Please email info@calsalmon.org if you have any questions or suggestions for other resources to be listed here.
SRF urges our constituency to join us in educating ourselves on systemic racism and the ways that it manifests in higher education and the sciences. We have curated this list of anti-racism resources that specifically address racism in the environmental sciences, and will continue to add to it.
Websites:
Color of Water Hub - Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.
Environmental & Climate Justice - NAACP
Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism - Greenaction
Intersectional Environmentalism Platform - Is a climate justice collective radically imagining a more equitable + diverse future of environmentalism.
List of nonprofits fighting for social and environmental justice - 1% for the Planet
Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism
Redbud Resource Group- Building bridges between Native and non-native Communities. This website offers educational resources and the Going Beyond Land Acknowledgements training and assessment program that prepares organizations, institutions, and corporations to meaningfully partner with Native governments and communities.
Salmon Nation - Highlighting the diversity of people and places that support salmonids
The Water Hub - The Water Hub is a pro bono communications program of Climate Nexus that uses story-based strategies to advance water justice and resilience.
Salmon Nation - Highlighting the diversity of people and places that support salmonids
The Water Hub - The Water Hub is a pro bono communications program of Climate Nexus that uses story-based strategies to advance water justice and resilience.
40 Acre League - The 40 Acre Conservation League is a Black-led nonprofit, land conservancy formed with the goal of fostering greater human connections to nature to increase community support for its protection.
Guides, Presentations, and Trainings:
Anti-racism in STEM & Academia Self Education Resources
Cora Learning
Center for Urban Education
Dismantling Racism Workbook
Managing Unconscious Bias: Strategies to Manage Bias & Build More Diverse, Inclusive Organizations
Racial Equity Action Plan - State Water Board
Cora Learning
Center for Urban Education
Dismantling Racism Workbook
Managing Unconscious Bias: Strategies to Manage Bias & Build More Diverse, Inclusive Organizations
Racial Equity Action Plan - State Water Board
White Supremacy in Organizations Workbook
Approaches to Build Trust and Engage Our Diverse Communities - Session at 40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Fortuna, CA. April 28, 2023.
October 23, 2020: SRF hosted a panel of presentations on diversity, equity, and inclusion in restoration and conservation.
Books & Publications
California #LandBack Special Report by Cutcha Risling Baldy, Ph.D.; Carrie Tully, M.A; and Karley M. Rojas; and Save California Salmon. June, 2024.
Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice (Part of Feminist Technosciences series) by Cleo Wolfle Hazard. April 2022.
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action by Kari Marie Norgaard. September 2019.
Decolonizing Science Reading List by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein