Theatre Resources for Inclusive Practices
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Anti-Racist Theatre from HowlRound Theatre Commons
Triangle ArtWorks Equity Resources for Arts Nonprofits
LORT Resources for Racial Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility
New Jersey Theatre Alliance Anti-Racism Resources
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) - Steppenwolf Theatre
Educational Resources for Inclusive Practices
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
A crowdsourced list of anti-racist resources scaffolded by level of education/comfort with confronting racist thought.
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Talking About Race
Tools from the National Museum of African American History & Culture for talking about race.
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Training Resources
David Farmer exercises
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Implicit Association Tests from Project Implicit
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UCLA Equity, Diversity & Inclusion bias video series
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Stanford University VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab See Bias | Block Bias toolkit
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Watch
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WATCH: Racism and Racial Equity in the Entertainment Industry
WATCH: Meaning Making Through Theatre
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K-12 Teaching Resources
Educational Theatre Association DEI Resources
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Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice
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Learning for Justice School Climate Resources
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Edutopia Diversity Resources for Teachers
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Teaching Tolerance: Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education
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Common Sense Media’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Resources for Classrooms
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Purdue Global: Five Activities to Promote Diversity in the Classroom
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National Education Association EDJUSTICE Resources
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The Century Foundation Report: How Racially Diverse Schools and Classrooms Can Benefit All Students
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Hanover Research Report: The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Schools (2021)
Read Articles
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Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World – New York Times
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Building Trust After Inclusivity Failed: Lessons for the Theater – Vulture
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Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom (Edutopia)
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Empowering Educators Through Cultural Competence (Edutopia)
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6 Ways Teachers Can Foster Cultural Awareness in the Classroom (Education Week)
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One Way to Stop Whitewashing: It’s Got to Be Taught (American Theatre)
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Conversations From The Classroom: Teaching Theatre Students About Access, Equity, And Inclusion (Centre Theatre Group)
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How Diversity Makes Us Smarter (Greater Good)
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Read Books
Teaching When the World Is on Fire edited by Lisa Delpit
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Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality by Erica O. Turner
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Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Tatum
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks