Campus and Community Health, Wellness and Support Resources

UW Supports & Resources

UW has several supports and resources we hope are helpful:

• SafeCampus
• Bias Incident Reporting Tool
• Counseling Center
• Let’s Talk
• Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
• Health & Wellness Resources Handout

Community Supports & Resources

There are many supports and resources available in the community.  Below is a (short) list of some of them:

• Mental Health:

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 
  • Call the NAMI Helpline at 800-950-NAMI
  • Or in a crisis, text “NAMI” to 741741
• Trauma Response and Crisis Care (TRACC)
• Melanin and Mental Health 
• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
• Black Mental Health Alliance 
• Liberate Meditation App: for Black, Indigenous, and POC
• Headspace Free Meditations
• Live Another Day - Extensive information on mental health and substance use resources for people of color. Their mission is equal access to life-saving resources. They have guides for black, Latinx, Asian, and native people.
• Detox Local - An extensive list of mental health and substance use resources specifically for the AAPI (American Asian and Pacific Islander) community.

• Therapy Resources:

• Mental Health/Therapy instagram
• Therapyforblackgirls instagram

• Books, Articles, Podcasts and Additional Resources (content warning: a few of the resources below may bring up additional trauma for some; please take care when reading)

• Books (we encourage buying from local booksellers to support small businesses!) 
  • Criminal Justice Reform
    
    • The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
    • Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
    • Chasing the Scream - Johann Hari
    • Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis
  • Race/How to be Better
    • How to be Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
    • Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
    • White Rage - Carol Anderson
    • Where Do We Go from Here? Chaos or Community - Martin Luther King Jr.
    • So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
    • Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad
    • Raising Our Hands - Jenna Arnold
    • Redefining Realness - Janet Mock
    • Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde
    • The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century - Grace Lee Boggs
    • Why We Can't Wait - Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Academic / History
    • The Revolution Has Come - Robyn Spencer
    • Lies My Teacher Told Me - James W. Loewen
    • Freedom Is a Constant Struggle⁣⁣: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement - Angela Y. Davis
    • Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State - Megan Ming Francis
    • The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon
    • A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
    • When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America - Ira Ketznelson
    • Discourse on Colonialism - Aimé Césaire 
  • Narrative Style
    • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
    • The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
    • Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • We Were Eight Years in Power - Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
    • The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
    • This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color - Cherrie Moraga
    • The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson
    • Heavy: An American Memoir - Kiese Laymon
    • Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
    • Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
    • Native Son - Richard Wright
    • Born A Crime - Trevor Noah
    • Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins
    • Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Dr. Brittney Cooper
    • Citizen - Claudia Rankine
• Articles & Blogs
  • Resources to Be an Ally to the Black Community
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture's “Talking about Race” Web Portal 
  • Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week
  • An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism
  • Black Lives Matter: Home
  • About Black Perspectives
  • The Guide to Allyship
  • Protest Safety Guide
  • Twitter Explains How To Support Black Lives Matter As A Non-Black Person
  • www.WhiteAccomplices.org
  • Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue
  • Movement for Black Lives Policy Platforms
  • "America's Racial Contract Is Killing Us" by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
  • Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
  • The Combahee River Collective Statement
  • "The Intersectionality Wars" by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
  • Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
  • "Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?" by Courtney Martin
  • "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
  • "Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

• Podcasts
  • 1619 by The New York Times
  • About Race
  • Code Switch by NPR
  • The Diversity Gap
  • Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
  • Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
  • Seeing White
  • Pod for the Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
  • Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

• Racial Justice Donation Funds

• Manuel Ellis Fund
• Northwest Community Bail Fund
• George Floyd Memorial Fund | Official GoFundMe to support the Floyd Family
• Minnesota Freedom Fund | Community-based nonprofit that pays criminal bail & immigration bonds for those arrested protesting police brutality
• Black Visions Collective | A Black, Trans & Queer-led organization that commits to dismantling systems of oppression
• Reclaim the Block | Coalition that advocates for & invests in community safety initiatives  in Minneapolis Neighborhoods
• Unicorn Riot | Non-profit dedicated to exposing root causes of dynamic social & environmental issues
• The Innocence Project | Exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices
• The Bail Project | National nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence

• Supporting Seattle Organizations and Mutual Aids | GoFundMe for UW Solidarity for Black Student Needs, pool is distributed to various organizations in Washington State

• Campaign Zero | An Agenda to End Police Violence