LibraryGuides: Library Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, & Anti-Racism (LIDEAA): Creighton &amp; Community Resources

Bail Funds

The Community Justice Exchange's National Bail Fund Network "works with community bail funds that have been established across the country to counter the impact of mass incarceration as well as those created to meet the needs of specific communities or in response to specific organizing actions."

Click here to donate to a bail fund near you and support both protestors on the ground and those who are at risk of contracting COVID-19 while incarcerated and awaiting trial.

PolicyMap
A U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform that leverages thousands of data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis. Users can go from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions for their research and studies.

U.S. Census Data
Site provides current and historical data and maps for the U.S. that provide key statistics that can be used to illustrate inequalities in areas of income, housing, health care and race. Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it.
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/

Additional Guides

Other well-sourced and up-to-date guides put together by university librarians

Black Lives Matter
LibGuide from University of South Carolina
Black Lives Matter
LibGuide from College of the Mainland
Black Lives Matter Resources
LibGuide from Vanderbilt
Race, Policing, and Protest
LibGuide from Wellesley
U.S. Government Information: Protests Against Police Brutality (2020)
LibGuide from UC San Diego.

Local Community Organizations

Creighton University and the greater Omaha area have many groups working for justice in our city and community.

Black & Pink

Creighton Resources

Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
From the website: "The office leads the university in continually and sustainably fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming university environment where each individual is cherished and can succeed as their fully authentic self as a reflection of justice and our Catholic Jesuit mission."
Creighton University African American Student Association (CUASA)
Doing Nothing Isn't Enough
Creighton Magazine article on antiracism effortsfrom Summer 2020. Includes linkout to list of resources on Teaching Anti-Racism.
Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions
From the website: "The Kingfisher Institute is founded on a bold vision for the future of higher education, and Jesuit and Catholic higher education, in particular: a vision that liberal arts and professional education complement and reinforce one another. "
Teaching Anti-Racism
From the website: "A Collection of resources developed by Dr. Erika Dakin Kirby (Professor, Communication Studies) and Dr. Guy McHendry (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) and supported by Creighton University's Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions."
**Note: some of these resources may be repeated elsewhere on this guide.