CIED Resources

The Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) has developed a diverse resource page on monthly observances. Please check back soon for additional resources in the upcoming months.

A comprehensive list of all monthly observances is also available on the CIED Diversity Calendar.

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May

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May)

Asian American/Asian Research Institute (CUNY)
Homegrown: Samoan Studies Institute Students' Association for Faasamoa (Library of Congress)
The Art of the Memoir-May 27, 2021 (Library of Congress)
Poet Cathy Park Hong (“Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning”) and novelist Wayétu Moore (“The Dragons, the Giant, the Women”), both nominees for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography, discuss how their memoirs give voice to history and speak to the present moment.
Subway Cinema (Official site of NYAFF)
Jihye Lee Quintet: Rest in the Arms of Motherlands-May 21, 2021 (New York State)
PBS Resources
Mental Health America
Asian American Studies
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
Anti-Asian Violence Resources
Self Evident Asian American Stories

Videos

Asian American Stories in the Time of Coronavirus

National Military Appreciation Month (May)

CUNY

CUNY School of Professional Studies Veteran Services

Nurses Appreciation Week (May)

June

African American Music Month (June)

Timeline of events

Spotify playlists for African American Music Month

CUNY Schools Programs and Initiatives

Bronx Community College
Robert Wechsler on African American musicians in New Rochelle - 2020

Brooklyn College
American Music Review, Vol. XLIV, No. 2, Spring 2015
Black and White, then “Red” All Over: Chicago’s American Negro Music Festival By Mark Burford, Reed College

New York City College of Technology
News blog for the Ursula C. Schwerin Library. June 2018 - African American Music Appreciation Month | A Library Vinyl Record Display

LGBTQ+ Pride Month (June)

Language and communication are more than just using requested pronouns. Although this is important as well, learn the definitions for some common terms relating to the LGBTQIA+ community and guidance on how and where to use them.

CUNY Resources

CUNY LGBTQ Resources
Social Science & Public Policy Center-Hunter College
CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies-The Graduate Center

LGBTQ Communities

The Center for Black Equity
National Black Justice Coalition
Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
NativeOUT
We R Native
Galaei
Galaei Facebook
TransLatin@ Coalition
Unity Coalition
Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement
NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance)
The Visibility Project
DeQH Desi LGBTQ Hotline for South Asians
Muslims for Progressive Values
Coming Home to Islam and to Self

Mental Health and Wellness

Parents

Educators

Additional Resources

Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey (PDF)
Everyday Feminism-Racism, privilege, homophobia, and disability through the lens of modern feminism
American Institute of Bisexuality
Bi-inclusivity
Transwhat-Transgender community and how to be a better ally.
Trans Lifeline-Crisis support for and by the trans community

July

Disability Pride Month (July)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

ADA website maintained by Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice features legal information, design standards, technical assistance materials, and enforcement
Virtual exhibits on ADA 30, at the NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

History of the Disability Rights Movement

The Museum of disABILITY History (Buffalo) features a virtual wing on the history of disability advocacy in the United States and New York State
Disability History NYC profiles the individuals and organizations that made up the disability rights movement in New York City
Disability justice based performance project Sins Invalid offers a range of disability justice resources, including a multimedia curriculum

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