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RESOURCES & SUPPORT 

Helping Organizations 

National 

NSVRC: National Sexual Violence Resource Center

RAINN Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community

Sasha Center Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing and Awareness

Local 

The Villages of Hope  

Florida Council Against Sexual Violence

Support 

National  

Sexual Assault Center's 24-Hour Crisis & Support Line: 1.866.811.RISE (811-7473) 

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE (656-4673) 

SAFE Clinic: 615.258.5888 

Communities Against Hate: 1.844.9.NO.HATE (966-4283) 

Local 

UNF Women's Center 24-hour Crisis Helpline: (904) 620-1010 

Women's Center of Jacksonville

Listening 

Collectively Speaking podcast, by Ujima (The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community) 

Reading 

Articles 

Fighting Hate & Bias from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Identity and Cultural Dimensions from National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)

Black Lives Matter Meditation Could Help Heal Racial Trauma from Verywell Mind

What are Microaggressions? from Cleveland Clinic  

Examples of Racial Microaggressions adapted from Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation, by Derald Wing Sue 

Dangerous Intersections by INCITE! 

Books 

The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci K. Haines 

At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power , by Danielle McGuire 

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem 

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience , edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown 

Surviving the Silence: Black Women's Stories of Rape by Charlotte Pierce-Baker 

Deesha Philyaw, short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, West Virginia University Press, 2020 

The Mindful Classroom: Constructive Conversations on Race, Identity, and Justice by Tru Leverette 

Viewing 

“Dear Black Women, Let's talk about healing,” by Angela Bowden at TEDxMSVUWomen 

I May Destroy You HBO Series 

Racial Trauma and Communities of Color by Steven D. Kniffley, Jr.

FAMILY RESOURCES 

BOOKS  

A Kids Book About Racism, Jelani Memory  

A Kids Book About Systemic Racism, Jordan Thierry  

A Kids Book About Sexual Abuse, Evelyn Young  

I Am Enough, Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo  

Freedom River, Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier  

Harbor Me, Jacqueline Woodson  

Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky  

We March, Shane Evans  

Separate is Never Equal, Duncan Tonatiuh  

Something Happened in Our Town, Ann Hazzard, Marianne Celano, and Marietta Collins  

Change Sings, Amanda Gorman and Loren Long  

All Are Welcome Here, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman  

Speak Up! Miranda Paul and Ebony Glenn  

Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli and Isabel Roxas  

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi  

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Jacqueline Woodson  

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson  

WEBSITES  

Kara Walker's Artist Website karawalkerstudio.com   

Art Resources Transfer

Talking About Race from the National Museum of African American History and Culture 

Learning for Justice from the Southern Poverty Law Center 

Embrace Race 

Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism from PBS Kids

Talking to Your Kids About Sexual Assault from RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)   

Talking to Your Kids About Rape and Sexual Assault by Jessica Minier Mabe 

Men Can Stop Rape: Creating Cultures Free of Violence