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.

Workshop Recordings 

Discussing Antiracism in University 101- Monday, July 12, 2021
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.

Understanding Structural Racism and Implicit Bias- Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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, 2020
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.