DEI Events Calendar
We are pleased to share Diversity, Equity and Inclusion related events in the Washington legal community. If you wish to have your event listed here and on the WSBA calendar,
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resource Library
Compiled Resource Lists | Reading | CLEs | Data
Resource Lists
Princeton University Antiracism Resources/Research List
USC School of Social Work Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege
Council on Accreditation: 10 Resources for your Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
Project Lets: Introduction to Disability Justice Resources
Adultification Bias ResourcesSuggested Books and Articles
Many of the books listed below can be borrowed from the WSBA Lending Library. The Lending Library is a free service to WSBA members offering the short-term loan of books on various topics, including Racism and Law, Disability Justice, and the Criminal Punishment system. Learn more about the Lending Library.
Titles available in the Lending Library are listed in bolded text.
Criminal Justice System
Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada, edited by Ben-Moshe, Chapman, and Carey
From the War on Poverty to the War on Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Prison by Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris
Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock
Identity and Intersectionality
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory by Patricia Hill Collins
Intersectionality: Key Concepts by Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much More by Janet Mock
How to Be an Inclusive Leader by Jennifer Brown
Microaggressions and Bias
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD
Microaggressions and Modern Racism by Charisse C. Levchak (Downloadable PDF available)
We Can’t Talk about That at Work! by Mary-Frances Winters
Overcoming Bias by Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman
Subtle Acts of Exclusion by Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran
Race
What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?
And We are Not Saved: the Elusive Quest for Racial Justice by Derrick Bell
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Gary Peller, Kendall Thomas
Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick Bell
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Remedies to Structural Racism by the Othering and Belonging Institute
Articles on Intersectionality
For a list of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-themed CLEs, visit here.
To access WSBA Diversity and Inclusion Data, visit here.
