George Floyd Activism

George Floyd was not the first, he will not be the last, but his death has made many of us wake up to the truth about our country and the danger that the African-American community lives in. Let us be fueled and energized by our upset and distress to make a difference.

The links below are some that I've found and liked (some have been sent to me by my friends), and hope will be useful to a broad spectrum of people. Many of these can also be found at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Education Page.

Former live events

• Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women, July 22, 1-3 PM (HTML)
• Friday, June 26, 12-1 pm Addressing Racism in Academia. Panelists: Sean Garrick, Ebony McGee, Manu Platt, Beleicia Bullock
• Monday, June 22, 12-1 PM Being an Ally. Panelists: Andrew Alleyne, Ross Wantland, Wendy Heller
• Thursday, June 18, 7-8:30 PM. UIUC CS department Town Hall, co-sponsored by BAAC and the CS Department. All members of the CS community are welcome. Zoom link
• Wednesday, June 17, 12-1 PM Race and Cultural Diversity. Panelists: James Anderson, Trina Fletcher, Joe Bradley
• June 12, 12-1 PM: "I Can't Breathe"--A Call to Action for Leaders in Higher Education
• June 8, 2020, 12-1 PM, Town Hall: Perspectives on George Floyd and Beyond at UIUC.
• June 3, 5-6 PM, EDT: Obama's live town hall.

Statements from Universities

• News Gazette interview with Chancellor Jones of UIUC
• University of British Columbia
• Department of Public Health, University of North Carolina Greensboro
• Data Science at Univ Virginia
• University of Chicago, Dept of Human Genetics

Statements from Organizations

• Anita Borg Institute
• Society for Systematic Biologists
• Ben & Jerry
• Article in Forbes about companies taking a stand

Other documents and webpages

• How Donald Trump Happened, by Jamelle Bouie, Slate, March 13, 2016
• How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors' Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates
• Does STEM Stand Out? Examining Racial/Ethnic Gaps in Persistence Across Postsecondary Fields
• Equality Includes You
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-racism resources
• Allyship actions for Asians
• Resources for Black Healing
• Resources for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement
• Anti-racist resources
• linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList
• Anti-Racism Resources for all ages
• Stop Asking People of Color To Explain Racism--Pick Up One Of These Books Instead
• A list of resources for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement
• Time Out article, How to Support Black Lives Matter, wherever you are
• Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, May 2015
• Racial Microagressions
• You can't defeat racism with 'reading lists'. Take it from a feminist--we tried this, an opinion piece by Jessa Crispin in the Guardian.
• Open Letter by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• List of non-profits to support

Books worth reading

• Black, Brown, Bruised How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation, by Ebony Omotola McGee (HTML)

Pages specifically about racism by computer scientists

• Blacks in Computing, open letter
• Addressing Institutional Racism within Initiatives for SIGCHI's Diversity and Inclusion
• What Can CS Departments Do?
• USENIX STATEMENT ON RACISM AND BLACK, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND AFRICAN DIASPORA INCLUSION

About "URM"

• I am not an URM by Kamau Bobb
• 'Underrepresented Minority' Considered Harmful, Racist Language, by Tiffani Williams

UIUC-related webpages

• Institute for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access Education Page
• Department of Psychology Statement Concerning Anti-Black Racism
• Is it possible to overcome our biases in the face of conflict?, by Craig Chamberlain (Interview with Travis Dixon, Professor of Communication, UIUC)
• Dale Wright's - Further Reflection--Where Do We Go From Here?
• Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life and History, Free Coursera course at UIUC, starting June 9, 2020
• Racism is Everywhere Out Here: Racial Harassment at the University of Illinois (2019)
• College of Education Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series
• Reflections on George Floyd tragedy by Tim Killeen and Barb Wilson.

Anti-Racism Task Force (ARTF) of the IDEA Institute

• Webpage
• Presentation to Grainger College of Engineering for the Anti-Racism Task Force
• Task Force Report