May 29, 2020 | Staff
Over the past month, we have again been witness to racialized violence in this country while also fully knowing that these acts are only the ones that have been filmed. For some of us, this is part of our lived experience. For others of us, this is a conversation that we can choose to opt out of or a news channel that we can turn off.
We lift up the lives of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and the countless other Black Americans whose lives end too soon because of senseless violence against Black people rooted in racism. There are no words to describe or heal the hurt, anger, sadness, pain and grief.
We, the NC State Counseling Center – as counselors, advocates, and humans – stand in solidarity with Black students, faculty, and staff. As a center, we are dedicated and committed to doing anti-racism work both on an individual level and a systemic level.
The Counseling Center remains committed to supporting and affirming students who hold identities that are marginalized. We also invite students to access support around how to ensure that their privileged identities do not impose stress, harm, microaggressions and violence toward others in the Wolfpack community.
OIED Statement and ResourcesResources for Black Individuals and Communities
- Black Lives Matter: Meditations
- Black Lives Matter: Toolkits
- Common Coping Strategies
- Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders
- Discrimination: What It Is and How to Cope
- Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
- Filling Our Cups: 4 Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
- Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: Eight Ways to Support Yourself
- Healing Justice is How We Can Sustain Black Lives
- Liberate Meditation App (by and for people of color)
- NAMI: African American Mental Health
- Proactively Coping with Racism
- Racial Trauma is Real
- Radical Self-Care in the Face of Mounting Racial Stress
- Racism Recovery Steps
- Recovering Emotionally From Disaster
- Supporting Kids of Color in the Wake of Racialized Violence
- Talking about Race: Self-Care
- Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media is Enough
- Tips for Supporting Each Other
- We Heal Too
Antiracism Resources
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Antiracism Learning Opportunities through Enrich Chicago
- Antiracist Toolkit for Teachers and Researchers
- Detour-Spotting for White Antiracists
- Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders
- Expressive Writing Prompts to Use if You’ve Been Accused of White Fragility, Spiritual Bypassing, or White Privilege
- 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 Antiracist Learning and Teaching
- Talking About Race: Being Antiracist
- Toolkit for Teaching about Racism
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Organizations to Support
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Girls Smiles
- Black Women’s Blueprint
- Equal Justice Initiative
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Showing up for Racial Justice
- Sister Song
- The Audre Lorde Project
- The Antiracist Research and Policy Center
- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights