Social Justice Books

Teaching for Change developed SocialJusticeBooks.org in 2017 to share critically reviewed selections of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

Embrace Race

Find resources on raising children who are thoughtful, informed and brave about race.

Learning for Justice

Offers free teaching guides, lessons plans and more to create inclusive communities.

Talking About Race

Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. Find tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation.

Concord-Carlisle Schools

• District's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Webpage

  • Concord-Carlisle High School Student Initiatives

  • Intersections Club

• The Voice (CCHS Student Newspaper)

• RoundTable Discussion, hosted by CCHS Student Leaders​

• METCO

Community Groups

• Town of Concord, DEI Commission

• DEI Committee of the League of Women Voters’ of Concord-Carlisle

• Concord-Carlisle Human Rights Council

• First Parish, Racial Justice Action Group

• West Concord Union Church, Justice and Outreach

• WIDE Lincoln (Welcome, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity)

Activism Groups

• Coalition for Anti-Racism, Equity and Justice in Education

• Indivisible Acton Area

• Concord Indivisible​

Read: Guide To Allyship

Watch: MTV News How to Handle a Racist Joke (5 min)

Listen: Code Switch “Safety-Pin Solidarity: With Allies, Who Benefits?” (31 min)

Reflect:

• In what situations have you wanted to step up as an ally but found it difficult to do? What made it difficult for you?

• Think of a time when you attempted to be an ally and you don’t think the impact was what you intended. How would you do it differently now?

• In what ways have you helped your kids learn to be allies?

Watch:
• EmbraceRace “The attack on “Critical Race Theory”: What’s Going On?” (~1hr)

• CBS News “The Trials of Critical Race Theory” (~47mins)

Read:
• M.A.S.S. Releases Position Statement on K-12 Curriculum and Critical Race Theory  (10 min read)

• What is CRT and Why is it Under Attack? (10 min read)

• NYT “Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.”

Listen:
• NPR “How Critical Race Theory went from Harvard Law to Fox News” (14 mins)

• 1A “Teaching Race and History in America’s Schools” (31 mins)

Reflect:

• What did you learn about CRT that you didn’t already know?

• Are you aware of any resistance to the anti-racism curriculum taught in the Concord-Carlisle schools?

• If we find ourselves in conversation with someone who is resistant to anti-racism being taught in the schools, how might we effectively respond or engage the person? Develop some strategies in the group.

Watch:
• EmbraceRace “Looking Back to Move Forward: Unpacking Our Own Racial Socialization” (~1 hour)

• Washington Post “What is White racial identity and why is it important?” (5:22 mins)

Read:
• Parents League of NY “Understanding Racial Identity: An Interview with Beverly Daniel Tatum”

Listen:
• ​NPR CodeSwitch “What Does it Mean to Be Latino? The Light Skinned Privilege Edition” (37 minutes)

• NPR Code Switch: “Where We Come From: By Any Other Name” (17 mins)

Reflect:
• Social Identity Wheel (to come)

Read:
• Time Magazine “She Coined the Term” Intersectionality'' Over 30 Years ago. Here’s What It Means to Her Today”

• The Boston Globe “Black Queer Lives and Black Lives that Matter, too”

• Learning for Justice, Teaching at the Intersections

Listen:
• Podcast: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi: “Ableism & Racism: Roots of The Same Tree” (40 mins)

• Scene on Radio: Feminism in Black and White (45 min)

Watch:

• Ted Talk, “Kimberle Crenshaw: The Urgency of Intersectionality” (~19 mins)

Read:
• METCO Inc.’s Website

Watch:
• The Boston Globe's Black History Month Film Festival Discussion of 'CodeSwitching'

Listen:

• Hard Candy and Fruit Snacks, Episode 3, Us vs. Them. Gloria and Carrie, hosts, have been friends since meeting in elementary school in Wayland. Gloria was part of the METCO program, while Carrie was a white student who lived in Wayland.  On Spotify