Racial Equity Resources

Image

Training Resources

The training resources listed approach equity topics from a compliance perspective and do not necessarily replace training or readings offered by organizations with a specific social justice or racial equity lens. These pieces of training are useful as part of a complete diversity, equity, and inclusion approach.

1. UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Implicit Bias YouTube series

2. UC Managing Implicit Bias Series
The UC Managing Implicit Bias Series is accessible to UC employees via their division-specific online UC Learning Center. Most UC ANR Personnel has UC Davis UC Learning Center access. Please contact UC ANR Learning and Development if you need support. This series is available to volunteers (without certification) through the UCOP links in this UC Master Gardener Program blog post.

3. Increasing Cultural Awareness & Equity in Extension Programs
This self-led course is accessible via eXtension Campus platform. Enrolling in this course requires entry of an Enrollment Key. Enter ‘California’ when prompted.

4. Civil Rights Training Modules
This 4-part playlist from the University of Wisconsin Extension covers the protections provided by and the applications of civil rights laws in Extension.
 

 

Presentations
 

UC Davis, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Sylvia Hurtado - "Campus Climate, Inclusive Science, and Institutional Change" - This lecture was part of The UC Davis Forums on the Public University and the Social Good delivered on October 26, 2017 Dr. Hurtado discusses recent developments in campus climate and a new model of inclusive science that integrates diversity in undergraduate education and faculty development. 

UC Berkeley, Othering and Belonging Institute

• The Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley brings together researchers, organizers, stakeholders, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate the barriers to an inclusive, just, and sustainable society in order to create transformative change.

  Highlights:

  • Ibram X. Kendi – “How to be an Anti-Racist”
  • Rise Up for Justice: Black Lives and Our Collective Future
  • Nancy Krieger – “Structural Racism, Social Justice, and Covid-19”

Michigan State University

The Center for Regional Food Systems at the University of Michigan hosts many great webinars and presentations on the topic of racial equity in the food system.

Highlights:

• Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics
• Land-Grant Institutions and Food Systems: Acknowledging Historical Disparities and Exploring Present-day Equity Initiatives

The Center’s Racial Equity Statement to be helpful in framing the need to address racial equity in the food systems, particularly for white audiences.
 

 

Readings

• "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Professional Development Offering of the Extension Foundation Impact Collaborative" by Lindsey Lunsford.
  • This publication is a great starting point to gain access to information, experts, training and resources that can help you develop or conceptualize your program.
• "Food—Systems—Racism: From Mistreatment to Transformation"; by Eric Giménez and Breeze Harper - Food First’s Dismantling Racism in the Food System Series
  • This excellent and succinct history of racial inequity in the US food system is available for download.
• "The Color of Food" by Yvonne Yen Liu and Dominque Apollon
  • This white paper from the Applied Research Center compiles data related to racial inequity in the whole of the food system (from production to distribution) and offers equity-related “good food movement"; critiques that are essential to thinking about a more sustainable agriculture.
• “Levels of Racism: A Theoretical Framework and a Gardener’s Tale"; by Camara Phyllis Jones
  • This accessible academic paper uses the metaphor of a garden to explain three levels of racism institutionalized, personally-mediated, and internalized. The article is attached.
• "Land-grab Universities: Expropriated Indigenous Land is the Foundation of the Land-Grant University System" by Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone
  • This article is a must-read for anyone working in Cooperative Extension in the United States.
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  • 4-H Academics Fe Moncloa (Santa Clara) and Liliana Vega (Santa Barbara) are currently hosting an online summer 2020 reading group focused on this text. While the reading group is now capacity, all are welcome to purchase a book and read along in solidarity. Be sure to check out DiAngelo’s free reading guide on her website.
     

 

Curriculum

21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge - Food Systems New England - The #FSNEEquityChallenge features 21 daily prompts plus a set of resources to explore. While the challenge typically takes place each April (hosted by a variety of organizations) the blog posts, resources, and guiding questions are available year-round to subscribers.
 

 

Vocabulary
 

UC System

• UC Davis Diversity Equity and Inclusion Glossary
• UC Berkeley Business School Haas Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership - Advancing Language for Equity and Inclusion

Non-Profit Organizations

Racial Equity Tools Glossary - This glossary is extremely thorough and well-curated. Don’t miss the ‘About’ section which describes the evolving nature of and therefore evolving language related to equity work/research.

Additional Resources

• For additional UC ANR staff resources focused on Diversity Equity and Inclusion visit the UC ANR Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.