Equity and inclusion work is ongoing. Continue the dialogue by joining our TCCTA Facebook community, where members share strategies, challenges, and successes.
TCCTA members have shared how systemic injustice and racial inequity impact both teaching and learning in their classrooms. This page brings together resources, case studies, and materials recommended by faculty to help you better understand these issues, facilitate meaningful discussion with students, and take actionable steps toward equity in higher education. This is a living collection—please share resources you’ve found helpful so we can continue learning together.
Equity and inclusion work is ongoing. Continue the dialogue by joining our TCCTA Facebook community, where members share strategies, challenges, and successes.
Curated resources to help begin and deepen conversations on race and antiracism.
Anti-Racist Resources for White People
Beginning Your Antiracist Journey
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Resources in Defense of Black Lives (Webby Awards)
Resources to Help Empower Asian and Pacific Islander
Communities (U2,Inc)
Guides and publications for faculty development and culturally responsive teaching.
Center for Organizational Responsibility and Advancement (CORA) YouTube page
Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain, by Zaretta Hammond
Guidance for Reporting and Writing About Racism (Syracuse University)
The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys by Eddie Moore Jr., Ali Michael, and Marguerite Penick-Parks
“We Need Education Now More Than Ever” by Maria Angel Ferrero
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are, They’re Not by Danielle Cadet
Examples of institutional initiatives from Texas colleges addressing equity and inclusion.
Dallas County Community College District established a cohort-based learning community where faculty learn together about teaching strategies that respond to the needs of our culturally diverse students, called the Equity in Education League. Faculty teaching in different disciplines explore practical ways to create equitable learning experiences for students and discuss practical application of strategies derived from a set text. Cohorts of 12 faculty were formed to read and discuss the book, Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain, by Zaretta Hammond each semester. Through this process, faculty have identified instructional strategies they can implement. This project is another step towards the college’s collective effort to create an equitable campus where students can succeed.
Resources gathered from that gathering are available here.
To ask questions about that experience contact Glenda Easter.
Lone Star College System Diversity Summit Recommended Reading List Includes:
12 Years a Slave (Film 2013; 2 hours 14 minutes)
13th (Netflix); 1 hour 40 minutes)
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others (Pepperdine University)
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement (PBS Series)
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War by Henry Louis Gates (PBS Series)
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (PBS Series)
White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America (Film 2013; 66 minutes)
George Floyd, Police Brutality, Racism, and More with Tim Wise (PoliticsDoneRight.com)
How Bias Works with Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt (The RSA)
2018 Infinity Award: Applied — Alexandra Bell
“100 Amazing Facts About the Negro” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“Educators and Social Responsibility: What This Means to Informed Citizenry” by Lynn M. Gangone
“Institutional Racism: A Syllabus” by Catherine Halley
“Protest, Uprisings, and Race War” by Tim Wise
Structural Racism and Police Violence Resources (Sage Publishing)
“The Truth You’ve Probably Never Heard About Riots” by Andre Henry
Project Implicit (Implicit Bias Test by Harvard)
Hosted by TCCTA Faculty Leaders Conference
Friday, November 9, 2020
Ricky Jones will highlight systemic injustice and the role faculty can play on their campuses.
Dr. Jones has emerged as a strong public scholar doing especially innovative work on American race, politics, leadership, and male identity. He has served as a local, national, and international social and political analyst across various media including appearances on the BBC, Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti, Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, The Katie Couric Show, E! Entertainment, a variety of NPR and PBS programs, BET, and Al Jazeera in English.
Hosted by TCCTA
June 29, 2020
Essie Childers, Professor of Humanities at Blinn College, discussed racial justice in the classroom, what we can do better, and how to educate moving forward.
Concrete steps, readings, and activities to help faculty and allies promote equity on campus and in their communities.
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
African American Quotation Posters
Beginning Your Antiracist Journey
Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others (Pepperdine University)
Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community (Sunshine Behavioral Health)
Resources in Defense of Black Lives (Webby Awards)
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel
“We Must Step Up For Black People Right Now – Here’s How” by Sheree Atcheson
This resource library is designed to evolve with our members’ needs. If you have tools, readings, or classroom strategies that have helped you, please send them in so we can share them with colleagues across Texas.