Dornsife Stands in Solidarity With Those Demanding Justice

June 8, 2020

While the collective attention of our nation is gripped by this most recent example in a long history of senseless murders of Black people, we at the Dornsife School of Public Health reaffirm our commitment to social justice and the rejection of all forms of racism and white supremacy.

We stand in solidarity with those demanding justice and publicly recommit to increasing our efforts to counter racism and promote social justice at our School.

Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology

Scarlett Bellamy, ScD
Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Faculty Development

Below is a selected list of resources you might find useful. We view this as a living document and it is by no means all-inclusive. If you have others to add, please .

Finally, these resources are not the end, but the start of understanding, growth and meaningful conversations.

Racism and public health

Dornsife Webinar Series: "Racism and Health: Evidence and Action": Join the Dornsife School of Public Health for our virtual Population Health Spotlight Series. This year's theme is “Racism and Health: Evidence and Action.” This series is an opportunity to hear from public health researchers who are focused on improving population health and eliminating health disparities. Learn more and RSVP.

(ASPPH statement)

(Huffington Post)

(APHA)

(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

(Annual Reviews)

Resources for talking about race

(New York Times)

(Google doc)

(new web portal from the National Museum of African American History & Culture)

(Medium)

(The Race Institute for K-12 Educators)

Resources for individuals with children

(National Geographic)

(Parent Toolkit)

(NPR)

(Medium)

(CNN)

(A Kids Book About)

(National Council of Teachers of English)

(Embrace Race)

(video reading of the picture book by Anastasia Higginbotham) (Viewpure.com)

(ThatSister)

Action items

Dornsife's has compiled a list of action items. Some of these actions can help people today. The page also includes a list of policies changes which, if enacted, could look toward more meaningful and sustainable change.

. The ACLU has resources by issue, including rights if stopped by police and the right be free from discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. The ACLU of Pennsylvania also has a handout on (pdf).

Organizations to follow

Podcasts

(New York Times)
(NPR)
(The Atlantic)
(The Appeal)
(Crooked Media)

A reading list: housing segregation, mass incarceration, ahistoricism, education bias, voter suppression, and everything in between

A Different Mirror (Ronald Takaki)
A People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
Ain’t I a Woman (Bell Hooks Assata by Assata Shakur)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Blackballed (Darryl Pinckney)
Dying of Whiteness (Jonathan Metzl)
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Adichie)
How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram Kendi)
How We Get Free (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Killing)
Rage (Bell Hooks)
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James Loewen)
Nobody (Marc Lamont Hil)l
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Burning House (Anders Walker)
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Condemnation of Blackness (Khalil Muhammad)
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The Warmth of the Sun (Isabel Wilkerson)
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
Stamped From the Beginning (Ibram Kendi)
White Fragility (Robin Diangelo)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting (Beverly Tatum)

University mental health resources

In the shorter term, the School will be doing everything we can to support the immediate needs of our students. We encourage you to connect with one of the support resources below, if they meet your current needs.

Faculty and professional staff can contact the Employee Assistance Program.

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