Charleston Consortium Internship Diversity Training Committee (IDTC) Resources

Purpose of this Resource List
This page serves to host resources related to issues of diversity, cultural competency, equity, and inclusion, to be utilized by faculty, trainees, and other members of the Charleston Consortium clinical psychology internship program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Ralph H. Johnson VA Hospital. These resources have been compiled by the Internship Diversity Training Committee (IDTC) at MUSC. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for additions/revisions, please contact the IDTC.

IDTC Mission:
The IDTC’s mission is, “To provide learning opportunities, resources, and advocacy that supports the pursuit of cultural humility among psychology internship trainees, faculty, and staff.” To this end, we have focused on 4 primary aims: 1) assessment and dissemination of the diversity competencies and needs of faculty and trainees (program evaluation); 2) provision of didactics, as well as discussion-based and hands-on diversity and multiculturalism training; 3) dissemination of resources to support faculty, staff, and trainees in the pursuit of multicultural humility; and 4) provision of a space for collective learning for all regarding multiculturalism as it pertains to research, clinical practice, professional development, and current events.

''Disclosure statement: These resources have been compiled by members of the IDTC and we encourage their use by all members of the MUSC and VA community. We acknowledge that the content of these resources may not reflect the values, opinions, or views of MUSC or the VA.''

We credit the following for their inspiration to create this list and content included:


 * Dismantling Systemic Shortcomings in Education and Clinical Training

Research Resources
Articles

Books:
 * STAT, 2021. ‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
 * Roberts et al., 2020. Racial Inequality in Psychological Research: Trends of the Past and Recommendations for the Future
 * American Psychologist: Special Issue on Racial Trauma and Healing. Discusses conceptual models, research, and approaches for addressing racial trauma.
 * Pritchett et al., 2021. Social justice is the spirit and aim of an applied science of human behavior: Moving from colonial to participatory research practices
 * Rodriguez-Seijas et al., 2023. The Next Generation of Clinical Psychological Science: Moving Toward Antiracism.
 * Lo et al., 2023. Lay Misperceptions of Culture as “Biological” and Suggestions for Reducing Them.
 * Adkins-Jackson et al., 2022. Measuring Structural Racism: A Guide for Epidemiologists and Other Health Researchers.

Liberation Psychology - Psychological approaches to understand and address oppression among individuals and groups (Martín-Baró, 1994).
 * Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century


 * Freire, P., 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Seabury Press.
 * Martín-Baró, Ignacio, 1994. Writings for a liberation psychology. Cambridge, Mass.Harvard University Press.
 * Fanon, F., 1963. The wretched of the earth. Grove Press, NY.
 * Maldonado-Torres, N., 2007. On the coloniality of being. Cultural Studies, 21:2, 240 – 270.
 * Memmi, A., 1974. The colonizer and the colonized. Earthscans Publications Ltd.
 * Mendoza, B., 2021. The question of the coloniality of democracy. In Yuderkys, E. M., María, L., & Nelson, MT Decolonial Feminism in Abya Yala: Caribbean, Meso and South American Contributions and Challenges.
 * Mignolo, W.D., 2002. The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference. The South Atlantic Quarterly 101:1, Winter 2002.
 * Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S.J. & Mafeje, A., 2012. Coloniality of Power in Development Studies and the Impact of Global Imperial Designs on Africa. Inaugural Lecture delivered at the University of South Africa, Senate Hall
 * Quijano, A ., 2000. Coloniality of power, eurocentrism and Latin America
 * Rivera Pichardo, E. J., Jost, J.T. & Benet-Martínez, V., 2022. Internalization of inferiority and colonial system justification: The case of Puerto Rico. Journal of Social Issues, 78, 79-106.
 * Comas-Díaz & E. Torres Rivera (Eds.) Liberation Psychology Theory, Method, Practice and Social Justice. American Psychological Association.

Clinical Resources
For yourself For patients
 * Liu et al., 2020. Address, Avert, or Avoid? Navigating Conflicts in Client-Clinician Beliefs During Polarized Times. (page 18-21 of this PDF)
 * Johnson et al., 2009. Psychotherapy in a culturally diverse world (pages 115-148 in Culture and mental health: Sociocultural influences, theory, and practice).
 * Johnson & Sandhu, 2010. Treatment planning in a multicultural context (pages 117-156 of Culture and the therapeutic process: A guide for mental health professionals).
 * Psychology of Radical Healing Collective. Psychology of Radical Healing Syllabus. A reading list tailored for mental health practitioners and a broader audience.
 * The Trevor Project. Defining Gender Affirming Care.
 * Bauer et al., 2022 (Charleston Consortium alum!). Building Bridges: Resources to Center Cultural Humility. This toolkit was designed to be a resource for mental health service providers who are interested in more effectively engaging with diverse clients. The goal of this toolkit was to provide a comprehensive set of handouts, videos, recordings, and other tools that providers can use for training, learning, and professional development opportunities.
 * VA National Center for PTSD Consultation Program Lecture Series
 * Racism-related Stress and Trauma: Definitions and Interventions - recording
 * Culturally Responsive PTSD Care 101: The Role of Case Formulation - recording
 * The Elephant in the Room: Treating PTSD When Clinicians Have Negative Reactions to Patients' Sociocultural Views - recording
 * Addressing Racial Trauma in Military Populations Through Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for PTSD - recording
 * VA National Center for PTSD. Provider Guide to Addressing Patient Reactions to Race-Based Violence During PTSD Treatment - Discusses case formulation and treatment decision-making considerations for providers who face emerging patient needs related to race-based violence events during the course of PTSD therapy.
 * Spoont & McClendon, 2020. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in PTSD.
 * Williams et al., 2021. Postraumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma.
 * Williams et al., 2022. An evidence-based approach for treating stress and trauma due to racism. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
 * The Trevor Project Ally Guide. Tips, language, & educational information for friends, family, and providers of the LGBTQIA+ community
 * Straight for Equality. Faith Ally Materials. Materials for individuals with strong religious beliefs that may conflict with supporting the LGBTQIA+ community
 * What is Racial Trauma? From VA National Center for PTSD.
 * AboutFace - A VA video gallery of Veterans and their family members talking about how PTSD treatment turned their lives around, includes many Black Veterans. Clinicians can use AboutFace as a patient-education tool for Veterans who want to hear from their peers about how treatment helps
 * NAMI's list of Black mental health resources.

Supervision and Training Resources
Articles
 * Harvard Business Review, 2021. What’s the Difference Between a Mentor and a Sponsor?
 * Webinar: Diversity Dialogues in Supervision
 * Tip Sheet for Supervisors (by Drs. Orengo-Aguayo and Petty). MUSC Box link (if VA please contact IDTC for access)
 * Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC - APPIC). Social Responsiveness in Health Service Psychology Education and Training Toolkit.
 * The Center for American Progress, 2021. Key Issues Facing People With Intersex Traits.
 * Medium, 2017. How to Manage Your Team in Times of Political Trauma.
 * Medpage Today, 2022. Who's really the victim here?
 * Medium, 2020. 5 Things Allies Can do to Sponsor Coworkers from Underrepresented Groups.
 * Charter, 2023. The Urgent Need for More Men to Sponsor Women.
 * Ancis & Marshall (2010). Using a Multicultural Framework to Assess Supervisees' Perceptions of Culturally Competent Supervision.
 * Dunn et al. (2017). A proposed framework for addressing supervisee-supervisor value conflict.
 * Hook et al. (2016). Cultural Humility in Psychotherapy Supervision.
 * Silander et al. (2020). Implications of ideological bias in social psychology on clinical practice.
 * Sheffield et al. (2021). Addressing Biased Patient Behavior: A Teachable Moment.

Personal Development Resources
Articles
 * Academics for Black Wellness and Survival. Provides resources to foster accountability and growth for non-Black people and enhance healing and wellness for Black people in academia. Organized by Black counseling psychologists and their colleagues who practice Black allyship
 * Tasha K. Anti-Racism Resource Guide. Includes readings, lists, podcasts, people and organizations to follow.
 * New York Times Magazine (paywall). The 1619 Project. An initiative to reframe the country’s history by examining the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans.
 * Dismantling Racism Workbook. Web-based workbook describing current actions/movements for racial justice, reviewing the history of white supremacy culture, definitions for racism, foundations of racism, and more.
 * Raising Race Conscious Children. Offers a blog and webinars focused on how adults can talk to children about race.
 * Anti-Racism Daily Newsletter
 * CTZNWELL. Online community focused on racial and social justice work to ensure wellbeing for everyone. Offers weekly “action toolkits”, podcasts, and virtual summits and meetings centered on these issues.
 * Better Allies Newsletter. Weekly newsletter with simple, actionable steps that anyone can take to make their workplaces more inclusive.
 * Straight for Equality. Healthcare Ally Materials. Materials for healthcare workers to support the LGBTQIA+ community.
 * Microsoft Office Inclusive Language Tool. How you can make your Microsoft Editor tool identify language that may be offensive or perpetuate biases, including those about gender, age, race, or ability.


 * Ford et al., 2022. White fragility: An emotion regulation perspective.
 * Thambinathan & Kinsella, 2022. When I say... anti-racist praxis.
 * Williams et al., 2022. Racial Justice Allyship Requires Civil Courage: A Behavioral Prescription for Moral Growth and Change. American Psychologist.

Books


 * Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad


 * Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
 * How to be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
 * How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
 * Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
 * Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
 * So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

History of Charleston/MUSC
Books
 * The First People of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Charleston's Indigenous history
 * Charleston's Cigar Factory Strike. Major contributions to the labor movement by Black and female workers in Charleston.
 * The Charleston Hospital Workers Movement, 1968-1969 . Hundreds of black hospital workers—predominantly women—went on strike to demand the reinstatement of their coworkers and official recognition for their union and grievances.
 * Ferguson vs City of Charleston. A case considering the constitutionality of a governmental policy of surreptitiously drug testing pregnant women at MUSC, which then reported positive cocaine results to law enforcement officers among predominantly Black women.
 * Avery Research Center. Dedicated to promoting and preserving African history and culture, particularly within Charleston/the Lowcountry.
 * African American Intellectual History Society. A scholarly organization focused on "researching, writing, and teaching black thought and culture."
 * Charleston Syllabus and Charleston Syllabus book. Offers readings about the history of racial violence in U.S. in general and specifically about the history of race relations in South Carolina.
 * Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor. Organization dedicated to recognizing the culture of the Gullah Geechee people.
 * University of South Carolina’s Historical Newspapers of South Carolina. Online archive of historical newspapers in South Carolina, including Civil Rights/African American historical newspapers.
 * City of Charleston - Special Commission On Equity, Inclusion, And Racial Conciliation (2021). Recommendations from a collaborative effort of six City council members and over forty volunteers.


 * Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy. By Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts. Centered on Charleston, SC, this book examines how racism throughout generations is traced back to the roots of slavery.

MUSC Resources

 * Department of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion website
 * Diversity History (from MUSC)
 * Advancement, Recruitment, & Retention of Women (ARROW). Center focused on the advancement of women scientists.

Local Organizations

 * Alliance for Full Acceptance. Organization dedicate to supporting equality and acceptance for LGBTQ+ people.
 * Charleston Activist Network. A platform used to fight against racial and social injustices. Frequently puts a lens on the historical context underlying issues discussed.
 * Charleston Area Transgender Support. Transgender support group in South Carolina.
 * Charleston Hispanic Association. Dedicated to helping the Hispanic community succeed by introducing them to business, services, and volunteers that are friendly to the Latin community.
 * Community Supported Grocery. Grassroots food delivery service. Can purchase subscriptions to receive local food goods weekly (e.g., produce, eggs, bread) and add-ons additional goods as you desire. Also supports the organization’s ability to provide access to individuals experiencing food insecurity and the GroceryRx program, which offers food/education to underserved local communities.
 * International African American Museum (opening 2023). The International African American Museum will explore cultures and knowledge systems retained and adapted by Africans in the Americas, and the diverse journeys and achievements of these individuals and their descendants in South Carolina, the United States, and throughout the African Diaspora.
 * Fresh Future Farm. Urban farm in North Charleston dedicated to disrupting food apartheid and building community. Offers local grocery, workshop, classes, etc.
 * Friends of Gadsden Creek. Community-led campaign to oppose ongoing destruction of Gadsden Creek and related harm inflicted on the Gadsden Green community.
 * Transformation Yoga. Yoga studio with a focus on racial healing and serving marginalized, underserved, and underrepresented communities. Offers yoga classes and workshops.
 * We Are Family. A grassroots organization dedicated to LGBTQIA+ youth and allies
 * Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network (WREN). South Carolina-based network whose mission is to build a movement to advance the health, economic well-being, and rights of South Carolina’s women, girls, gender-expansive people, and their families.
 * YWCA Racial Equity Institute. Workshop that provides tools for helping communities address institutional racism.
 * Seacoast Church Dream Pantry. 5505 N Rhett Ave, North Charleston. Food Pantry open Thursday 9-11.
 * Neighbors Together. Food pantry and hot meals served in North Charleston.
 * Charleston NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) support groups.
 * Parents Anonymous support groups.
 * TTC Dental Services - $25 teeth cleanings and other reduced cost dental care (no insurance).
 * Second Chance Bikes. Free/low cost bikes to those who need transportation.
 * Charleston Center. Free Narcan.

General Resources

 * Charleston Consortium IDTC information for APPIC applicants
 * APA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
 * VA Center for Minority Veterans
 * SAMHSA’s Black/African American Behavioral Health Equity page