Ralston Center’s
Diversity, Respect, Equity and Inclusion Task Force
Recommended Resource List
The charge of this Task Force is “to undertake a thorough review of all Ralston policies and practices; to identify needed training and education; to assure engagement of all in hard, but necessary, conversations; and to produce a set of recommendations and a timeline of actions to enhance diversity, respect, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our organization.
The members of the Task Force would like to share these resources with you.
ted talks
How to Foster true diversity and inclusion at work and in your community:
The US Needs a radical revolution of values:
films
13th
This is a 2016 American documentary film by director Ava DuVernay. The film explores the intersection of race, justice and incarceration in he United States and is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865, which abolished slavery throughout the United States.
Books
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson. Publication Date: October 4, 2011. ISBN-10 0679763880, ISBN-13 978-0679763888.
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Publication Date: August 13, 2020. ISBN 9780525509288.
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Publication Date: August, 2020. ISBN-10: 0593230256, ISBN-13: 978-0593230251
Articles
The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare: How to Recognize and Mitigate it. Publication Date: August 20, 2019. https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/220/Supplement_2/S62/5552356
African American Older Adults and Race-Related Stress: How Aging and Health-Care Providers Can Help. Publication Date: December, 2018. https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/african-american-stress.pdf
Podcasts
Episode 7: The Connection Between Racism and Accelerated Aging. Publication Date: February 28, 2020. https://news.gsu.edu/podcast/episode-7-the-connection-between-racism-and-accelerated-aging/