In light of recent events, please find resources regarding help for racial and LGBTQ trauma and related issues:
Racial trauma:
Tips For Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
Emotionally Restorative Self-Care for People of Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLT_YQLGF8
The Road to Resilience
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/road-resilience.aspx
9 things you can do to help end racism
101 Ways to Take Care of Yourself when the World Feels Overwhelming: http://www.upworthy.com/101-self-care-suggestions-for-when-it-all-feels-like-too-much?c=ufb2
Racial Trauma:
https://www.wheelock.edu/Documents/About/racialtraumaisrealManuscript.pdf
Psychological Toll of Racism: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/24/magazine/racisms-psychological-toll.html
Psychological Impact of Traumatic News: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/07/02/419462959/coping-while-black-a-season-of-traumatic-news-takes-a-psychological-toll
Impact of Racial Trauma on African Americans: http://www.heinz.org/userfiles/impactofracialtraumaonafricanamericans.pdf
Advice for White Individuals Following a Shooting of a Black Individual: http://www.justinccohen.com/blog/2016/7/6/advice-for-white-folks-in-the-wake-of-the-police-murder-of-a-black-person
Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism: http://citizenshipandsocialjustice.com/2015/07/10/curriculum-for-white-americans-to-educate-themselves-on-race-and-racism/
How White People can be Allies: http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/08/ferguson_how_white_people_can_be_allies/
Teaching and Discussion resources about Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, Racism: https://www.learningforjustice.org/moment/racism-and-police-violence
Teaching about Ferguson, Do’s and Don’ts: http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/09/teaching_about_ferguson_do_s_and_don_ts/
Orlando shooting:
Hope to cope after a mass shooting
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/mass-shooting.aspx
Responding to the tragedy in Orlando: Helpful resources for LGBTQ people and allies
Recovering emotionally from disaster
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/recovering-disasters.aspx
In the wake of the Orlando massacre: 7 ways I take care of myself during depressive episodes:
http://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/7-ways-i-find-relief-in-depression-taylor/
13 soothing books to read when everything hurts:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahgiorgis/escape-plan?utm_term=.gfZX5W00W#.dnEadjQQj
Tips to support individual and community healing: