Recent events in cities across the country have shed light on the racial injustice that exists within America. Your children may have questions and may need support to work through feelings of fear and anxiety as a result of trauma or from what they’ve heard and seen. Below is a collection of resources to help you learn more, navigate, and start important conversations.
While these resources can be helpful in the short-term, it is our plan that we continue and expand the conversation about social injustice to create a school community that is truly based on equity and access to opportunity for all students.
- Resources for education and talking about race
- Resources on how to support your children and family after trauma
- GCSD Counselors, Psychologists and Social Workers
Resources for education and talking about race and racism
According to the American Psychological Association, when you avoid conversations about race and ethnicity, children are more likely to incorrectly judge other groups.
Below are resources to help you learn and talk about race, racism and social injustice.
Video
CNN, Sesame Street racism town hall
Organizations & Resource Collections
Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
American Psychological Association
- Resources for Parents, Uplifting Youth Through Healthy Communications About Race
- RESilience Parent Tip Tool: Healthy Communication about Race
- Talking to kids about discrimination
- Books About Race and Ethnicity
American School Counselor Association
Anti-Defamation League
- Early Childhood FAQs
- Table Talk: Family Conversations about Current Events
- Teaching about Racism, Violence, Inequity and the Criminal Justice System
- Books Matter
- Take Action
Anti-Racism Project
Child Mind Institute
Educolor
EmbraceRace
National Association of School Psychologists
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Learning for Justice
The Children’s Community School
Resources on how to support your children and family after trauma
Below are resources to help you support the emotional well being of you and your family.
Please know that your school community is here to support you, reach out to your school counselor, psychologist or social worker. Here’s a list by school.
Organizations & Resource Collections
American Psychological Association
Child Mind Institute
National Association of School Psychologists
New York State School Social Workers’ Association
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Children’s Bureau