This list contains links to internal and external resources addressing diversity. The amount of ongoing research, initiatives, curriculum options and programs available to faculty and staff reinforces the university’s commitment to diversity. The external resources included are non-exhaustive, but pertinent to higher education. Students can find DEI resources on this web page.
Capacity Building Resources
- For Faculty & Staff
- Academic & Community Resources
- External Resources
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Overview of Antiracism Project (Emelyn dela Peña, VP for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
Allyship
Watch LMU Alumni Association and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's LMU Solidarity Hour, featuring moving personal stories from Black alumni and words of insight, action and hope from faculty.
Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere (AWARE-LMU)
AWARE-LMU is a white anti-racist affinity group that supports white faculty and staff in deepening our learning about the impact of systemic racism on individuals, institutions, and society. We work with the guidance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ethnic and Intercultural Services, and other campus partners, and strive to support efforts led by people of color in our community regarding issues of equity and inclusion.- Connect to AWARE-LA and White People 4 Black Lives
- Read the following texts: Why A White Space? by AWARE-LA and What Can White People Do? by Ali Michael, Ph.D.
- Attend a Saturday Dialogue
- Anti-racist training for the community in planning stages – contact Fred.Puza@lmu.edu for further information
Watch and Read:
Eyes to See: An Anti-Racism Examen by the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities (AJCU)LMU Faculty Voices
- Contextualizing Race with Los Angeles Protests – ABC7 (Cheryl Grills, professor of psychology)
- What’s Different About the Protests in Los Angeles This Time – New York Times (Fernando Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles)
- Stefan Bradley on the Black Lives Matter Movement – LMU Magazine (Stefan Bradley, professor and chair of African American Studies)
- Built-in bias behind reports that represent youth of color as more dangerous – ABC7 (Cheryl Grills, professor of psychology)
- June’s rallies for black transgender lives can change attitudes and policies. Here’s how. – Washington Post (Chaya Crowder, incoming assistant professor of political science)
- On Social Justice, Black Lives Matter and the Power of Prayer – Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Bryant Keith Alexander, dean of LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts)
- How George Floyd’s death, anti-racism protests are changing 2020 politics – San Francisco Chronicle (Jessica Levinson, clinical professor of law and director of LMU Loyola Law School’s Public Service Institute)
- Better, Not Bitter Series (William D. Parham, professor of counseling and SOE interim associate dean for faculty)
- Easing Restrictions to Stay at Home: A Pandemic of Hatred and Uncovering Invisible Tattoos of Trauma
- The Voice of the Child: Finding Courage to Say What Others Won’t About the Garment of Truth
- Whispers of the Devil: An Invitation to Think Differently About Our Abilities to Effect Change
- The Cost of Not Paying Attention: Lessons Hidden in the Pandemics of COVID-19 and Racism
- When A Tree Falls On Its Own Well Toiled Ground: A Salute To Rev. C.T. Vivian - ASALH (Stefan Bradley, professor of African American Studies and BCLA Coordinator of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives)
- Decolonizing the Syllabus - Guidebook (Jennifer Williams, assistant professor of African American Studies)
- Beyond Cultural Competence, Toward Social Transformation: Liberation Psychologies and the Practice of Cultural Humility - Article (Jennifer Abe, Professor of Psychology)
Capacity Building
Academic:
Enhancing Campus Climates for Racial/Ethnic Diversity: Educational Policy and Practice
Hurtado, Milem, Clayton-Pederson, & Allen (1998)Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders
Sue, Alsaidi, Awad, Glaeser, Calle, & Mendez (2019)Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation -- CHAPTER ONE
Sue (2010)Being an Active Bystander: Strategies for Challenging the Emergence of Bias
Lena Tenney (2017)Beyond Cultural Competence, Toward Social Transformation: Liberation Psychologies and the Practice of Cultural Humility
Jennifer Abe (2019)Empowerment
Resources for Student and Community Activism, Criminal Justice and Police Reform, and more
- Anguish and Action: Provides resources to learn about police violence and antiracism as well as actions you can take to encourage reform from organizations who have been working on these issues at the local and national level for years
- How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change: Three ways to implement criminal justice and police reform by former President Barack Obama.
- Knowing Your Rights if Stopped by the Police: A description of what the law requires and also strategies for handling police encounters.
- Promoting Diversity at LMU: Work with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ethnic and Intercultural Services, and other units to encourage the recruitment and hiring of diverse faculty, to diversify course curricula and teaching methods, and promote inclusive excellence in other areas of the university.
- Confronting Prejudice: Understand specific definitions and statistics surrounding prejudice and bigotry in the U.S. and learn actions you can take to be an ally.
- No Going Back: Policies for an Equitable and Inclusive Los Angeles: #NOGOINGBACKLA is a movement focused on the legacy of injustices against the Black community in the U.S. and calls for a proactive agenda that explicitly dismantles anti-Black racism and an independent study on the state of African Americans in Los Angeles County.
Support and Activism
Support Black businesses:
- Supporting the growth of Black-owned businesses goes a long way in empowering communities in the long run, not just in this exceptionally dire landscape. There is no doubt that the pandemic has disproportionately affected black communities. Here is a Google doc of all the Black-owned restaurants in Los Angeles. Other ways to find Black-owned businesses:
Submit general inquiries, comments, and concerns to: policecommission@lapd.online
- Organize to lobby the LAPD Commission for reform: http://www.lapdonline.org/police_commission
- Contact your local, county, state, and federal representative. You can find out who represents you in all levels of government through this website: https://myreps.datamade.us/
Self-Care
LMU Student Psychological Services - LMU Student Psychological Services (SPS) provides confidential individual and group therapy; walk-in consultations; emergency psychological services; and psycho-educational outreach programming. SPS also offers psychological consultation to students, faculty, staff or parents who are concerned about a student. There is no charge for our services. SPS is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. Make an appointment here.
Explore LMU’s Wellness Opportunities
Other Resource Lists:
- Sunshine Behavioral Health: Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
- The College of New Jersey provides Self-Care Resources for Discrimination, Racism and Hate University of North Texas: Racial Trauma and Self Care in Tragedy
D & I Quick Tips
- Helpful Principles to Fostering Inclusive Excellence (printable)
- Implementing a Universal Design for Learning (printable)
- Disarming Microaggressions (printable)
- A Practice of Cultural Humility at Three Levels (printable)
- Using Pronouns to Promote Inclusivity (printable)
- Individual Strategies to Mitigate Implicit Bias (printable)
Cultural Consciousness Conversations
Capacity Building
Media:
5 Accessibility Features Every Learner Should Know
Luis Peréz, The Website of Luis Perez (2016)9 Tips for Promoting Gender-Inclusive Planning
Gender Inclusive Planning How to, Tools for the Trade (2020)9 Questions to Guide Your Cultural Proficiency
Randall B. Lindsey, Corwin Connect (2016)How Search Committees Can See Bias in Themselves
Lucy A. Leske, The Chronicle (2016)'Minoritized:' a violent word
K. Ward Cummings, Baltimore Sun (2019)Please also see DEI's Inclusive Excellence Glossary (2018)
Statements of Solidarity
LMU This Week Special Edition, June 2, 2020
Beyond Words: President Snyder's Letter to LMU, June 16, 2020
Books:
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- Autobiography of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
The William H. Hannon Library staff also created a Black Lives Matter resource guide and the DEIA LibGuide.
Film and Television:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Amazon Prime Video
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Amazon Prime Video & Netflix
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Sources include Black Lives Matter (@blklivesmatter), A-List Pathway (@alistpathway) and Agency (@agencylmu).
Podcasts and Webinars:
- NPR's Code Switch
- Nicole Hannah-Jones’s The 1619 Project
- The Appeal's Justice in America
- Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History Podcast
- Miss Buchanan's Period of Adjustment
Explores the legacy of racism in American schools, starting with the truth behind Brown v. Board of Education - State V. Johnson
- Mr. Hollowell Didn't Like That
Explores institutional racism and power dynamics - The Hug Heard Around The World
Explores race and tokenism - The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries: DEI committees - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly