Inclusive Spaces and Resources

Welcome and Affirming Spaces for All

St. John's University is open to all students and community members. As we bring together community members of diverse backgrounds, the Office of Multicultural Affairs recognizes that in the U.S. and abroad, individuals and communities of diverse and marginalized backgrounds may have a difference of experience than individuals and communities from dominant or privileged backgrounds. As students and community members come together on our metropolitan campuses, it is our hope to identify inclusive centers and spaces designed for these groups.

Interfaith Calendar

Spaces

The Inclusivity Resource Centers (IRC), under the Office of Multicultural Affairs, are Center that provides a brave, inclusive, and affirming space for students and guests.

The Inclusivity Resource Centers (IRC) were created to provide students with resources to assist in authentic and informed peer dialogue on topics of equity and inclusion. The IRC will provide social justice training for students, host equity and inclusion themed workshops, and through a collaboration with the Center for Counseling and Consultation, on the Queens, NY, campus, the Center will offer the services of a mental health counselor for both individual counseling and group programming. The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ student programming opportunities will also operate out of the IRC.

IRC Staff

Monique Jernigan
Assistant Vice President for Equity & Inclusion

Deana Leonce
Coordinator of Resource Centers

Resources

Spectrum

Spectrum strives to strengthen, foster, and affirm an inclusive, welcoming academic and campus environment for all students regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression for the purpose of upholding our University’s Catholic, Vincentian, and Metropolitan mission.

Spectrum fulfills students’ opportunities to further actualize the University’s mission and core values by developing spiritual and personal growth, nurturing awareness and understanding, and embodying the spirit of empathy through a welcoming community that cultivates and reflects the values of human dignity, diversity, compassion, and inclusiveness.

In acknowledging these opportunities, Spectrum sets its foundation upon four pillars: Support, Education, Faith, and Service.

Spectrum Advisors

Matthew Pucciarelli, PhD (he/his)
Associate Provost of Global Programs
Newman Hall
[email protected]
718-990-7614

Jackie Lochrie (she/hers)
Senior Associate Dean of Student Services, Acting Dean of Students &
Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Garden Level
[email protected]
718-990-7614

Pillar Advisors

Education Advisor
Shanté Paradigm Smalls, PhD (they/them)
Associate Professor, Department of English
St. Augustine Hall
[email protected]
718-990-2936

Faith Advisor
Jimmy Walters, EdD (he/his)
Director of Residence Ministry and Catholic Scholars Program
Adjunct Faculty, School of Education and Institute for Core Studies
O’Connor Hall
[email protected]
718-990-6327

Spectrum Executive Board

Leigha Clarke (she/hers)
Major: Psychology
[email protected]

Joanne Fung (she/hers)
Major: Pharmacy
[email protected]

Andy Ma (he/his)
Major: Communication Arts
[email protected]

Amir Singh (he/his)
Majors: Computer Science / Cyber Security
[email protected]

Antiracism & Racial Literacy Resources

To support the anti-racism efforts happening in our institution, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) has curated an extensive list of resources geared toward improving the racial literacy of our constituents and community. As a department, it is important that we continue to shed light on this very real systemic issue that is pervasive in many areas of our lives. It is our hope that consumption of these resources will be helpful in your journey to deepening your understanding of the processes and systems that perpetuate and uphold systems of oppression.

As we continue the daily journey of being an anti-racist department and campus, we first hold ourselves accountable as we also support peer and community accountability. To do this, we begin with the competencies of self-awareness and empathy as we work toward better understanding and supporting one another.

Anti-racism is an ongoing process that requires continuous, proactive engagement, and participation. OMA would like to provide this resource list to supplement the process of unlearning racism, beginning with ourselves, our classrooms and campuses, our families, and our community.

To supplement your actions in becoming anti-racist, we encourage you to begin with knowledge building through review of this curated list, which includes articles and readings that may be helpful in understanding different perspectives, books featuring notable authors who write about lived experiences through the lens of race and antiracism, videos including TED Talks, clips, movies, and television shows aimed at increasing individual and group awareness. Further, we have provided links inclusive of a “how-to” section for those seeking to take action. To support the protection of your energy, referred to as self-care, we have also included things to do in the NYC area and a list of mental health resources from internal and external sources.

This curated list includes several categories to cater to the different needs of our campus community. This list, while extensive, is not complete. We invite you to contact us to provide any resources you believe are missing or would like to see featured.

