CAPS strongly advocates for the anti-racist education and allyship of all students, faculty, and staff. It is our hope that the resources below resonate with the Pacific community as ways to both support those who are hurting and join together to facilitate a more inclusive and supportive environment for all.
To our Pacific students, and especially to students who are members of the Black and African American community, we see you, we stand with you, and we are here to support you.
To schedule an appointment or reach out for support, please call us at 209.946.2315 x2 or fill out our Appointment Request Form.
On call 24/7 therapeutic support can be accessed by calling 209.946.2315 x3.
Resources for Black Individuals and Communities
- Mental Health Resources for Young People of Color
- Black Lives Matter Meditations
- Black Lives Matter Healing Action Toolkits
- Emotionally Restorative Self Care for People of Color
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in this Country
- Live Another Day: Trusted Mental Health Resources for All
- 4 Ways People of Color can Foster Mental Health
- NAMI: African American Mental Health
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
- Black Men Heal
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Black Mental Health Alliance
- Black Mental Wellness
- Ebony's Mental Health Resources by State
- Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
- Talking about Race: Self-Care
- When Police Brutality has you Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough
- POC Online Classroom: Self-Care
- We Heal Too
- Unapologetically Us
- Ourselves Black
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
- The Smithsonian Institution and discussion with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, Lonnie G. Bunch III
- Equal Justice Initiative
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- @NationalResourcesList
Resources for the AAPI Community
- Resources to Help Empower Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
- Harassment & Hatred Toward the AAPI Community during COVID-19
- Asian American Psychological Association's COVID-19 Related Resources
- Stop AAPI Hate - Reporting Center
- Building Unity Together - "We Are Asian" Trailer
- 41 AAPI Addiction and Mental Health Resources
- PBS Series on Asian Americans
Anti-Racism Resources
- 75 Things White People can do for Racial Justice
- Being Antiracist: Talking about Race
- Anti-Racism for Beginners
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- Guidance for Reporting and Writing About Racism
- Detour-Spotting for Anti-Racists
- Harvard Implicit Bias Test
- How to Talk to Kids about Race: Books and Resources that can Help
- How Well-Intentioned White Families can Perpetuate Racism
- Resources for Educators Focusing on Anti-Racist Learning and Teaching
- Toolkit for Teaching about Racism in the Context of Persistent Health and Healthcare Disparities
- 13th (movie)
- The Psychology of Cruelty (video)
- 85,000 Cops Investigated for Misconduct (USA Today)
- Police in Norway Haven’t Killed Anyone in Nearly 10 Years (Newsweek)
- Performing Refuge/Restoration: The role of libraries in the African American Community – Ferguson, Baltimore and Dorchester, by Dr. Myron M. Beasley, Performance Research, 22:1, 75-81 (2017)
- Blue-on-Black Violence by Devon Carbado
- Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- On Charlottesville by Dayna Bowen Matthew, 105 L. Rev. 269 (2019)
- Whiteness as Property by Cheryl Harris
- Trauma of the Routine by Angela Onwuachi-Willig
- First White President by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- #SayHerName #BlackWomensLivesMatter: State Violence in Policing the Black Female Body by Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb, Mercer Law Review, Vol 67.
- “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women”, African American Policy Forum, Columbia Law School, Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies (PDF)
- University of Maryland David Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts & Culture of African Americans & the Africana Diaspora, David Driskell
- The potter and social activist and his TED Talk, Theaster Gates
- Harlem-based artist and social activist, Dianne Smith
- Former IBM Executive turned print artist, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Each Mind Matters - California's Mental Health Movement
Books to Read
- White Fragility: Why it's so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- How to be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- This Bridge Called My Back, Writings by Radical Women of Color edited by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua
- Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Ph.D.
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Racial Healing Handbook (from the Social Justice Handbook Series) by Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D.
- Overcoming our Racism - The Journey to Liberation by Derald Wing Sue
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans by John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Toni Morrison
- The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
- The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y. Davis
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice b y Rhonda V. Magee
- HarperCollins Black Stories Matter, Further Reading List
Online Courses
- Free Racialized Trauma Course by Cultural Somatics Training & Institute
- Intersections of Mental Health and Oppression by IDHA Online Course Series
- The Nap Ministry by Tricia Hersey
- People of Color Sangha by the Brooklyn Zen Center
Music
- Gil Scott Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Bob Marley, War
- Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit
- Garner Family, I Can’t Breathe
- Miguel, How Many
- Common and John Legend, Glory
- Daye Jack and Killer Mike, Hands Up
- Lauryn Hill, Black Rage
- Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Jamila Woods, White Privilege II
- Alicia Keys, Perfect Way to Die
Podcasts
- Other: Mixed Race in America from Washington Post Podcasts
- Scene On Radio from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
- Code Switch from NPR
- The Diversity Gap
- Speaking of Racism
- Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy
- Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, speaking with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, Supporting Black Lives Matter and Understanding White Privilege
Updated September 2, 2022