Racial Justice: For Families and Children

This is one of three parts in our Collection on Racial Justice.

For Families with Young Children

• Pinterest Boards Collections by The Jewish Education Project ECC and Family Engagement
  • Articles about Talking about Race and Identity
  • Racially Diverse Books for Young Children
    
     
• Books
  • What is Jewish About Respecting Differences? | PJ Library
  • Books for Kids About Anti-Racism | Book Revue, a local bookstore (with online shipping)!
  • 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance | Embrace Race list curated by The Conscious Kid and American Indians in Children’s Literature.
  • 10 tips for teaching and talking to kids about race | EmbraceRace with MomsRising
  • 100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child To Advance Racial Justice | Raising Race Conscious Children | Sachi Feris | RaceConscious.org
  • Talking to Children About Racial Bias | Ashaunta Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS, FAAP & Jacqueline Dougé, MD, MPH, FAAP | healthychildren.org
    
     
• Anti-Biased Leaders in Early Childhood Education: A Guide to Change
  • Stages of Children’s Racial Identity Development | Louise Derman-Sparks
  • Anti-bias Article and Pledge | Living Our Commitments: A Pledge to All Children and Families | Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
  • Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's Books
    
    Rather than just a list, this guide helps to layout what to look for and consider.
    
     
• How Black Art Can Spark Conversations with Children | PBS
  
  Dr. Aisha White is the director of the P.R.I.D.E. (Positive Racial Identity Development in Early Education) Program at the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development. 
  
   

Talking to Children

• Talking to Kids About Police Violence | Repair The World
  
  A guide and resources for children of different ages.
  
   
• On COVID, protests, and supporting our kids! | EmbraceRace 
  
  Their recent newsletter highlights some of their most important resources. EmbraceRace was founded in 2016 by two parents (one Black, the other multiracial Black/White) to gather the resources and create the community they needed to meet the challenge of raising children in a world where race matters.