Counselor Education Commitment to Social Justice
What can you do to support social justice?
- Be compassionate. Listen with an open heart
- Challenge your own biases and recognize racism
- Participate in dialogue - speak up
- Educate yourself
- Collaborate with organizations and groups working toward positive change
- Contact your local, national elected (your state representatives) officials
- Complete the 2020 Census
- Exercise your right to vote
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Recommended Resources
- American Counseling Association Knowledge Center
- Chi Sigma Iota Webinar - Black Clients Matter: Promoting Competent Counselor Training and Practice
- CHSE Perspectives Series Video - What Do You See…When You See a Black Man?” with Sean Ardoin
- How to Talk to Children about Racism, Prejudice, and Protests - An Age-by-Age Guide
- How to Model Anti-Racist Behaviors and Talk to Your Children About Race
- The secret to changing the world - Lee Mun Wah
- "If These Halls Could Talk," Film Screening & Diversity Dialogue with Lee Mun Wah
- Baton Rouge Counselors, Social Workers, and Therapists of Color Directory
Recommended Books
Primers:
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide by Crystal Fleming
- White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill
Some others:
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach by Tanya Golash Boza
- So, You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
And a must:
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
- “It is my belief that when we value others for their uniqueness and differences, then we enhance the possibilities for our children and ourselves. To me, that is what community is truly all about—when it is practiced and realized in our daily lives with those we love and with those we have been taught to fear.” - Lee Mun Wah
LSU On-Campus Diversity Resources
- African American Cultural Center
- African & African-American Studies Program
- Asian American Ambassadors
- Black Faculty and Staff Caucus
- Black Graduate and Professional Student Association
- Black Male Leadership Initiative
- Black Student Union
- Black Women’s Empowerment Initiative
- Heritage Month Celebrations
- Latinx at LSU
- Latinx Faculty and Staff Caucus
- Latinx Student Affairs
- LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff Caucus
- LGBTQ+ Project and Safe Space Campaign
- MLK Jr. Commemorative Celebration
- National Coalition Building Institute – any group/team/dept. on campus may request a workshop
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
- Native American Student Organization
- NCAA Demographics Database
- Office of Diversity
- Office of Multicultural Affairs
- Qroma: LGBTQ+ Students of Color
- Reading Room on Race & Social Justice
- Sociology Department Faculty Books
- Student Senate: Student Life, Diversity, and Community Outreach Committee
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Additional Resources (.pdf)