation About Racism, Part 6 of 6, Acting with Integrity
CU Boulder Associate Professor Donna Mejia and CU Boulder Ombuds Office Director Kirsi Aulin take a deeper dive into what it means to act with integrity.
CU Boulder Campus Resources
CU Boulder Student Dialogues: Skill Building Dialogue Series
Center for Inclusion & Social Change: Let’s Talk, Let’s Heal Together and e-Let’s Talk Informal Consultations and Interrupting Racism Interactive 90 Minute Skillsoft Training
Center for Teaching & Learning: Inclusivity: Take Action Ideas
Office of Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement: Combating Racism Together
Office of Faculty Affairs: Academic Freedom Conversation
Office of Undergraduate Education: Combating Racism Together
University Libraries: Anti-Racism Resource Guide
University Libraries: Cultural Competence Guide
University Libraries: Indigenous Knowledge Guide
University Libraries: Buffs One Read 2021-22 on American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures edited by America Ferrera
Leeds MBA Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee: #BeTheChange Challenge celebrating Black History Month
Other Resources
100 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Donna’s Mejia’s Website Resource Page
Help for Dealing with Harassment (hollaback.org)
Mapping Our Roles in a Social Change Ecosystem
National Registry of Juneteenth Organizations and Supporters, History of Juneteenth
Southern Poverty Law Center, Responding to Everyday Bigotry
Southern Poverty Law Center, Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy
Stop Asian American Pacific Islander Hate
Teaching Tolerance, Topic on Race & Ethnicity
Definitions
Dr. Robin DeAngelo's definition of White Fragility:
“White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. Racial stress results from an interruption to what is racially familiar."
Peggy McIntosh's definition of White Privilege:
"How one’s gender/race/etc. may lead to unearned advantages and requires a willingness and structural understanding to recognize racism as a default system that institutionalizes an unequal distribution of resources and power."
Take a deeper look at these authors and thought leaders:
Angela Davis
bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins)
Edward Said
Frederick Douglas
Ida B. Wells
James Baldwin
Paulo Freire
W.E.B. Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Quotes
“We don’t do perfect here.” – Dawn French
“We do the best we can. When we know better, we do better.” – Maya Angelou