The Student Government Association stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
On this page, you'll find categorized national, statewide and UMass specific resources:
Black Lives Matter
BLM provides resources, information, and toolkits in the effort to end violence inflicted on black communities.
Showing Up for Racial Justice
SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.
Obama Foundation Resources
The Obama Foundation provides ways to advocate for change, resources to learn about police violence, actions you can take to encourage reform, and organizations you can support.
National Black Justice Coalition
The NBJC is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people. NBJC has provided leadership at the intersection of national civil rights groups and LGBTQ/SGL organizations, advocating for the unique challenges and needs of the African American LGBTQ/SGL community.
Therapy for Black Girls
Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. You can follow TBG through their podcast and private community Facebook support group. They also provide a directory to connect women with culturally competent therapists. TBG holds free group support sessions weekly on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. EST.
ACLU's Know Your Rights if Stopped By Police Guide
A guide to how to navigate through various situations involving the police.
Being Antiracist
Being antiracist is fighting against racism. This resource by the National Museum of African American History and Culture provides an overview of the types of racism endemic in our society, and how we can be active antiracists.
NAACP
The NAACP’s mission is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Letters for Black Lives
Letters for Black Lives is a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally-aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness. It offers explainers of the Black Lives Matter movement in dozens of languages, including Chinese, Spanish, Russian and more.
Ourselves, Black
Information about mental health promotion and positive coping as well as resources related to mental illness and treatment. Ourselves, Black provides relevant, current, and engaging mental health content and stories specifically rooted in communities of color.
Inclusive Therapists
The Inclusive Therapists database provides therapists with training for racial trauma and connects people of all identities, abilities, and bodies with culturally sensitive caregivers.
Black Visions Collective
Building collective power to address the harms of past and present generations is our work. With this power, we believe that we can and will influence just global movements of resilience, community action, and possibility.
Women of Color Leadership Network (WOCLN)
A program of the Center for Women & Community at UMass Amherst that celebrates and supports the accomplishments and endeavors of all self-identified women and nonbinary people of color in the Five College Consortium of Western Massachusetts.
Malcolm X Cultural Center (MXCC)
The Malcolm X Cultural Center was established to provide space for social gathering, education through courses and speaker series, and political engagement for Black students through the Black Caucus. The Malcolm X Room served an important role in the social wellbeing of Black students at a time when universities across the nation were opening their doors to students of color but were not equipped to support their transition to college.
Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office responds to individual student needs and concerns, providing the support, resources and referrals they may need.
Phone: (413) 545-2684
Center for Counseling and Psychological Health
CCPH is staffed by licensed mental health providers and available 24 hours a day to provide crisis intervention services and assessment. CPPH offers a number of psychological and mental health consulting services, including a summer support group for students of color every Thursday at 3:00pm.
Phone: 413-545-2337
Center for Multicultural Advancement of Student Success (CMASS)
CMASS will be providing a number of support systems and resources over summer intermission including drop-in sessions, one on one opportunities to talk, and collaborative programming with UMass community members and offices.
UMass Men and Masculinities Center
Using a male-positive, multicultural, and pro-feminist perspective, the Men and Masculinities Center promotes healthy relationships and positive expressions of masculinity; provides programs to support male students to explore the intersections of male identities; and fosters men’s healthy and positive development through scholarship, leadership development, outreach, and advocacy.
Student Legal Services Office
The Student Legal Services Office (SLSO) provides legal assistance to UMass Amherst students and student groups.
Phone: 413-545-1995
Stonewall Center
The Stonewall Center provides support, resources, programming, and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA) and allied students, staff, and faculty at UMass Amherst and for the larger Pioneer Valley. We also seek to educate the campus and local community about heterosexism, genderism, other forms of oppression, and the intersections of identities and oppressions in order to strengthen and sustain an inclusive climate for LGBTQIA individuals and their allies.
Youth Justice & Power Union
Organization run by black and brown youths in Boston, centers black and brown voices, builds community, and develops leaders in order to address systemic issues.
Sisters Unchained
A WOC-run prison abolitionist org helping young women with parental incarceration through an innovative blend of education, arts, and healing.
Material Aid and Advocacy Program
Supports and empowers community members experiencing homelessness or living in poverty, through material aid, access to resources, and advocacy opportunities.
SNaPCo
Builds power of Black trans and queer people to force systemic divestment from the prison industrial complex and invest in community support
Trans Cultural District
The world's first-ever legally recognized trans district, which aims to stabilize and economically empower the trans community
The Okra Project
Collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black trans people by bringing home-cooked meals and resources to the community
MA LGBTQ Resource Map
This map of resources is compiled by the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth. It is meant to help youth, families, teachers, and providers find LGBTQ services near to them.
Black AIDS Institute
Working to end the Black HIV epidemic through policy, advocacy, and high-quality direct HIV services
LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund
Posts bail for LGBTQ people held in jail or immigrant detention and raises awareness of the epidemic of LGBTQ over-incarceration
Trans Justice Funding Project
Community-led funding initiative to support grassroots trans justice groups run by and for trans people
The Network/La Red
Survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in LGBTQ, SM, and polyamorous communities
The Audre Lorde Project
The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education, and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice.
Tapestry Health
Affordable, LGBTQ-friendly health care. Services include free breast and cervical cancer screenings for uninsured and underinsured women, a needle exchange program, and free, anonymous HIV testing
Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride
Works to end the isolation of Asian and Pacific Islander families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members through support, education, and dialogue
Building Inclusive AI
As AI use increases, an issue being found is that AI often reflects and picks up on the implicit biases it is trained on. This article explores strategies for training AI against these racial biases.
Reducing Implicit Bias in AI Detection Use
This article discusses ways to implement AI detection to uniformly check students' work rather than selective checking. It talks about implicit racial biases teachers display and what can be done to mitigate them.
For any additional questions or concerns, please contact the Secretary of Diversity.
