Resources

 Tips and Tools 

(stay tuned for updates over time...we are a work in progress)

How are you "filling your cup" each day?

Here are resources to help attend to our emotional, mental health and well being, that assist in increasing our insight around issues relevant to health and wellbeing, that help to fill our cup for the labor at hand each day. They are diverse, considerate of inclusivity of the range of diverse individuals that make up our communities.  Search through and hoping you find some that are a fit for you.

Affirmations

Meditation, Yoga, and Mindfulness

Podcasts and Additional Audio Uplifts

Resources for those who have or who work with Youth

Children's TV Shows that Support Representation and the mental health of our little ones

Children's TV Shows Supporting Representation 


Kiddle.  Here is information about a great international figure who has inspired many, on a website resource tailored for kids called.

Kiddle

Learning for Justice

Learning for Justice

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.  Here is a wonderful resource that I value sharing with youth and adults. Established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King,

The King Center

Resilience Initiative, Successful Black Parenting Magazine

Resilience Initiative 

Resilience: Preparing Children and Teens to Thrive

Fostering Resilience 

Resilience in AAPI Families during COVID-19 Pandemic

Resilience in AAPI Families

Respect Diversity Foundation, for youth helping to promote tolerance, acceptance and affinity across differences.

Respect Diversity Foundation


Wellemental: Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation for kids 


Social Justice and Healing from the Impact of Racism Resources

AAPI Youth Rising

https://aapiyouthrising.org/ 


Academics for Black Survival and Wellness

https://www.academics4blacklives.com/

Coming Together: Talking to Children About Race and Identity

https://www.sesameworkshop.org/what-we-do/racial-justice

Equal Justice Initiative

https://eji.org/ 

Ibram X. Kendi Recommends 10 Books to Better Understand the History of Racism in America

https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/g32757935/antiracist-books/


The Long History of Racism Against Asian Americans in the U.S.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s


'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks 

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks

Racial Trauma Toolkit

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/isprc/isprc-advisory-board.html


Respect Diversity Foundation, for youth helping to promote tolerance, acceptance and affinity across differences.

http://respectdiversity.org/?page_id=926


Rochester Racial Justice Toolkit

https://thetoolkit.wixsite.com/toolkit


Tips and Tools PDFs from Griffin Family Therapy

Clinical Resources

(stay tuned for updates over time...we are a work in progress)

Clinical Resources Attentive to Identity 

Academics for Black Survival and Wellness

https://www.academics4blacklives.com/


The Center for Learner Equity

www.centerforlearnerequity.org/who-we-are/ 


Creating Culturally Inclusive Safety in the Group Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FE_jyzmBE&feature=youtu.be


The Great Unlearn: Curated by Rachel E. Cargle

https://rachel-cargle.com/the-great-unlearn/ 


National Disability Organizations and Resources 

https://oae.stanford.edu/students/students/students/national-disability-organizations-and-resources 


Native Governance Center A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgements 

nativegov.org/news/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/ 


Native Land Digital 

native-land.ca/ 

native-land.ca/about/why-it-matters/ 


The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

https://pisab.org/ 


Racial Equity Tools

https://www.racialequitytools.org/


RespectAbility 

www.respectability.org/ 


Spoken Project

https://www.youtube.com/c/SPOKENproject/featured 


Understanding and Knowing How to Manage Microaggressions

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872371063/microaggressions-are-a-big-deal-how-to-talk-them-out-and-when-to-walk-away


White Awake: Waking Ourselves for the Benefit of All

https://whiteawake.org/about/ 


White Supremacy Culture

https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/ 

Community Support Resources for Black/African American, Indigenous, Asian American, Indigenous Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Latinx, and additional POC Identified

Mental Health Data

Institute for Sexual and Gender Health

https://www.sexualhealth.umn.edu/ 


National Institute of Mental Health

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/ 


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association

www.samhsa.gov/ 


The World Health Organization

www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mental-health 

Mental Health Organizations

Professional Organizations

Podcasts, YouTube, Apps

Therapy For Black Girls Podcast

therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/ 


The Melanated Social Work Podcast

https://melanatedsocialwork.buzzsprout.com/


All My Relations Podcast

www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/ 


Asian American Psychological Association YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwcLnawZkW9lJ-0ag5lTOmQ/videos 


Books Between Sessions

https://www.booksbetweensessions.com/ 


Generation Justice

https://generationjustice.org/podcasts/ 


Global Voices of Pride Podcast

Global Voices of Pride Podcast


Good Ancestor Podcast with Host Layla F. Saad

http://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast/ep060-2021-end-of-year-bonus-episode-part-1 


La Cura

https://anchor.fm/therapytalks 


Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/148-missing-murdered-finding-cleo 


NASW New York State YouTube

www.youtube.com/c/NASWNYSChapter 

Safety and Suicide Prevention

(stay tuned for updates over time...we are a work in progress)

Videos

(stay tuned for updates over time...we are a work in progress)

Infusion of Attention to Identity in our Work

Tips on Self Care

Tips to Manage Road Rage

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