Community Resources
Helplines
For a Life Threatening Emergency: 911
King County Crisis Line: 1-866-427-4747
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text “START” to 741-741
National Alliance of Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline: (888) 843-4564
The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
The Trans LifeLine: 1-877-565-8860
National Eating Disorder Association: 1-800-931-2237
Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration: 1-800-662-4357
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Lower Cost Therapy Options
A guide for finding an affordable therapist
DMHS: Deconstructing the Mental Health System (BIPOC Provider Directory)
The Asian Mental Health Collective Lotus Fund
Mental Health Fund for Queer and Trans BIPOC individuals
WA Graduate School Clinics: Antioch University, Bastyr Center, CityU
Group Private Practice Interns: an intern is actively in a Masters level education program who is building their clinical experience supervised by a licensed therapist.
For Medicaid options, visit the Washington Healthcare Authority for more information.
Finding Specific Therapists
Photo by Cynthia Wong
Sanaye Wellness stands with the Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate movement. This platform is dedicated to bring justice, healing, and freedom to marginalized individuals. Allotted discounted spots are reserved for BIPOC individuals.
Reach out for more information.
Anti-Racism Resources
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Books:
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Podcasts:
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
Articles:
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
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1619 (New York Times)
About Race
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White
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“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic
”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag
The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox
“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic
“So You Want To Be An Ally?” by Courtney Ariel
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Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
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13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
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“How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” by Peggy McIntosh
“White Fragility” by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
“Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives” by Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
“The Racism Virus” | NBC News
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Antiracism Center
Audre Lorde Project
Black Women’s Blueprint
Color Of Change
Colorlines
The Conscious Kid
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
Families Belong Together
Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL)
MPowerChange
Muslim Girl
NAACP
National Domestic Workers Alliance
RAICES
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
SisterSong
United We Dream
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Compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein