Social Justice Resources

NYSUT, along with our partners at AFT and NEA, have compiled a number of social justice resources that our members find useful both as educators and as involved, concerned citizens and activists.

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LABOR

• Inside Higher Ed: Anti-Racism and Your Alma Mater
• Inside Higher Ed: Legislating Against Critical Race Theory
• EdJustice: Podcasts for Power: Our School, Our Stories, Our Future.
• AFT launches historic AAPI task force
• AFT: Standing in Solidarity with Our Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
• NEA: Letter to the White House on rising hate crimes against the Asian American community
• AAPI Resources – NEA Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus (nea-apic.com)
• NYSUT announces new Advancing Racial Justice in Education Agenda
• AFT Voices: There Is Hope For Racial Justice NEA’s Season of Justice 2021. Register today!
• EdJustice: Podcasts for Power: Our School, Our Stories, Our Future.

RACIAL JUSTICE

• CBS News: Confronting history, to heal a nation
• NYT: What is Owed to Black Americans
• Juneteenth Celebrates Black Emancipation and Struggle
• Black History Month 2021 (oprahmag.com)
• CBS News: "We are American, too": Hundreds in New York rally against anti-Asian hate
• ABC News: Why anti-Asian hate incidents often go unreported and how to help
• Newsweek: Stop Blaming Black People for Anti-Asian Hate | Opinion
• Stop the Hate: The Rise in Violence Against Asian Americans (ABC News)
• Why the Noose is a Potent Symbol of Hate
• CNN Chris Cuomo Primetime on Racism
• CNN Special Report on Implicit Bias 
• Time.com: America’s Overdue Awakening to Racism
• NY Times: Stop Pretending ‘This Is Not Who We Are’
• Charles Blow on the greatest threat to our democracy: White supremacy
• Melanie Funchess: Implicit Bias: How it effects us and how we push through.
• ABC News: 'Hear Her Voice' looks at disparities in health care for Black mothers.

IMMIGRATION AND DACA

• COVID-19 resources
• Stop Family Detention Now!
• Back to School Immigration Update 
• Diverse & Inclusive Unions For a Thriving Labor Movement
• AFL-CIO on Immigration
• NEA on DACA
• AFT: Urge Congress to pass The DREAM Act
• Know Your Rights - NYCLU
• Know Your Rights When Stopped By Immigration Officials - NYCLU
• Fully Realizing the Civic Potential of Immigrant Youth
• ACLU: Human Rights & Immigration
• Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI): Refugees Keep Business Alive In Upstate NY
• FPI: Upstate NY Cities Welcome Refugees & Immigrants
• NY Immigration Coalition (NYIC): Download graphics for posters and social media: Know Your Rights In English & Spanish
• SPLC: The Current State Of Sanctuary Law
• AFT: Diversifying The Educator Workforce (pdf)

GENDER EQUALITY

• CBS News: Wall Street titan on closing gender wealth gap
• CBS News: Working mothers on the edge.
• Hispanic Heritage Month: Dolores Huerta – A Fierce Advocate for Workers and Women’s Rights
• Arlington Exhibit Highlights Military Women of Color – NBC4 Washington (nbcwashington.com)
• CBS News: These three trailblazers paved the way for women in judiciary.

LGBTQ EQUALITY

• Petition: Stand With LGBTQIA+ Teachers in Florida
• GLSEN educator resources
• www.hrc.org/resources/entry/lgbt-employee-resources
• Advocating for LGBT Equality in Your Workplace
• Coming Out at Work
• nytransguide.wikidot.com
• HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination

TOOLS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION & HATE

• Hollaback: Bystander Intervention Resources
• Hollaback: We're on a mission to end harassment
• ADL: White supremacist propaganda spikes.
• ADL: Anti-Semitic Incident Tracker
• Teaching Tolerance: How Whites Can Be Better Allies
• Axios 'Hard Truths': A year-long project to go deeper and explain how race and inequality holds us back.
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story (TED Talks)
• What Is White Privilege, Really?

VIDEOS & FILMS

• WHY WE HATE explores one of humanity’s most primal and destructive emotions – hate. At the heart of this timely series is the notion that if people begin to understand their own minds, they can find ways to work against hate and keep it from spreading. (On Discovery.com)
• "13th" | Full Feature. This Netflix feature is now available for free for a limited time on YouTube. Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the U.S. prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
• PBS: 'Amampour & Co' Discussion with the Author of 'White Fragility' (17:13)
• NBC News Kids Edition: Talking To Kids About Race & Protests in America (9:52)
• 1970’s NYC Racism Caught On Tape; Nearly 45 Years Later, It Still Stings (8:07)
• AFT: Defenders of Democracy (video)
• (Documentary) True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality 
• PBS: Chasing The Dream: Poverty & Opportunity In America 

ORGANIZATIONS & MUSEUMS

• StopAAPIHate.org. United to stop hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities.
• Operation Agua continues to provide lifeline to Puerto Ricans
• Brian Banks’s Wrongful Conviction, Plea Deal, and Exoneration | California Innocence Project
• Equal Justice Initiative: National Memorial For Peace & Justice
• National Civil Rights Museum
• Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture
• 19thNews.org

CURRICULUM RESOURCES

• Share My Lesson: Teaching for Racial Equity and Justice
• Share My Lesson: How Do Indigenous Peoples' Calls For Justice Share Ground with Black Americans?
• Share My Lesson: Black History Month Resources and Lesson Plans
• Share My Lesson – Racism Lesson Plans
• AFT: Social Justice Lesson Plans, Activities & Resources
• NEA EdJustice: Classroom Lesson Plans & Resources on Social Justice
• Empowering Educators: First Book Resources on Race and Racism
• AFT: Democracy Lessons
• AFT: Human Rights Resources for the Classroom
• Speak Truth to Power
• Fair Trade Curriculum Resources
• "Speak Up, Speak Out: Robert F. Kennedy, Champion of Social Justice"

WHY IN FIVE 

The "Why in 5" campaign for social justice is a way for NYSUT members to use a short set of talking points to educate others about significant social justice issues.

• Wage Equity
• Women's Rights
• Hunger and Poverty
• Racial Equality
• Fair Trade