Students of Color
- Some Pace University Resources
- Racial Trauma and Self Care Resources
- Resources for Asian American Students
- Resources for African or Black American Students
- Resources for Latino Students
- How to be an Ally
College students can struggle with adjustment, depression, anxiety, academic and career concerns, and relationship, financial, social, identity and familial stressors. Students of color may also face the following:
- Adjustment to the racial or ethnic climate of campus
- Anxiety and fears related to racial identity
- Feeling singled out
- Feeling invisible
- Trouble finding a community on campus
- Struggle to balance familial, cultural and other expectations
- Feeling like you are straddling two worlds and/or feeling like you are on the outside looking in
- Racism, discrimination, harassment, or marginalization
- Microaggressions
- Balancing and integrating multiple identities
The Counseling Center is committed to providing culturally and racially affirmative therapy by respecting and seeking to understand every student’s cultural and racial history, experiences and values.
Tips for Academic and Personal Success and Connecting to Others
Some Pace University Resources
- The Division Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
- Offices of Diversity and Multiculturalism
- Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX Compliance
- People of Color Collective, a group for staff, faculty and administrators of color at Pace University focused on professional development, community building, connection, and meaningful conversations. POCC@pace.edu.
- Asian Student Union (ASU) Westchester
- Black Student Union (BSU) NYC
- Black Student Union (BSU) Westchester
- Campus Chaplain
- Career Services
- Caribbean & African Student Association (CASA) NYC
- Counseling Center
- Financial Aid
- Food Pantries
- Global Korea Through Entertainment (GKTE) NYC
- Learning Center
- Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS) Westchester
- Residential Life and Housing
- Sabor Latino NYC
- Students of Caribbean Awareness (SOCA) Westchester
- Student Advising
- Student Development NYC
- Student Development Westchester
- University Health Care
- Writing Center
Racial Trauma and Self Care Resources
- 101 Ways to Take Care of Yourself When the World Feels Overwhelming
- Building Your Resilience
- Coping with Race Related Stress
- The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping With Racial Trauma
- Four Ways People of Color Can Foster Mental Health and Practice Restorative Healing
- Grounding Gatherings
- How To Cope With Traumatic Events
- Liberation Meditation App
- My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
- Intergroup Resources
- Project LETS Race and Mental Health
- Racial Trauma is Real (PDF)
- The Steve Fund
- Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
- Self Care For People Of Color After Psychological Trauma
Resources for Asian American Students
- An Uneven Playing Field: The Complex Educational Experiences of Asian Americans
- Asian American First Generation College Students (PDF)
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- The Model Minority Stereotype
- The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)
Resources for African or Black American Students
- Counseling Center Support for Black Lives Matter
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
- African American Policy Forum
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Lives Matter Meditations
- Black Mental Health Alliance
- Digital Self-Care Practices Black People Can Use While Coping With Trauma
- Emotionally Restorative Self Care: People of Color - Black People - African Americans
- Get Home Safely: 10 Rules for Survival
- The Safe Place App
- Steel Smiling
Resources for Latino Students
- 5 Myths that Hold Up Mental Health Stigma in Latinx Communities
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- Latinx/Hispanic Communities And Mental Health
How to be an Ally
- Listen
- Learn about different cultural and racial backgrounds
- Educate yourself about the history of systemic racism
- Become socially active (see resources below)
- Have difficult and possibly uncomfortable conversations about race
- Acknowledge when you have offended or hurt someone or made a mistake
- Speak up when groups are targeted with unjust treatment, comments or jokes
- Make friends with someone who is different from you
- Become aware of your own prejudices
- Support organizations and events dedicated to fighting racial oppression and supporting communities of color
Books
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Me and White Supremacy
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- How To Be An Antiracist
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism
Other Resources
- Pace Take Action
- 12 Ways to be a White Ally to Black People
- 100 Ways To Take Action Against Racism Now
- Advice for White Folks in the Wake of the Police Murder of a Black Person
- Anti-Defamation League
- Anti-Racism Project
- Being Anti-Racist
- Guide to Being and Anti-Racism Activist
- Human Rights Campaign
- Project Implicit
- Racial Equity Resource Guide
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- StayWoke
- Understanding Prejudice
- What You Need to Know About the Reality of Social Class on Campus
