Blogs\/Articles<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Response to the killings in the US, the demonstrations and what white people can do to help” admin_label=”Response to killings in the US” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-06-08-at-07.24.18-300x179.png\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nA piece where the following questions get answered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cWhat is the traumatising impact of watching the widely shared videos of brutality and racism towards Black people?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo the videos on social media hold perpetrators to account\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about demonstrations that include looting and destruction of property\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel powerless in the face of Black Lives Matter events across the world, but I know I\u2019m not. What can I do to help?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to disengage with world events, but watching the news is making me feel angry and exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Link to Blog Post<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires” admin_label=”A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/edward-colston-300x169.jpg\")
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An opinion piece written by Aditya Iyer analysing the \u00a0toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.<\/p>\n
This piece considers how the destruction of the statue was reflective of a powerful sub-narrative of the ongoing BLM protests; \u00a0demonstrating a need to decolonize public history and education.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Black men: ‘You just have to keep reliving the trauma’ How has the death of George Floyd affected the mental health of young black men in the UK?” admin_label=”Black men: ‘You just have to keep reliving the trauma’ How has the death of George Floyd affected the mental health of young black men in the UK?” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-06-at-16.00.10-300x169.png\")
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An article that addresses the effect of George Floyd\u2019s death on the mental health of black men in the UK.<\/p>\n
This article includes a short interview with Eugene Ellis, director of BAATN<\/p>\n
Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”\u2018Black Women and Girls Killed by Police: The Incomplete Stories of #SayHerName\u2019” admin_label=”\u2018Black Women and Girls Killed by Police: The Incomplete Stories of #SayHerName\u2019” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/SayHerNameVigil51-300x167.jpg\")
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Black women, as well as men, have been subject to police brutality in the US and the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLaunched in 2014 by the African American Policy Forum and Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies, the #SayHerName campaign brings awareness to often untold stories of Black women and girls victimized by racist police violence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nRead the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”‘There\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s gone wrong, that hasn\u2019t been listened to.’ – Issac Julien RA” admin_label=”‘There\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s gone wrong, that hasn\u2019t been listened to.'” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/osxlgkdotmmfreph14re-300x226.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nIn 1982 Isaac Julien RA documented the suspicious killing of a black man in a London police station with\u00a0<\/span>Who Killed Colin Roach?<\/i>\u00a0After the killing of George Floyd in the USA, he questions whether anything has changed.<\/span><\/p>\nRead the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”‘Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply'” admin_label=”Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/NilufarAhmed.max-760x504-1-300x237.jpg\")
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An article written by Nilufar Ahmed that links the current global awakening to racism and COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”The trauma caused by violent images and videos on black mental health | Interview with an intercultural therapist” admin_label=”Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-13-at-20.00.11-300x206.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nDirector of\u00a0<\/span>London Counsellors\u00a0<\/span>Sabrina Williams\u00a0discusses the impact of widely shared videos of brutality and racism towards black people on their mental health, and how best to show solidarity and allyship in a way that is meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\nRead the interview\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text admin_label=”videos” module_id=”video” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_4_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nVideos<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” admin_label=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-06-08-at-09.21.38-300x198.png\")
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Rotimi Akinsete asks a series of brothers about their reflections on all that\u2019s been happening around black deaths under Covid and George Floyd\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
Visit BMC: Conversations during lock-down<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Black Psychoanalysts Speak” admin_label=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-06-at-16.59.42-300x229.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nThe Black psychoanalysts in this documentary engage in a vibrant and thought-provoking discussion about race, culture, class, and the unrealized promise of psychoanalysis.<\/span><\/p>\nWatch the Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nPodcasts<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Love Laid Bare Podcast – Police Brutality” admin_label=”Love Laid Bare Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"Love](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-06-at-17.12.22.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nThe Love Laid Bare podcast was founded by Dionne Simpson in 2017. it provides a space to support physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to its listeners.<\/span><\/p>\nThis episode entitled \u2018Police Brutality\u2019 featuring Martin Kelly discusses how police brutality affects your mental health and how Martin has navigated life since the police murdered his own father in 1993. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nListen to the Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Therapy for Black Girls Podcast” admin_label=”Therapy for Black Girls Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"Therapy](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/therapy-for-black-girls-300x300.png\")
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Therapy for Black Girls is an online space held by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions Black women can make to become the best possible versions of themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLink to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Choose to be Curious Podcast – ‘Curiosity & Racist Mindsets’ with Narenda Keval” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/narendra-bio-photo-e1571614680613-300x300.jpg\")
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Choose to be Curious Facilitating Conversation and Transformation\u2019 is a podcast with Psychotherapist and clinical psychologist Narendra Keval.<\/p>\n
In this episode \u201cCuriosity & Racist Mindsets\u201d he calls for cultivating social spaces for curiosity and exercising our capacity to think under fire.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Listen to the podcast here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”services” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nOther Services<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Waterloo Community Counselling” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"Waterloo](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image001-300x58.png\")
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The Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service (MECS) provided by Waterloo Community Counselling was set up in 2004 to provide mother-tongue counselling to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at no cost to the clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nVisit the website\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Brown Therapist Network” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\nThe Brown Therapist Network is a learning hub promoting knowledge of south Asian mental health. We welcome all South Asian therapists, from psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and coaches. We have come together to decolonise mental health, emphasise south Asian mental health and grow together, as a community, in the process.<\/span><\/p>\nVisit the website\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”adults” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nResources for adults<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Guide to Allyship Resources” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"Guide](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-13-at-18.01.43-150x95.png\")
Guide to Allyship\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAn open-source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.<\/p>\n
Read the guide<\/a><\/p>\nSo You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All \u2018Allies\u2019 Need to Know<\/strong><\/p>\nA list of 10 simple things to\u00a0keep in mind and do in order to be a better person\u00a0\u201ccurrently operating in solidarity with\u201d<\/i>\u00a0the marginalized or oppressed.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nPrivilege \u2013 Kyle Korver<\/strong><\/p>\nKorver reflects on his role as a white ally within NBA Basketball.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Aashana Resources List” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"Aashna](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-13-at-18.09.15.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nThe\u00a0<\/span>Let\u2019s Get Uncomfortable (LGU) Resources Library is a growing list of resources that explores themes such as race, ethnicity, culture and power.<\/span><\/p>\nLink to the list<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Whiteness and Decolonisation Resources” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/whiteness-300x180.jpg\")
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Decolonising Education: The Challenge of Whiteness\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nKay Sidebottom, Michael Cole, and Shona Hunter share their insights and experiences of doing the work of unpack and challenging Whiteness.<\/span><\/p>\nWatch the discussion\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nWhy Talk About Whiteness?<\/strong><\/p>\nAn article written by Emily Chiariello on the disconnect between the racial self-perceptions of many white people and the realities of racism.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nSOAS Radio: Unsettling Whiteness<\/p>\n
In this podcast episode, Barnor Hesse from Northwestern University delivers a talk entitled\u00a0\u2018Recalcitrant Whiteness of Being?\u2019\u00a0<\/em>followed by a discussion.<\/span><\/p>\nListen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\nWhiteness, Intimacy, and Everyday Antiracism<\/strong><\/p>\nTranscript of William R. Frey\u2019s talk on his experiences with family, intimacy, and whiteness.<\/p>\n
Link to transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\u2018White counsellors don\u2019t understand\u2019: Why BME students don\u2019t get the help they need at uni<\/strong><\/p>\nAn investigation by The Tab in 2019 uncovered a widespread lack of BME counselling staff at British universities.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0What\u2019s Missing From \u201cWhite Fragility\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nLauren Michele Jackson considers how Robin DiAngelo\u2019s idea changed how white progressives talk about themselves \u2013 and little else.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nRACE: What is White Supremacy in Education?<\/strong><\/p>\nLeadership, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Decolonisationog the Curriculum Consultancy by Pran Patel<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nWhat does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\nPresented by Dr. Robin DiAngelo during Highline College\u2019s MLK Week, January, 2016<\/p>\n
Watch the lecture<\/a><\/p>\nWhy Healing from Internalized Whiteness Is a Missing Link in White People\u2019s Anti-Racism Work<\/strong><\/p>\nA Free Webinar by Sandra Kim, Founder of \u00a0Everyday Feminism<\/p>\n
Watch the Webinar<\/a><\/p>\nWhiteness on the Couch<\/strong><\/p>\nClinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.<\/span><\/p>\nRead the article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nSeeing White \u2013 explorations of White Supremacy \u2013 14 part radio broadcasts<\/strong><\/p>\nEvents of the past few years have turned a challenging spotlight on White people, and Whiteness, in the United States. John Biewen and guests explore what it means to be White.<\/p>\n
Listen to the radio broadcasts<\/a><\/p>\n4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Hijacking the Conversation on Racial Justice<\/strong><\/p>\nWritten by Jennfier Loubriel<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nWhite privilege and art therapy in the UK: are we doing the work?<\/strong><\/p>\nWatch the video<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Covid-19 and Green Spaces Resources ” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/collier-300x184.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nCovid-19 and our relationship with nature<\/strong><\/p>\nBeth Collier, a Nature Allied Psychotherapist and Director of\u00a0Wild in the City<\/a>\u00a0, discusses how our relationship with nature has emerged as one of the most valuable sources of resilience and pleasure during lockdown.<\/p>\nRead the article<\/a><\/p>\nThe race factor in access to green space<\/strong><\/p>\nBeth Collier\u00a0outlines why green spaces and time in natural settings have always been vital to our mental and physical health, and how having less access to them has a significant impact on black and minority ethnic (BME) people in the UK.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nPlant Parenthood, Episode 172, with Beth Collier and Dr Jennifer Roberts discussing nature and wellbeing on the\u00a0Therapy for Black Girls podcast<\/strong><\/p>\nDr. Joy Harden, Beth Collier and Dr. Jennifer Roberts discuss nature, health and race.<\/p>\n
Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”educators” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\nResources for educators\/ young people<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Time4Me: Children’s Bereavement Workbook” admin_label=”Time4Me: Children’s Bereavement Workbook” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-06-07-at-10.54.08-245x300.png\")
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Willis Atherley-Bourne is Reg.MBACP. Snr.Accred., Registered social worker and member of the Middle Eastern Psychological Association (MEPA) based in Kuwait. His background is children\u2019s hospice work in the UK and, more recently, as Head of Family Support Services within the only Children\u2019s Hospice in the Middle East (BACCH).<\/p>\n
\u2018Time4Me\u2019 a FREE resource produced for bereaved children. \u2018Time4Me\u2019 is an interactive workbook to be used with children and an adult (family member, caregiver and\/or therapist). lt is designed to facilitate conversations around the death of a significant person in the child\u2019s life. The workbook is non-religious in its presentation, however, the space exists for children to explore or reflect their own conceptualisation of faith within their family context if it is relevant to their understanding.<\/p>\n
Time4Me \u2013 Children\u2019s Bereavement Workbook<\/a><\/p>\nTime4Me-Children\u2019s Bereavement Notes<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Sesame Street explain Black Lives Matter” admin_label=”Sesame Street explain Black Lives Matter” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-06-10-at-09.29.46-300x234.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nFor parents who want to explain racism to young children \u2013 Elmo\u2019s dad explains racism & Black Lives Matter in this informational video.<\/span><\/p>\nWatch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” admin_label=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/booksomethinghappenedinourtown-300x197.jpg\")
Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin<\/p><\/div>\n
\u00a0Resources for Talking about Race, Racism & Racialised Violence with Kids<\/strong><\/p>\nA list of resources compiled by the Center for Racial Justice in Education.<\/p>\n
Link to the list<\/a><\/p>\nRacism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five<\/strong><\/p>\nThis resource provides thoughts and guidelines for talking about the complex issues of racism and equality in age-appropriate ways with children aged two to five years of age.<\/span><\/p>\nLink to the resource<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>It\u2019s Time for White Parents to Have \u201cThe Talk\u201d with Their Children about Police Brutality<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMarcha\u00e9 Grair encourages white parents to teach their white children how to be disruptors instead of enablers of injustice<\/span><\/p>\nRead the article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nAddressing Racial Injustice with Young Children<\/strong><\/p>\nA conversation with Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins & Ann Hazzard who collaborated to write the children\u2019s book,\u00a0\u201cSomething Happened in Our Town\u201d: A Child\u2019s Story About Racial Injustice.<\/p>\n
View the conversation<\/a><\/p>\nWatch the video read-aloud of the book<\/a><\/p>\nHow White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids<\/strong><\/p>\nA list of 10 ideas on how to use movies, TV, and books as powerful teaching tools to help kids understand race, racism, and a history of racial oppression.<\/span><\/p>\nRead the article<\/a><\/p>\nTalking Race With Young Children<\/strong><\/p>\nA 20-minute podcast from NPR featuring Beverly Daniel Tatum author of \u201cWhy Are All of the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria\u201d<\/p>\n
Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\nTalking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nAn Aha! Parenting Blog post that discusses how parents can talk to toddlers to Preteens and Teens about race.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\nKid\u2019s Black History Channel<\/strong><\/p>\nA Youtube channel dedicated to teaching Black and African history for children, with uploads every single week<\/p>\n
Visit the channel<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Boloh – The Black and Asian Family Covid-19 Helpline” admin_label=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
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In many languages, Boloh means speak.<\/p>\n
Barnado\u2019s are encouraging Black and Asian children, young people and families affected by Covid-19 to speak to them: about their worries, their problems and their stresses during this time<\/span><\/p>\nThey are available to speak on the phone or via the live webchat Mon-Fri, from 1pm to 8pm in English, Urdu or Hindi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBetween Monday and Friday, 1pm and 8pm, they will provide emotional support, advice and signposting to other organisations who can provide further help.<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nA piece where the following questions get answered.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat is the traumatising impact of watching the widely shared videos of brutality and racism towards Black people?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo the videos on social media hold perpetrators to account\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat about demonstrations that include looting and destruction of property\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI feel powerless in the face of Black Lives Matter events across the world, but I know I\u2019m not. What can I do to help?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to disengage with world events, but watching the news is making me feel angry and exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n Link to Blog Post<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires” admin_label=”A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n An opinion piece written by Aditya Iyer analysing the \u00a0toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol.<\/p>\n This piece considers how the destruction of the statue was reflective of a powerful sub-narrative of the ongoing BLM protests; \u00a0demonstrating a need to decolonize public history and education.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Black men: ‘You just have to keep reliving the trauma’ How has the death of George Floyd affected the mental health of young black men in the UK?” admin_label=”Black men: ‘You just have to keep reliving the trauma’ How has the death of George Floyd affected the mental health of young black men in the UK?” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n An article that addresses the effect of George Floyd\u2019s death on the mental health of black men in the UK.<\/p>\n This article includes a short interview with Eugene Ellis, director of BAATN<\/p>\n Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”\u2018Black Women and Girls Killed by Police: The Incomplete Stories of #SayHerName\u2019” admin_label=”\u2018Black Women and Girls Killed by Police: The Incomplete Stories of #SayHerName\u2019” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Black women, as well as men, have been subject to police brutality in the US and the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Launched in 2014 by the African American Policy Forum and Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies, the #SayHerName campaign brings awareness to often untold stories of Black women and girls victimized by racist police violence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”‘There\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s gone wrong, that hasn\u2019t been listened to.’ – Issac Julien RA” admin_label=”‘There\u2019s a conversation that\u2019s gone wrong, that hasn\u2019t been listened to.'” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n In 1982 Isaac Julien RA documented the suspicious killing of a black man in a London police station with\u00a0<\/span>Who Killed Colin Roach?<\/i>\u00a0After the killing of George Floyd in the USA, he questions whether anything has changed.<\/span><\/p>\n Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”‘Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply'” admin_label=”Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n An article written by Nilufar Ahmed that links the current global awakening to racism and COVID-19.<\/p>\n Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”The trauma caused by violent images and videos on black mental health | Interview with an intercultural therapist” admin_label=”Trapped: why George Floyd\u2019s death resonates so deeply” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Director of\u00a0<\/span>London Counsellors\u00a0<\/span>Sabrina Williams\u00a0discusses the impact of widely shared videos of brutality and racism towards black people on their mental health, and how best to show solidarity and allyship in a way that is meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\n Read the interview\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text admin_label=”videos” module_id=”video” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_4_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Rotimi Akinsete asks a series of brothers about their reflections on all that\u2019s been happening around black deaths under Covid and George Floyd\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n Visit BMC: Conversations during lock-down<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Black Psychoanalysts Speak” admin_label=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n The Black psychoanalysts in this documentary engage in a vibrant and thought-provoking discussion about race, culture, class, and the unrealized promise of psychoanalysis.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch the Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n The Love Laid Bare podcast was founded by Dionne Simpson in 2017. it provides a space to support physical, mental, and spiritual well-being to its listeners.