In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, the University of Maryland School of Public Health is compiling and sharing messages of solidarity, resources for learning more about the impacts of institutionalized racism and opportunities to take action to fight injustice, discrimination and systemic racism. The following list will be updated to include recommendations received by students, faculty and staff. To suggest a resource for inclusion, please email sph-comm@umd.edu.
University of Maryland Messages and Resources
- Message from President Wallace Loh “In community and solidarity” May 31, 2020
- Message from Darryll J. Pines, President-Designate “Stand in Solidarity, Unite Against Injustice” June 1, 2020
- Message from School of Public Health Dean Boris D. Lushniak Confronting Racism as a Public Health Crisis June 2, 2020
UMD School of Public Health Messages of Solidarity
- Message from the Department of Behavioral and Community Health
- Message from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Message from the Department of Family Science, Dr. Sandra C. Quinn, chair
- Message from the Department of Health Policy and Management
- Message from the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
- UMD Prevention Research Center Statement on Police Violence and Anti-Racism
- LGBTQ+ Students and Allies in Public Health Denounce Anti-Black Violence and Racism
UMD Online Events
- SPH Community Dialogue | Agents of Change An introduction to the SPH Agents of Change Group
- Anti-Racism Teach-In (featuring SPH Associate Professor Mia Smith-Bynum among other UMD experts)
- Facebook Live Chat: Building Community for Anti-Racist Action
- Visit the Office of Diversity and Inclusion's #UMDSolidarity events calendar
Commentaries by UMD Faculty
- Too Many Names, Too Many Hashtags: The Killing of Unarmed Black People is a Public Health Pandemic by the Agents of Change: Mia Smith-Bynum, Craig S. Fryer, Jennifer D. Roberts, Cher M. Dallal, Typhanye V. Dyer, James Butler, III
- Central Park: Black Bodies, Green Spaces, White Minds by Jennifer Roberts
- Bad Apples Come from Rotten Policing by Rashawn Ray
Recommended Reading and Resource Lists
- PBS NewsHour: What to read, listen to and watch to learn about institutional racism
- An Anti-Racist Reading List by Ibram Kendi, New York Times
- Anti-Racism Resource Document (Compiled by a group of graduate students at the University Washington School of Public Health)
- Going Deeper, a living document created by Ben Parks, assistant director of College Park Scholars, to curate the many resources being shared related to anti-racism, anti-Blackness, whiteness, and police violence in June 2020.
- An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism from Buzz Feed
- Being Antiracist (from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)
- Antiracism resources for white people
Recommended Books
- How to Be an Antiracist A practical manual by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal Marie Fleming
- Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams
- Slavery and the Culture of Taste by Simon Gikandi
- Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women - edited by Mia Bay, Farah Griffin, Martha Jones, and Barbara Savage
- Erasing Racism: The Survival of the American Nation by Molefi Kete Asante
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
Organizations to Support, Ways to Give
- joincampaignzero.org - focuses on initiatives to end police violence
- 8cantwait.org - evidence-based solutions to end police killings (project of Campaign Zero)
- Baltimore Ceasefire, co-led by organizer Erricka Bridgeford, is a call-to-action group that works to promote peace and reduce violence through community events, or “sacred space rituals.” They are seeking outreach volunteers, Ceasefire ambassadors, event hosts, and donations through their website.
- I run with Maud - Donate to Ahmaud Arbery’s Family
- George Floyd Memorial Fund - Donate to George Floyd’s Memorial Fund
- Gianna Floyd Fund (George Floyd’s daughter)- Donate to Gianna Floyd’s Fund
- In Memory of Tony McDade- Donate in memory of Tony McDade
- Justice for David McAtee - Donate to Justice for David McAtee
- For James Scurlock’s Family - Donate to James Scurlock’s Family
- Breonna Taylor Fund - Donate to Justice for Breonna Taylor