Race Matters. Small Steps Matter. We must continue to build racial awareness. Learning helps us to see daily habits and systems that we might miss. Hearing other people’s stories helps us understand their lives. Personal shifts lead to better conversations and actions. We are all in this together.
How to begin:
- Go to One Source: Pick a short article written by someone with a different background than yours.
- Listen to One Podcast: Choose an episode where people share their personal history and views.
- Reflect: Think about how the new information changes your view of the world.
Studying Black Catholics in Indianapolis & Beyond
- Black Catholic Ministry – Hispanic Ministry Archdiocese of Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
- ArchIndy Black Catholics – YouTube
The Saintly Seven – African Americans on the Path to Sainthood
- www.archindy.org/catechesis
- resources.catholicaoc.org/offices/catholic-social-action/task-forces-committees/racism/the-saintly-seven-2026-series
- nbccongress.org/meet-the-seven-african-american-candidates-for-sainthood/
- www.eriercd.org/bchm-resources.html
- austindiocese.org/seven-future-saints
Pope Leo XIV – Apology for the Enslavement of Africans
- America Magazine Article – www.americamagazine.org
- Bishop Robert Boxie, III – Youngest African American Bishop – Interview
Celebrating Black Achievement
- PBS Learning Media – https://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/celebrating-black-history-culture/
- Smithsonian Institute – https://www.si.edu/events/black-history-month 2026
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Digital Toolkit – https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/moments/black-history-month/digital-toolkit
- Black Baseball – https://homeplatedontmove.com/2023/07/
- By STA Alum Paul Debono:
- The Indianapolis ABCs: History of a Premier Team in the Negro Leagues (1997)
- The Chicago American Giants (2006/2011)
- Black Baseball in Cincinnati: A History (2026)
Exploring Racial Justice
Anti-Racism Reading Lists & Tools
- 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence, Medium
- After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History, Learning for Justice
- Anti-racism for beginners, crowdsourced Google doc
- An Anti-Racist Reading List, The New York Times
- Anti-Racism Resources, Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
- Anti-Racism Resources For All
- The Anti-Racist Starter Pack
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Center for Race & Gender Equality, YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
- Exploring & Understanding Structural Racism, Embrace Race
- How Not to be an Ally: Common missteps and advice for effective allyship, Psychology Today
- Implicit Bias Test, Harvard
- Race and Equity Resource List, Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
- Race Research Online Directory, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
- Resources to Help Empower Asian and Pacific Islander Communities, Online MSW Programs
- Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Want to support Black Lives Matter? Here’s where to start in Pittsburgh., Kidsburgh
- https://mnaap.org/resources/ help mixed-status Latinx families navigate medical centers safely
Anti-Racism Tools for Parents
- 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race, Embrace Race
- 10 Children’s Books About Racism And Activism To Help Parents Educate Their Kids, HuffPost
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance, Embrace Race
- Books About Racism and Social Justice, Common Sense Media
- Books on race and racism, by age, recommended by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Kidsburgh
- Coping with Grief After Community Violence, SAMHSA
- The critical role white parents play in shaping racism — and eradicating it, PBS
- Experts answer your kids’ tough questions about race and racism, The Hechinger Report
- Helping Children Cope With Frightening News, Child Mind Institute
- How to Foster Resilience in Kids, Child Mind Institute
- How to raise anti-racist kids: 20 resources for parents, Motherly
- How To Talk About Race And Protests With Your Kids, Explained By A Child Psychologist, WBUR
- How to Talk to Your Children About the Protests, The Wall Street Journal
- How To Talk To Your Kids About Race, Racism And Police Violence, WBUR
- “Love is not enough”: Supports for Transracial Adoptive Families, Embrace Race
- Nurturing Resistance & Joy in Black Children, Embrace Race
- Provides a framework for Latinx parents to use family values in helping adolescents deal with discrimination. https://parentandteen.com/racism-resources/
- Racism and Violence: How to Help Kids Handle the News, Child Mind Institute
- Raising Hope: Parenting in an anti-Black environment https://theconversation.com/raising-hope-parenting-in-an-anti-black-environment-87070
- Raising Kids Who Embrace Race, National PTA
- ‘Raising White Kids’ Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race, NPR
- Resources for Talking About Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, Center for Racial Justice in Education
- Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma, Child Trends
- So You Want to Raise a Young White Ally? Embrace Race
- Supporting Children’s Leadership & Activism, Embrace Race
- Supporting Young Children after Crisis Events, NAEYC
- Talking about Race with Kids and Teens, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Talking Race with Young Children, NPR
- Talking to Children About Racial Bias, HealthyChildren
- Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism, PBS Kids
- Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism: A Discussion Guide, PDB Kids
- Talking with Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests, Aha! Parenting
- These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids, The New York Times
- They’re not too young to talk about race! The Children’s Community School
- Things to Know If You Love a Multiracial Child, Embrace Race
- Transcript: A Clinical Perspective on Talking to Kids About Racism, Child Mind Institute
- Video: “How do I make sure I’m not raising the next Amy Cooper?” with Jennifer Harvey, Embrace Race
- What to Do (and Not Do) When Children Are Anxious, Child Mind Institute
- Why Raising Kids to ‘Not See Color’ Doesn’t Help Fight Racism, HuffPost
- https://www.embracerace.org/resources/toolkit-raising-latine-children Embrace Race
Anti-Racism Tools for Educators
- 10 Principles for Talking about Race in School https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/10-principles-talking-about-race-school
- 10 Sources for Teaching Anti-Racism https://iste.org/blog/10-resources-for-teaching-anti-racism
- 21 Anti-Racism Videos to Share With Kids, We Are Teachers
- 135 Racial Equity Resources For Education, Professional & Community Development, Health, And Civil Rights, College Consensus
- Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom: A Resource for Educators, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education Position Statement, NAEYC
- Advancing Equity Initiative, NAEYC
- A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators, Edutopia
- ‘All we are asking for is change!’ How schools are taking steps toward justice-centered learning, Kidsburgh
- An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism, BuzzFeed News
- Asian Americans K-12 Education Curriculum, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- A Simple Way to Self-Monitor for Bias, Edutopia
- Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families, NAEYC
- Black Boys Matter: Cultivating Their Identity, Agency, and Voice, NAEYC
- Black Students Are Not ‘Marginalized,’ They Are the Center of Our Work, Education Post
- Building Anti-Racist Early Childhood Programs with Implicit Bias Trainings & Resources, HiMama
- Center for Racial Justice in Education https://centerracialjustice.org/resources/black-history-month-resource-guide-for-educators-and-families/
- Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others
- The Cultural Proficiency Framework, The Robbins Group
- How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?, The Hechinger Report
- How Indigenous, Black, and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience, KQED
- How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50YTrC2afYI&t=90s
- How To Better Support Your Black Colleagues, Edutopia
- How To Create Anti-Racist Virtual Classrooms: Strategies for Teachers and Families, Kidsburgh
- How To Root Out Anti-Black Racism From Your School, EdWeek
- How To Talk with Kids About Racism and Racial Violence, Common Sense Media
- How To Teach Kids About Race
- The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health, The American Academy of Pediatrics
- Inclusion of All Children in Early Childhood Education Programs in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning
- Justice in June A curriculum with plans for committing 10, 25, or 45 minutes a day to becoming anti-racist.
- Learning for Justice
- My Racial Journey, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
- Race & Ethnicity Resources, Teaching Tolerance
- Racial inequities in education can start as early as preschool, AXIOS
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids, Center for Racial Justice in Education
- Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Talking to Kids About Racism and Justice: a list for parents, caregivers & educators, Oakland Library
- Talking to Kids About Racism and Violence, Child Mind Institute
- Teacher’s Corner, University of Pittsburgh School of Education
- Teaching #BlackLivesMatter, Teaching for Change
- Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching, PBS Teachers Lounge
- Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your Curriculum, NAEYC
- Video: Identity, Challenge and Dismantle: A Few Sociocultural Strategies for Teaching About Racism, SPSSI
- What White Colleagues Need to Understand, Teaching Tolerance
Health Tools Focused on Anti-Racism
- 12 Black Mental Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram https://www.vogue.com/article/black-mental-health-wellness-instagram-accounts
- American Academy of Pediatrics in California offer toolkits to address implicit bias, language barriers, and clinical inequity https://aapca3.org/anti-racism-resources/
- Antiracism Meditation
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Association of Black Psychologists http://www.abpsi.org/
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective https://www.beam.community/
- Black Lives Matter, Substance Abuse, and Addiction Recovery in the United States, Addicted.org
- Black Men Matter – Examining Mental Health Issues Among Black Men – A Guide To Freedom, Drug Rehab USA
- Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: 8 ways to support yourself https://theconversation.com/grief-is-a-direct-impact-of-racism-eight-ways-to-support-yourself-91750
- Latinx Therapy to assure linguistically and culturally affirming psychological support https://www.pawny.org/pdfs/ARTF-blasts/10-2021-resources-from-the-anti-racism-task-force-hispanic-latinx-mental-health.pdf
- Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community, Sunshine Behavioral Health
- Mental Health Resources Available for People of Color https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/06/9849013/mental-health-services-black-people-of-color
- Not Equal: Racial Disparities In Addiction/Substance Abuse Treatment, AddictionResource.net
- Project Lets Race and Mental Health https://projectlets.org/race-and-mental-health
- Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism, Public Health Degrees
- Race and Ethnicity: How it affects your risk of cancer, HealthMatch
- Racism is a Public Health Crisis, Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Therapy for Black Girls https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
Podcasts Focused on Anti-Racism
- About Race Features key voices from the last few decades of anti-racist activism, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge looks at the recent history that lead to the politics of today
- The Brown Mama Blueprint Podcast, Pittsburgh Brown Mamas
- Code Switch, An NPR podcast tackling race from all angles
- How to Survive the End of the World, A podcast to delve into the practices we need as a community, to move through endings, and to come out whole on the other side
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered, A podcast with award-winning journalist Jemele Hill
- JUSTus Podcast https://spsmw.org/about/justice/justus-podcast/ Developed by the Sisters of Providence. Episode 1 features STA Parishioners Tim Nation & Patrice Payne; Episode 8 features STA Parishioners Eileen Walthall & Alan Bercovitz
- Podcast episode With Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, and Bryan Stevenson about Just Mercy
- Podcast: Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence, On Being with Krista Tippett
- Pod Save The People, Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics
- Seeing White, Scene.OnRadio Podcast
- Still Processing, A New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison
- While Black, A podcast on Black Excellence with two seriously opinionated hosts bringing you the real and the sometimes raw on anything happening while black