<\/span><\/p>\n This episode entitled \u2018Police Brutality\u2019 featuring Martin Kelly discusses how police brutality affects your mental health and how Martin has navigated life since the police murdered his own father in 1993. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Listen to the Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Therapy for Black Girls Podcast” admin_label=”Therapy for Black Girls Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Therapy for Black Girls is an online space held by Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly chat about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions Black women can make to become the best possible versions of themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Link to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Choose to be Curious Podcast – ‘Curiosity & Racist Mindsets’ with Narenda Keval” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Choose to be Curious Facilitating Conversation and Transformation\u2019 is a podcast with Psychotherapist and clinical psychologist Narendra Keval.<\/p>\n In this episode \u201cCuriosity & Racist Mindsets\u201d he calls for cultivating social spaces for curiosity and exercising our capacity to think under fire.<\/p>\n \u00a0Listen to the podcast here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”services” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n The Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service (MECS) provided by Waterloo Community Counselling was set up in 2004 to provide mother-tongue counselling to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at no cost to the clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Visit the website\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Brown Therapist Network” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n The Brown Therapist Network is a learning hub promoting knowledge of south Asian mental health. We welcome all South Asian therapists, from psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors and coaches. We have come together to decolonise mental health, emphasise south Asian mental health and grow together, as a community, in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n Visit the website\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”adults” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n An open-source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.<\/p>\n Read the guide<\/a><\/p>\n So You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All \u2018Allies\u2019 Need to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n A list of 10 simple things to\u00a0keep in mind and do in order to be a better person\u00a0\u201ccurrently operating in solidarity with\u201d<\/i>\u00a0the marginalized or oppressed.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n Privilege \u2013 Kyle Korver<\/strong><\/p>\n Korver reflects on his role as a white ally within NBA Basketball.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Aashana Resources List” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n The\u00a0<\/span>Let\u2019s Get Uncomfortable (LGU) Resources Library is a growing list of resources that explores themes such as race, ethnicity, culture and power.<\/span><\/p>\n Link to the list<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Whiteness and Decolonisation Resources” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Decolonising Education: The Challenge of Whiteness\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Kay Sidebottom, Michael Cole, and Shona Hunter share their insights and experiences of doing the work of unpack and challenging Whiteness.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch the discussion\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Why Talk About Whiteness?<\/strong><\/p>\n An article written by Emily Chiariello on the disconnect between the racial self-perceptions of many white people and the realities of racism.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n SOAS Radio: Unsettling Whiteness<\/p>\n In this podcast episode, Barnor Hesse from Northwestern University delivers a talk entitled\u00a0\u2018Recalcitrant Whiteness of Being?\u2019\u00a0<\/em>followed by a discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n Whiteness, Intimacy, and Everyday Antiracism<\/strong><\/p>\n Transcript of William R. Frey\u2019s talk on his experiences with family, intimacy, and whiteness.<\/p>\n Link to transcript<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018White counsellors don\u2019t understand\u2019: Why BME students don\u2019t get the help they need at uni<\/strong><\/p>\n An investigation by The Tab in 2019 uncovered a widespread lack of BME counselling staff at British universities.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0What\u2019s Missing From \u201cWhite Fragility\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Lauren Michele Jackson considers how Robin DiAngelo\u2019s idea changed how white progressives talk about themselves \u2013 and little else.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n RACE: What is White Supremacy in Education?<\/strong><\/p>\n Leadership, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Decolonisationog the Curriculum Consultancy by Pran Patel<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Presented by Dr. Robin DiAngelo during Highline College\u2019s MLK Week, January, 2016<\/p>\n Watch the lecture<\/a><\/p>\n Why Healing from Internalized Whiteness Is a Missing Link in White People\u2019s Anti-Racism Work<\/strong><\/p>\n A Free Webinar by Sandra Kim, Founder of \u00a0Everyday Feminism<\/p>\n Watch the Webinar<\/a><\/p>\n Whiteness on the Couch<\/strong><\/p>\n Clinical psychologist Natasha Stovall looks at the vast spectrum of white people problems, and why we never talk about them in therapy.<\/span><\/p>\n Read the article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Seeing White \u2013 explorations of White Supremacy \u2013 14 part radio broadcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n Events of the past few years have turned a challenging spotlight on White people, and Whiteness, in the United States. John Biewen and guests explore what it means to be White.<\/p>\n Listen to the radio broadcasts<\/a><\/p>\n 4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Hijacking the Conversation on Racial Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n Written by Jennfier Loubriel<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n White privilege and art therapy in the UK: are we doing the work?<\/strong><\/p>\n Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Covid-19 and Green Spaces Resources ” admin_label=”Choose to be Curious Podcast” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Covid-19 and our relationship with nature<\/strong><\/p>\n Beth Collier, a Nature Allied Psychotherapist and Director of\u00a0Wild in the City<\/a>\u00a0, discusses how our relationship with nature has emerged as one of the most valuable sources of resilience and pleasure during lockdown.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n The race factor in access to green space<\/strong><\/p>\n Beth Collier\u00a0outlines why green spaces and time in natural settings have always been vital to our mental and physical health, and how having less access to them has a significant impact on black and minority ethnic (BME) people in the UK.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n Plant Parenthood, Episode 172, with Beth Collier and Dr Jennifer Roberts discussing nature and wellbeing on the\u00a0Therapy for Black Girls podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Joy Harden, Beth Collier and Dr. Jennifer Roberts discuss nature, health and race.<\/p>\n Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text module_id=”educators” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]\n Willis Atherley-Bourne is Reg.MBACP. Snr.Accred., Registered social worker and member of the Middle Eastern Psychological Association (MEPA) based in Kuwait. His background is children\u2019s hospice work in the UK and, more recently, as Head of Family Support Services within the only Children\u2019s Hospice in the Middle East (BACCH).<\/p>\n \u2018Time4Me\u2019 a FREE resource produced for bereaved children. \u2018Time4Me\u2019 is an interactive workbook to be used with children and an adult (family member, caregiver and\/or therapist). lt is designed to facilitate conversations around the death of a significant person in the child\u2019s life. The workbook is non-religious in its presentation, however, the space exists for children to explore or reflect their own conceptualisation of faith within their family context if it is relevant to their understanding.<\/p>\n Time4Me \u2013 Children\u2019s Bereavement Workbook<\/a><\/p>\n Time4Me-Children\u2019s Bereavement Notes<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Sesame Street explain Black Lives Matter” admin_label=”Sesame Street explain Black Lives Matter” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n For parents who want to explain racism to young children \u2013 Elmo\u2019s dad explains racism & Black Lives Matter in this informational video.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” admin_label=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0Resources for Talking about Race, Racism & Racialised Violence with Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n A list of resources compiled by the Center for Racial Justice in Education.<\/p>\n Link to the list<\/a><\/p>\n Racism and Violence: Using Your Power as a Parent to Support Children Aged Two to Five<\/strong><\/p>\n This resource provides thoughts and guidelines for talking about the complex issues of racism and equality in age-appropriate ways with children aged two to five years of age.<\/span><\/p>\n Link to the resource<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>It\u2019s Time for White Parents to Have \u201cThe Talk\u201d with Their Children about Police Brutality<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Marcha\u00e9 Grair encourages white parents to teach their white children how to be disruptors instead of enablers of injustice<\/span><\/p>\n Read the article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children<\/strong><\/p>\n A conversation with Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins & Ann Hazzard who collaborated to write the children\u2019s book,\u00a0\u201cSomething Happened in Our Town\u201d: A Child\u2019s Story About Racial Injustice.<\/p>\n View the conversation<\/a><\/p>\n Watch the video read-aloud of the book<\/a><\/p>\n How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n A list of 10 ideas on how to use movies, TV, and books as powerful teaching tools to help kids understand race, racism, and a history of racial oppression.<\/span><\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n Talking Race With Young Children<\/strong><\/p>\n A 20-minute podcast from NPR featuring Beverly Daniel Tatum author of \u201cWhy Are All of the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria\u201d<\/p>\n Listen to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n An Aha! Parenting Blog post that discusses how parents can talk to toddlers to Preteens and Teens about race.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n Kid\u2019s Black History Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n A Youtube channel dedicated to teaching Black and African history for children, with uploads every single week<\/p>\n Visit the channel<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Boloh – The Black and Asian Family Covid-19 Helpline” admin_label=”Resources on Race, Racism, and Racialised Violence for Parents” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n In many languages, Boloh means speak.<\/p>\n Barnado\u2019s are encouraging Black and Asian children, young people and families affected by Covid-19 to speak to them: about their worries, their problems and their stresses during this time<\/span><\/p>\n They are available to speak on the phone or via the live webchat Mon-Fri, from 1pm to 8pm in English, Urdu or Hindi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Between Monday and Friday, 1pm and 8pm, they will provide emotional support, advice and signposting to other organisations who can provide further help.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\nVideos<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” admin_label=”Black Men on the Couch: Conversations during lock-down” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
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