A group of staff from around the college joined a coffee break hosted by Kaylee Sullivan and Sarah Camille Wilson. The group gathered to share and discuss resources they found helpful on their own DEI education journeys. So many great resources across many types of media were shared! Below you will find a list with links.
List of resources shared by staff in the DEI Coffee Break on March 23, hosted by Staff Council:
- Caucasia by Danzy Senna
- Plus Senna’s new book: New People
- The Joy Trip Project
- Planet Walker is quite good. He spoke at Middlebury a few years ago and was an inspiring speaker.
- Black is the Body by Emily Bernard | available in Champlain library
- 1619, New York Times podcast
- PBS show: The Black Church
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates | available in Champlain library
- The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- A Band Called Death (+ this youtube video)
- Rough Francis article, Seven Days, bassist fired for attending the Insurrection
- March by John Lewis | Whole March series is available in the library
- The Good Lord Bird by James McBride | available in Champlain library
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson | available at Fletcher Free
- Not Your Momma’s History YouTube series
- Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
- TED Talk: Don’t ask where I’m from, ask where I’m local
- Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
- The Vanishing Half | available in Champlain library
- Kim’s Convenience | Canadian television series: While running a convenience store in Toronto, members of a Korean-Canadian family deal with customers, each other and the evolving world around them.
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei | available in Champlain library
- Cultural Appreciation vs Appropriation in the fashion industry. Instagram story set by Cara Austine
- Books to read to educate ourselves on racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Pulled from this Instagram post.
- Minor Feelings | in the Champlain library
- If They Comes For Us
- The Farm
- The Joy Luck Club | in the Champlain library
- The Arrival | in the Champlain library
- Dear Girls
- Interior Chinatown
- Know My Name
- In the Country
- The Woman Warrior | in the Champlain library
- Tags in this article
- DEIB resources