Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Messy: The everyday work of Inclusion.

01 —Presentation

02 — Resources

Virtual Library on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Recommended by City of Palo Alto

Books

·         Jennifer Eberhardt: Biased

·         Allyson Hobbs: A Chosen Exile

·         Resmaa Menakem: My Grandmother’s Hands

Region or Palo Alto Specific Material

·         Article about Palo Alto Schools: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/08/28/state-will-likely-cite-palo-alto-unified-for-too-many-students-of-color-in-special-education

·         Palo Alto Housing history: http://www.paloaltohistory.org/discrimination-in-palo-alto.php

·         Most Segregated Communities in Bay Area: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/most-segregated-and-integrated-cities-sf-bay-area?mc_cid=c604e3aa57&mc_eid=a9d239c964 (Note: they say Palo Alto has 16% Black population, but it is really 1.6%)

General

·         Why did racial progress in America stall? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/race-american-history.html

• Danielle Cadet, Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They Are Okay – Chances Are They Are Not (May 2020): https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9841376/black-trauma-george-floyd-dear-white-people

·         Property Tax assessments and higher taxes for Black families (not CA): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/02/black-property-tax/

·         Video: Reconstruction: America after the Civil War: https://www.pbs.org/video/reconstruction-part-1-hour-1-n0g1em/

·         Video: https://www.pbs.org/show/driving-while-black/

·         Video: Race the Power of an Illusion: https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/videos/how-racial-wealth-gap-was-created

Resources for a 21-day challenge

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law/membership/equal_opportunity/

Video:  Direct link to Gideon’s Army on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/410640/gideon-s-army?start=true (also on Amazon Prime)

Sample DEI Work by a Library

·         https://www.urbanlibraries.org/blog/turning-outward-our-anti-racism-journey-in-oak-park

·         https://www.oppl.org/about/anti-racism/anti-racism-a-starters-guide/

City of Palo Alto Race and Equity Portal

https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Manager/City-Policy-Initiatives/Race-Equity