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
• 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
• 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