Resources on SharePoint
Visit SharePoint for resources, activities, and lesson plans focused on antiracism education. We will continue adding to this folder, and will also be partnering with various offices
and experts across campus to help with these materials.
Upcoming Workshops
Workshops will be held through Blackboard Collaborate and are open to instructors, peer leaders, and graduate leaders. Recordings of each workshop are available through Blackboard Collaborate and are also linked in the "Past Workshop Recordings" section below.
Monday, July 12, 1:00-2:00 p.m. - Discussing Antiracism in University 101
Presenters: Simone Keller (UofSC Alumni Association) and Kristy Sokol (University
101 Programs)
Discussions about diversity and values have always been a part of University 101,
however an additional emphasis has been placed on teaching antiracism. In order for
students to learn more about this topic, instructors must feel confident in how to
effectively facilitate conversations about antiracism. In this session, presenters
will provide an overview of the lesson plans and resources that can be used to have
conversations with students about antiracism.
Past Workshop Recordings
Understanding Structural Racism and Implicit Bias- Tuesday, July 14
Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Gunter and Latesha Murray, SC Collaborative for Race and
Reconciliation
This workshop will serve as a primer on understanding the basics of structural racism
and how implicit bias affects our judgement. It will include terminology, useful language,
and applicable statistics. All of this will be presented with the intention of calling
people into the discussion so that we can learn from each other and our experiences.
This workshop will include mini-lectures, activities, and small breakout sessions.
Teaching/Learning the 4th "R" - Racial Literacy- Monday, July 27
Presenter: Dr. Michelle Bryan, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,
College of Education
The need for today’s instructors to develop or deepen their capacity to facilitate
effective discussions about race and racism in the classroom has never been greater;
yet, many of us were never given explicit instructional strategies for effectively
cultivating meaningful discussions on race. Nonetheless, the prevailing forces of
demographic change in the U.S. (as well as resistance to that change) will directly
tie our students’ future success to their ability to deploy a set of resources, conceptual
tools, and racial vocabularies to name, discuss, and address shifting manifestations
of race/ism at multiple levels (e.g. individual, institutional, cultural). In this
workshop, participants will explore two different yet complementary definitions of
racial literacy and their relevance to the classroom. In addition, we’ll cover strategic
community-building as a requisite for facilitating meaningful conversations and explore
why “straight talk” about race/ism can be difficult in the absence of commitments
to both candidness and vulnerability. In addition to acquiring useful tips and resources,
participants will garner insights and strategies derived from our shared experiences
engaging in this work.