This list of resources is dynamic and not complete. If you have items to add, please contact us.
Events – Spring 2021
UMass BRiDGE events, Spring 2021
NCEAS seminar series: Advancing Ecology and Environmental Data Science for a More Just and Equitable Future (presentations in February, March, April 2021)
UMass Amherst History Department Feinberg Series, Spring 2021
- Feb 1, 12pm: Young People Fighting for Climate Justice
- Feb 24, 7:30pm: Landfall: Film Screening and Q/A
- Mar 4, 6pm: Disaster Capitalism, Ecofascism, and Ecoauthoritarianism
- Week of Mar 22: Viral Exchanges (lecture, 3/22) & The Land Beneath Our Feet (film, 3/25)
Chicago Wilderness presents: A Conversation with Carolyn Finney (Feb 17, 2021, register here)
Anti-racism resources & actions
- Scaffolded anti-racism resources: This document structures content aligned with stages of racial identity development. You can find yourself in this structure, and work from where you are.
- Movement for Black Lives: A collective that centers, and is led by and rooted in, Black communities.
- Black Lives Matter #WhatMatters2020: A campaign aimed to maximize the impact of the BLM movement by galvanizing BLM supporters and allies to the polls in the 2020 U.S Presidential Election to build collective power and ensure candidates are held accountable for the issues that systematically and disproportionately impact Black and under-served communities across the nation.
- Social Justice Calendar of Western Massachusetts: A calendar listing social justice events and actions in Western Mass.
Active Remote Learning
- Active Learning while Physical Distancing: Louisiana State University (LSU) provides a list of teaching tools to promote inclusive pedagogy during these times of social distancing. If you have suggestions, please fill out their form at the top of the document.
- Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes (by Flower Darby, James M. Lang)
- AORTA resources (Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance)
- Developing Class Participation Agreements: A resource from the UMass Center for Teaching and Learning
- Project Biodiversify: Tools for promoting diversity and inclusivity in biology classrooms (also check out this thread of Fall 2020 Workshops)