Links for Awareness, Action, and Wellness
► Resource Guide for Students and Postdocs on how to discuss race and inequity in science with their research teams.
► Watch the 2020 UCSF Medals – the University’s highest honor – round table discussion. The Medals were given to three remarkable leaders who have advanced diversity and innovation in their fields through mentorship, including John Watson, who founded the Summer Research Training Program.
Woman Life Freedom
Anti-Asian Xenophobia and COVID19
Wellness and Self-care
Awareness: Racism and Anti-racist Practices
Racism and Inequity in Academia
Actions You Can Take from Home
Support for AAPI Community Members
- In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center on March 19, 2020. The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice “Stand Against Hatred” Incident Report & Bystander Training
Science and Academia
- Concrete Steps for Recruiting, Supporting, and Advancing Underrepresented Minoritized Scientists: A document created in response to the desire from over-represented scientists to get engaged and work toward equity and fair representation in science. The document is broken down by specific action items for a variety of audiences, including individual learners, faculty, labs, departments, and institutions.
- Join or support the Black Women in Computational Biology Network.
San Francisco Bay Area
Support Local Black, Women of Color, and Antiracist Organizations - Donate, Volunteer, Follow on Social Media
- AF3RIM: A Transnational Feminist Organization
- Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee
- People’s Breakfast Oakland (see Twitter for donation info)
- Black-owned restaurants and pop-ups in the Bay Area
- Black Organizing Project
- Oakland Power Projects - building community power and well-being without relying on law enforcement
- Donate to the National Bail Fund Network
- Initiate Justice works to end mass incarceration and organize members, both inside and outside of prisons, to advocate for their freedom and change criminal justice policy in California
- Hella Black Podcast - an Oakland-based podcast to educate and inform listeners on all things related to Blackness and uplift the voices of Black organizers
General
- Justice in June (or any month) - whether you have 10, 25, or 45 min/day, here are things you can do to become more informed as step one to becoming an active ally; includes links to learning resources and a schedule for what to do each day/weekly.
- 135 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color
- Letters to employers and institutions asking for action around racial justice
- Letters and phone calls to city officials to defund police departments in your local area
- Resource list for taking immediate actions: protest, aid protestors, donate, ways to give more, contact officials, sign petitions, spread awareness, and indirect action
- Buy from Black-owned bookstores accepting online orders
- Taking Action in Solidarity with Black Lives, from Indivisible
- Antiracism Learning Opportunities through Enrich Chicago
- Donate to the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
Last updated: January 27, 2022