Being Antiracist – A resource by the National Museum of African American History and Culture offers an overview of the types of racism that are pervasive in our society, and how we can be effective antiracists. The link provides an extensive list of terminology, videos, readings and more.
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups – developed by Dr. Craig Elliott
What Does it Mean to Be Antiracist? (Handout from Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese Singh)
White Supremacy Culture - from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ)
Asian American Christian Collaborative
Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP)
Embrace Race – Asian Americans, Racism & Antiracism in the COVID Era
Embrace Race – COVID Resources that Take Race Seriously
Anti-Blackness in Non-Black POC Communities: A guide to starting anti-racist conversations with friends and family.
A Guide to Responding to Microaggressions | Kevin Nada

Academia – Whose Culture Has Capital – A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth by Tara J. Yosso
Medium – “Open Question: What is a World Without Whiteness?” by Dr. Vajra Watson (June 1, 2020).
Medium – “White Academia: Do Better.” by Jasmine Roberts (June 8, 2020).
Psychology Today – “Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life” by Derald Wing Sue (Oct. 5, 2010).
Taunya Lovell Banks, Professor of Law, “After Minneapolis,” University of Maryland Carey School of Law (June 1, 2020).
The Atlantic – “Racism is Terrible. Blackness is Not” by Imani Perry (June 12, 2020).
The Atlantic – “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (June 23, 2014).
The Atlantic – “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” By Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (May 12, 2020).
The Players’ Tribune - “Privileged” by Kyle Korver (April 8, 2019).
The Record Boston University School of Law – “The Fire This Time” by Angela Onwuachi-Willig (June 1, 2020)
The New York Times Magazine – The 1619 Project (all articles) by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The Undefeated – “Why We Must Talk About the Asian-American Story, Too: Anti-Asian-American racism paints picture of a ‘Model Minority.’” by Brando Simeo Starkey (November 3, 2016).
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
University of Michigan, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: “I Am So Tired” (May 29, 2020).

Some books may currently be out of stock, we encourage you to consider e-book options:

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Between the World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt
Black Appetite White Food by Jamila Lyiscott
…But I’m Not Racist by Kathy Obear
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta L. Hammond
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed a Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil T. Gotanda, Gary Peller & Kendall Thomas
Can We Talk About Race? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha Series) by Tomi Adeyami
Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
Colorblind Racism by Meghan Burke
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brené Brown
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Dives and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
Fire Shut up in My Bones by Charles Blow
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Ya’ll Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe
Home by Toni Morrison
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
How Does it Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones
How We Fight White Supremacy by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams
Linguistic Justice Black Language, Literacy, Identity and Pedagogy by April Baker Bell
Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Native Son by Richard Wright
Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy a. Degruy
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Carmelita (Rosie) Castañeda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, and Ximena Zúñiga
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audra Lorde
Slavery by Another Name the Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys by Ali Michael, Eddie Moore, Jr. Et.al.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
The Source of Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations by Toni Morrison
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jenkins
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker
We Got This. Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
When Affirmative Action Was White: The Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era by Shelby Steele
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the U.S. Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
The Urgency of Intersectionality Kimberlé Crenshaw
How We Can Make Racism a Solvable Problem – and Improve Policing Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
Racism Has a Cost for Everyone Heather C. McGhee
How to Build an Antiracist World Ibram X. Kendi
How Racism Makes Us Sick David R. Williams
How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time
The Danger of a Single Story Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3 Ways to Speak English Dr. Jamila Lyiscott
We Need to Talk About an Injustice Bryan Stevenson
What it Takes to Be Racially Literate Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them Vernā Myers
Color Blind or Color Brave? Mellody Hobson
Courage is Contagious Damon Davis
How to Get Serious About Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Janet Stovall
My Identity is a Superpower – Not An Obstacle America Ferrera
We Need to Address the Real Roots of Racial Violence Megan Ming Francis

Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Why “I’m Not Racist” is Only Half the Story | Robin DiAngelo
Systemic racism explained (4-minute animated video)
PBS – Bryan Stevenson: How to Change the Culture of Policing (06.02.2020)
“We Cannot Stay Silent About George Floyd” | Patriot Act Digital Exclusive | Netflix (12 min video)
Trevor Noah Breaks Down Reparations & White Privilege… (4 min video)
Jane Elliott on Her “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise” and Fighting Racism (7 min video)
Jane Elliott’s “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” Anti-Racism Exercise | 1992 Oprah Winfrey Show (32 min video)
“The Unequal Opportunity Race” (4 min video)
PBS – Black in America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

Netflix

13th (Ava DuVernay)
American Son (Kenny Leon)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
Seven Seconds (Veena Sud)
They’ve Gotta Have Us (Docuseries)
Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
Who Killed Malcolm X (Rachel Dretzin and Phil Bertelsen)
Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Jenner Furst)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Kasi Lemmons)
Becoming (Nadia Hallgren)
Teach Us All (Sonia Lowman)
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike
LA 92 (Daniel Lindsay & T.J. Martin)
The Force (Peter Nicks)
The Innocence Files (Roger Ross Williams)

Hulu

If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr. -- Hulu with Cinemax)
Black-ish (Kenya Barris)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (George C. Wolfe)
Whose Streets (Sabaah Folayan)
Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing)

Amazon Prime/HBO/Rental

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary directed by Raoul Peck)
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) free rental for the month of June 2020
Selma (Ava DuVernay)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi)
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
Loving (Jeff Nichols)
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
Belle (Amma Asante)
Black Kkklansman (Spike Lee)
Marshall (Reginald Hudlin)
Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYPL
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
New York, NY, 10037
(917) 275-6975

https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schomburg

Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107th Street Corona NY 11368
(718) 478-8274
http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/

Langston Hughes House
20 E. 127th Street New York, NY 10035
http://www.itooarts.com

African Burial Ground National Monument
290 Broadway New York, NY 10007
(212) 637-2019
http://www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm

Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center
3940 Broadway New York, NY 10032
http://theshabazzcenter.net/

Studio Museum in Harlem
144 W. 125th Street New York, NY 10027
(212) 864-4500
http://www.studiomuseum.org/

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
405 W. 55th Street New York, NY 10019
(212) 405-9000
http://www.alvinailey.org/

Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Mother Zion)
1st African American church
140-7 West 137th Street New York, NY 10030
(212) 234-1544

Weeksville Heritage Center
1698 Bergen Street Brooklyn, NY 11213
http://www.weeksvillesociety.org/

Shirley Chisolm Circle
900 Prospect Place Brooklyn, NY 11213
https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/brower-park/highlights/19703

Addisleigh Park Historic District
110-40 177th Street Jamaica, NY 11433

Black Spectrum Theatre
177th Street & Baisley Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434
http://www.blackspectrum.com/index.html

Minton’s
206 W 118th Street New York, NY 10026
(212) 243-2222
http://www.mintonsharlem.com/

African American Museum of Nassau County
110 North Franklin Street Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 572-0730
http://www.theaamuseum.org/

Fraunces Tavern Museum
54 Pearl Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004
(212) 425-1778
https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org

Apollo Theater
253 W 125th Street New York, NY 10027
https://www.apollotheater.org/

Lewis Latimer House
34-41 137th Street Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 961-8585
https://lewislatimerhouse.org

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art
80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn 11217 (Exterior & Lobby Galleries, Central Gallery)
Nolan Park House 7A, Governors Island NYC 10004 (House)
(718) 230-0492 x700
https://mocada.org

Sandy Ground Historical Society
1538 Woodrow Road Staten Island, N.Y. 10309
(718) 317-5796
https://sandyground.wordpress.com/

St. John’s University Center for Counseling & Consultation Resource List

Below we have outlined resources for identity-based counseling services. Individual therapists have not been vetted and are simply a reference list for those seeking identity-based counseling services from licensed clinicians.

Therapy for Black Girls
Therapy for Black Girls is an online space committed to improving the mental health and wellness of Black women and girls.
https://therapyforblackgirls.com/

Psychology Today African American Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/african-american

Psychology Today Latinx Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/hispanic-and-latino

Therapy for Latinx
https://www.therapyforlatinx.com

Psychology Today Asian Therapist Directory
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/asian

Psychology Today Native & Indigenous Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/native-american

Psychology Today Middle Eastern Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/arabic

Psychology Today Bi/Multiracial Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/multicultural/ny/new-york

Psychology Today LGBTQIA+ Therapist Directory https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/gay

Psychology Today Racial Identity Therapists
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/racial-identity

Psychology Today Disability Therapist Directory
Learning
Cognitive

Inclusive Therapist Directory – find a therapist for all identities https://www.inclusivetherapists.com

National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI)
https://www.nyxt.nyc/naminyc/

NAMI NYC Metro Support Groups
https://www.naminycmetro.org/support-groups/

NAMI Queens/Long Island
https://namiqn.org

NAMI Brooklyn/Staten Island
http://www.namistatenisland.org/

Ourselves, Black
Information concerning mental health promotion, positive coping and resources related to mental illness and treatment.
https://ourselvesblack.com/home