Racial Justice

Prayer for My White Colleagues in Education

Prayer
This prayer invites white educators to wallow in their discomfort as a first step on a journey toward systemic change that includes looking at the history of their institutions with new eyes and...

Setting Norms for Challenging Conversations

Fact Sheet & Handout
This series of resources provides professional development for anyone who would like to learn how to set norms for culturally relevant and challenging conversations in their classroom or community....

Conversations on Race in the Classroom: Gallery Walk

Activity
Conversations about race are more crucial now than ever, and it is important to know how to facilitate these conversations in a classroom. In this series, Justin White and Br. Ken Homan, S.J. share...

Lead Us, Lord

Prayer
This prayer asks for the grace to move from complacency to action, from building walls of division to creating bridges of unity, and from apathy to compassion. We pray that justice, dignity, and...

Conversations on Race in the Classroom: Defining the Terms

Activity
Conversations about race are more crucial now than ever, and it is important to know how to facilitate these conversations in a classroom. In this series, Justin White and Br. Ken Homan, S.J. share...

Racial Justice Movie Guide

Fact Sheet & Handout
Use the Racial Justice Movie Guide for information on 11 movies and documentaries that explore themes of racial justice in the United States. This guide contains short summaries of the movies, links...

Catholic Social Teaching and Racism in Education

Reflection
Learn about key moments in from history that have perpetuated racism in the education system in the United States to the present moment. Discussion questions invite critical thinking around the...

A Lamentation and Prayer for Action Against Racism

Prayer
This prayer of lamentation mourns Black lives lost due to the sin of racism. We are called to embrace and embody gospel values in order to transform sinful structures of racism and violence.

George Floyd, Minneapolis Protest, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper Discussion Guide

Film Discussion Guide
This discussion guide provides questions to help students connect issues of systemic racism with current events as discussed in an 18-minute video by Trevor Noah of the Daily Show. In the video,...

Examen for White Allies

Prayer
The Examen for White Allies invites white people to reflect and become aware of the systemic racial oppression that our society is built upon, how they benefit from it, and how they can use their...

Four Ways for White People to Challenge White Apathy

Reflection
In his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. poignantly stated that the greatest obstacle toward freedom and a world of racial justice is "not the White Citizen’s...

Migrant Workers' Rights and COVID-19

Reflection
During COVID19, there has been a great deal of talk regarding essential workers. In many ways, the virus has reminded us of those workers we frequently forget or outright ignore. Learn how COVID-19...