Coffee & Conversation Resources

Butterflies Lead Teacher Dieynaba Diaw and Executive Director Jamila Carter led a Coffee & Conversation in February about the topic Celebrating Differences: How to Talk to Young Children About Race. 

Below are some resources they shared.

Resources: Talking to Young Children About Race

• Colorful Stories 
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
• https://www.learningforjustice.org
• https://diversebooks.org
• https://www.embracerace.org/resources/teaching-and-talking-to-kids
• https://centerracialjustice.org
• https://colorfulpages.org
• The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child's Bookshelf | Grace Lin | TED
• Coming Together
• EmbraceRace kidlit conversations and resources
• Seeing, Noticing, and Talking About Differences with Young Children
• “They’re Not Too Young to Talk About Race”
• 8 tips for choosing “good” picture books featuring diverse, BIPOC characters
• Children’s Racial Learning: A Growing Parenting Priority
• How to nurture friendships between kids of color
• Anti-Bias Books