Resources for Biracial People, Indigenous People, and People of Color (BIPOC) about COVID-19

This information may also help others in their anti-racism work

• Check out the NCCSD's crisis resources, designed specifically for people with disabilities, including resources for BIPOC, the number for a SAMHSA Disaster Distress Hotline, and the National Disability COVID-19 Healthcare Support and Advocacy Hotline.  
  
  
• A statement by scholars in the Accessible Campus Action Alliance about equity in re-opening and defining "at-risk" students, faculty, and staff.
  
  
• Black Lives Matter (BLM) resources and COVID information for people with disabilities:
  • Statement from BLM about who they are, how they started, and who is part of the movement (disability is listed)
  • ​Black, Disabled and Proud website.
  • Disability Visibility Project, which also has resources in general about BIPOC people with disabilities.
  • National Black Disability Coalition.
  • A Forbes article about how Black lives are treated by the health care system during the pandemic.
  • How re-openings may reinforce systemic racism in higher education​.
  • A Teen Vogue​ article about not erasing disability in BLM work
  • Information about signing "Black Lives Matter in ASL (please note the signs for BLM in the article are only for in-group members who are Black and Deaf, and should not be used by White interpreters or others).
  • Information about race, disability, COVID-19 and incarceration
  • The NAACP has information about how to report discrimination based on race.  For information about how to respond to disability discrimination in higher education, see the NCCSD pages about Grievance Procedureshow to file a grievance and suggestions for dealing with problems that arise with services.
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• Information about higher education employees, including employees with disabilities and COVID-related discrimination of Asian Americans -  from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Many graduate students are also employees on their campuses.
  
  
• Risks of deportation for international students taking online-only courses, from CNN.
  
  
• A CDC statement about battling stigma during the pandemic.
  
  
• Information from the CDC about COVID-19, in many different languages, and information about many aspects of the pandemic and how to stay safe, shown in American Sign Language.
  
  
• The Environmental Protection Agency has published information about disinfectants, sanitizers, and guidance for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.
  
  
• Information for people with asthma or other respiratory conditions, with information in Spanish.
  
  
• ​NAMI has created resources about mental health during the pandemic, and has some information about COVID-19 in Spanish.
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• A letter from the US Department of Education about stereotyping, bullying, and harassment of people of Asian descent during the pandemic.
  
  
• The NCCSD has resources about food insecurity and homelessness if you need them, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition has resources specifically about being homeless during the pandemic. 
  
  
• Also check out NCCSD our general resources about disability, race, ethnicity, and religion.
  
  
• NCCSD information about disability identity and personal issues like self-care.
  
  
• Take a look at our book list of readings about disability and higher education - many of them are by people of color or include chapters from people from different racial and ethnic groups.