DEI Resources

Local Resources: Bellevue, Eastside, and Seattle

• Check it out: Learn about the City of Bellevue’s Diversity Advantage Initiative and the Bellevue Centers Communities of Color Initiative.
• Visit: The Northwest African American Museum is back open!
• Visit: Eastside Heritage Center – 11660 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005
  • Participate in the Living History Project.
• Visit: Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience – 719 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104
  • The Back Home exhibit is now on view through March 2023 in the East Lightwell at the Wing Luke Museum. “Paradice Avenue Souf and the Wing Luke Museum join in collaboration to explore the intersection of Black and Brown communities in Seattle and across the globe, in the present day and through time immemorial.”
• Visit: Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center – 4705 W Marginal Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106
  • Help support federal recognition of the Duwamish Tribe by participating in this letter-writing campaign or signing this petition.
• Visit: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture – 4300 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
  • Check out the special exhibit: Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest, which takes a closer look at the rich history and artistry of Indigenous tattooing of the Northwest coast. 
• Visit: Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture — The first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, the Sea Mar Museum celebrates the rich history of Chicano/as and Latino/as in Washington state.

For Children and Students

• Read: A Kids Book About A collection of kid’s books designed to start a conversation about life’s most important stuff.
• Listen: List of eBooks for Talking to Kids about Race and Racism — King County Library System 
• Play: We-You Things App — An interactive book and happy app designed to encourage kids (ages 3-7) to appreciate differences.
• Tune in: National Museum of the American Indian, Student Webinars: Youth in Action: Conversations about Our Future: Hear from young Native activists and changemakers from across the Western Hemisphere working towards equity and social justice for Indigenous peoples. Topics vary each month. 
• Read: Our World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World by Miry Whitehill — A picture book filled with child-friendly messages about hospitality, compassion, refugees, and immigration.
• Read: Bird House by Blanca Gómez — This book tells the sweet story of a little girl and her abuela who save an injured bird. Read the book to find out what happens after the bird is released!
• Read: The Last Cuentista by local eastside author, Donna Barba Higuera — This middle-grade novel won the Newbery and Pura Belpré Awards. It’s about a 12-year-old who becomes the sole keeper of stories from earth.

Other resources and recommendations:

Listen

• Unlocking Us with Brene Brown
• Asian Enough (L.A.Times)
• Gender Reveal
• In Black America (NPR)
• All My Relations
• Disability Visibility
• Latino USA

Watch

• Take Out with Lisa Ling (HBO Max)
• Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea (Netflix)
• Disclosure (Netflix)
• Deaf U (Netflix)
• Things People With Disabilities Wish You Knew (4:57)
• Crash Course Black American History (YouTube series)
• What Being Hispanic and LatinX Means in the United States (11:50)
• Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix)
• Explained – Racial Wealth Gap (Netflix)

Read

• Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang
• How The Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
• Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes
• Ain’t Burned All The Bright by Jason Reynolds
• My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Antonio Vargas
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong 
• Demystifying Disability: What To Know, What To Say, and How To Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio