Online Resources for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The UT website offers a wealth of materials to help each of us further our community’s diversity and inclusion goals. These resources are for use by faculty, staff, students and the community at large.
Resources for Faculty and Staff
- Commission for Blacks
- Commission for LGBT People
- Commission for Women
- Council for Diversity and Interculturalism
- Office of Equity and Diversity
- Free Speech at UT
- The Intersection of Race, the Pandemic and Higher Education: A Guide by UT Library Systems
- IPSA Cultural Competency Series
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
- Safe Zone
- Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence-STRIDE
- Office of Title IX
- Trailblazer Series
Resources for Students
- Bias Incident Protocol and Reporting
- Black Cultural Programming Committee
- Civility and Community Initiative
- Free Speech at UT
- Frieson Black Cultural Center
- Guide to Bystander Intervention from the Southern Poverty Law Center
- International House & Organizations
- IPSA Cultural Competency Series
- Multicultural Student Life-Global Students
- Pipeline: Vols for Women in Stem
- Pride Center
- Report an Incident of Bias to the UT Bias Incident and Referral Team
- Safe Zone
- Spiritual and Faith Based Student Organizations
- Student Disability Services
- Student Government Association Diversity Affairs Committee
- Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation – TLSAMP
- UT Diversity Information & Links
- UT Help Line
- UT Office of Equity and Diversity
- UT Office of Multicultural Student Life
- UT Psychological Clinic
- UT Student Health Center
- Veteran Student Services
- Volunteer Impact Academy
- What Is Bias?
Resources and Reading for Anti-Racism Education and Practice
- 20 Best Books about Anti-Racism to educate yourself
- Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliances: Dismantling Anti-Black Bias in Democratic Workplaces Toolkit
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Drake University Social Justice Toolkit
- The Everyday Language of White Racism by Jane H. Hill (a downloadable e-book from UT Libraries)
- How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- National Juvenile Justice Network: Training and Resources for Anti-Racist Organizational Development
- The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
- OWN: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Reducing Gender Biases in Modern Workplaces: A Small Wins Approach to Organizational Change
- Scaffolding Anti-Racist Resources
- A Series on Racial Inequality by Leadership Tennessee
- Skype a Scientist: Anti-racism in Science
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
- Ten Small Steps for Department Chairs to Foster Inclusion
- Tri-College Allyship and Anti-Oppression: A Resource Guide
- Understanding Modern-Day Segregation with Nikole Hannah-Jones
- University of Southern California Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Research Guide: Anti-Racist Pedagogy
- “We Can’t Ignore This Issue”: How to Talk With Students About Racism
- “What Can I Do?”: resources, subject matter experts, and definitions to help understand power and privilege.
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Race, by Robin DiAngelo
Resources to Get Involved
- Community Building Institute
- Knoxville Area Urban League
- Centro Hispano de East Tennessee
- Girl Talk Incorporated
- Project Grad Knoxville
- PhD Project
- United Way of Knoxville
- Volunteer East Tennessee
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
- Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Resources to Care for Yourself
- 365 Days of Affirming Black Life and Amplifying Black Love
- Advice For Faculty Members Feeling Exhausted by Racial Battle Fatigue
- American Association of Black Psychologists Family-Care, Community-Care and Self-Care Tool Kit
- Boston College Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture Racial Trauma Toolkit
- Mental Health First Aid USA: 3 Self-Care Tips to Cope With A Culture of Violence
- Radical Self-Care: 25 Tips for Black People
- Taking Care of Yourself and Others During Racial Trauma: A guide for healing in the face of race-based turmoil
- What Is Racial Trauma and How to Practice Radical Self-Care
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