Racial Trauma, Resiliency and Ally Resources

Understanding Racial/Cultural Trauma

• A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
• Talking About Race
• Racial Trauma
• Psychological Toll of Racism
• Coping While Black: A Season of Traumatic News Takes a Psychological Toll
• Impact of Racial Trauma on African Americans
• Lessons on Cultural Trauma from the Emmett Till Verdict
• What is Systemic Racism?

Healing for Black Individuals and Racial truama

• Digital Self-care for Black individuals coping with trauma
• Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma
• The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping with Racial Trauma
• Tips For Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
• Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
• The Road to Resilience
• Self-Care for people of color after emotional and psychological trauma
• 101 Ways to Take Care of Yourself when the World Feels Overwhelming

Ally resources

• Guide to Allyship
• Understand your own biases by taking an implicit bias test. Dialogue about your results with someone you care about and can encourage you to challenge these biases: implicit.harvard.edu
• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
• 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
• #StayWoke staywoke.org surveys your strengths and interests to connect you with activism opportunities.
• How to Be an Anti-Racism Activist
• Advice for White Individuals Following a Shooting of a Black Individual
• Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism
• How White People can be Allies
• Teaching and Discussion resources about Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, Racism
• Teaching about Ferguson, Do's and Don'ts
• Asian Allyship and Accountability 
• Anti-Racism Resources - books, podcasts, organizations, films/tvs
• Guidelines for Being Strong White Allies
• How Latinx People can Fight Anti-Black Racism in our Own Culture
• Teaching Tolerance
• How You Can Support Marginalized Communities 

Toolkits and Trainings

• Black Self-Care Tool Kit- Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma
• Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
• Hollaback - Bystander Intervention against Harassment
• Racial Equality Resource Guide 
• Talking about Racism, Racial Equity and Racial Healing with Friends, Family, Colleagues and Neighbors Guide

Therapists and Resources

• The Mother of all Black Lives Matter Resource Doc
• Black Virtual Therapist Network
• Therapy for Black Men
• Association for Black Therapists 
• The Love Land Foundation - healing for women of color, especially black women and girls 
• Therapy for Black Girls 
• The Boris Henson Foundation - eradicating stigma around mental health issues in the African-American community
• Resources for Black (Trans)women & LGBT+ People