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Actions Against Racism: Bringing Together Trauma-Informed Practices, Social-Emotional Learning, And Racial Socialization To Combat Racism In Schools, Danielle R Hatchimonji, Kira Branch, Danika Perry, Tia N Barnes

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

Racism is a social determinant of health with dire consequences for the health, education, and mental health of students of color. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop and test evidence-based strategies to combat racism in schools. In response to this need, our team has developed a multi-tiered school-based intervention to build capacity for combatting racism in educators, students, and families. The "Actions Against Racism" intervention synthesizes three evidence-based practices: trauma-informed practices, social-emotional learning (SEL), and racial socialization. The multiple tiers of intervention aim to cultivate skills for combatting individual and structural racism in educators, families, and students across …