Diversity Equity Center
Community Resources
The following resources are intended to serve as a start to explore and learn about anti-racist behaviors and practice.
These resources are not intended to be comprehensive, nor do they represent a singular approach; these range from toolkits to personal narratives that can assist with critical reflection and movement to action.
Please feel free to share additional resources or provide feedback by emailing the Diversity and Equity Center.
Asian American Pacific Islander Information & Resources
Campus Resources
- Student Counseling Services are offering Teletherapy services through phone or secure video chat. Call (509) 963-1391 to schedule an appointment or to receive more information.
- The Equity & Services Council (ESC) is comprised of 8 student organizations that create safe spaces for specific historically marginalized communities but also welcome allies to listen and learn. Contact the current Director at ascwu.equity@cwu.edu or Justin Santoli at justin.santoli@cwu.edu for more information.
- The Associated Students of Central Washington University has written an Anti-Asian Violence Statement, and is lobbying to pass statewide legislation that implements mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion training for all faculty and staff and advocating for the construction of the CWU Center for Cultural Innovation as a safe space for historically marginalized communities.
- Anti-Asian Violence Resource Card
- 18 Million Rising
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Asian American Feminist Collective
- AAPI Women Lead and #ImReady Movement
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service
- Asian Prisoner Support Committee
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network
- CAAV Organizing Asian Communities
- Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center
- Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
- AP3CON
- What Asians want you to know
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Asian American Federation
- NYC Commission On Human Rights
- As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now
- House Judiciary Panel to Hold Hearing on Rise of Violence and Discrimination Against Asian Americans During Covid
- There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year
- Being Asian: Four New Yorkers Reflect On What It Means To Be Asian In The City Now
- Biden says hate crimes against Asian Americans are ‘un-American’ and that they ‘must stop’
- Asian American lawmakers reintroduce legislation to combat Covid-related hate crimes
- Recent violence against Asian Americans highlights need for better tracking, reporting
- Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community
- Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150% in 2020, mostly in N.Y. and L.A., new report says
- Anti-Asian violence has surged in the U.S. since Covid-19. But it didn’t start there
Black-led conversations for healing from racialized trauma
- Resources for Black Healing
- Healing Action Toolkit
- Blackness and Belonging
- Rest as Reparations
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People
- Healing Justice Podcast: Irresistible
Learning and unlearning toward anti-racist reflection & praxis
- The Anti-Racism Starter Kit
- Affirming Black Lives without Inducing Trauma
- How Movements Build: Five Lessons from Grace Lee Boggs
- CWU Brooks Library's Anti-Racist Reading List
Solidarity and Allyship
- Black Lives Matter Card
- Letters for Black Lives
- 9 Ways Multiracial People Can Show Up for Black People
- Bill of Responsibilities for Multiracial People of Color with Light Skin and White Passing Privilege
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show up for the Black Community Right Now
- Why Black Lives Matter to Me as a Filipina
- How Latinx People can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture
- Indigenous Allyship
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Guidelines for Being Strong White Allies
- Showing up for Racial Justice
- For our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
- 75 Things White People Can do for Racial Justice
- Allyship and Accountability Glossary
- Performative Allyship is Deadly (And What to Do Instead)
- 47 Very Specific Answers to "What Can I Do to Help?"
Contextualizing Histories, Exploring Narratives
CWU News
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by David Leder