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