Diversity Training and Resources

ReJUS will periodically provide Diversity and Bias training in collaboration with our partners. Training opportunities will be posted in the ReJUS calendar (visual). We have also compiled training materials for you to access at your own pace.

Essential Learning


Hope in the Struggle: How a Black woman from Texas became one of the most well-known civil rights activists in Minnesota, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment


A good time for the truth: Minnesota communities struggle with some of the nation's worst racial disparities. In this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota's best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in Minnesota.


The Case for Reparations, by Ta Nehisi Coates

Podcasts

Nice White People: Nice White Parents, released on July 30, is a five-part limited series from the team that redefined podcasting back in 2014. Nice White Parents puts a different criminal on trial: the white liberalism that has helped perpetuate the segregation of public schools in America for decades under the guise of progressive ideals. This American Life producer Chana Joffe-Walt tells the story through an on-the-ground investigation into the School for International Studies (SIS), a New York City public school that was predominantly serving students of color. That is, until a flood of white parents who couldn't get their kids into preferred white schools instead decided to enroll them there, causing it to become a battleground of racial tensions and inequalities. On its face, the integration of white kids into an underfunded school of mostly Black and brown kids might sound like progress. In reality, the podcast reveals, the path to upholding white supremacy can be paved with good intentions, especially when it comes to unwitting white parents just trying to do what’s best for their kids.


Code Switch. This podcast offers fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story.