Resources for Black and Immigrant Youth created by Golden Mti
Picture books for pre-KG to grade 1:
I Am Enough by Grace Byers https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35396839-i-am-enough
All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color by Katie Kissinger https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50564.All_the_Colors_We_Are
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43853210-the-proudest-blue
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50880505-intersectionallies
Grade 1 to 3:
Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/623627.Freedom_River
When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31258103-when-we-were-alone
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37119048-where-are-you-from
Let’s Talk about Race by Julius Lester https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/268111.Let_s_Talk_about_Race
The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773936.The_Bracelet
Something Happened In Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianna Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37953987-something-happened-in-our-town
Grade 4-6:
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis, Kathy Kacer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29403531-i-am-not-a-number
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58382.Through_My_Eyes
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51942425-black-brother-black-brother
New Kid (New Kid #1) by Jerry Craft https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39893619-new-kid
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/638689.Elijah_of_Buxton
Teens:
Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13592251-escape-to-gold-mountain
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50214741-the-girl-with-the-louding-voice
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45730968-this-book-is-anti-racist
Here to Stay by Sara Farizan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38571446-here-to-stay
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/118944.American_Born_Chinese
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Bryan Stevenson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38251354-just-mercy-adapted-for-young-adults
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52220686-stamped
Mental Health Resources
BLACK YOUTH HELPLINE
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE (BEAM)
SUNSHINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/mental-health-issues-facing-the-black-community/
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK PSYCHOLOGISTS SELF-CARE TOOL KIT
https://www.abpsi.org/pdf/FamilyCommunitySelfCareToolKit.pdf
MELANIN AND MENTAL HEALTH
https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com/
OURSELVES BLACK
Student Success Resources
GOLDEN MTI
BLACK HISTORY IN CANADA EDUCATION GUIDE
http://education.historicacanada.ca/en/tools/40
BLACK TALENTS
https://blacktalents-ca1.webflow.io/
CENTER FOR NEWCOMERS
https://www.centrefornewcomers.ca/settlement-services
CALGARY BLACK CHAMBERS
https://calgaryblackchambers.ca/
RISING YOUTH
THE COLOUR FACTOR
CCIS (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society) ALBERTA
SETTLEMENT WORKERS IN SCHOOL (SWIS)