You do not have to navigate higher education alone.

The Bl/ack in Higher Ed Resource Guide is a free resource created for Black students, parents, families, and caregivers navigating college, especially at predominantly white institutions and other spaces where anti-Blackness and other forms of racialized violence can shape the experience in ways that are difficult to name, explain, or even trust yourself about.

I created this guide in part for the students I mentor now, but also for the student I once was. The version of me who did not yet have the language for what she was experiencing. The version who needed somebody to say:

You did hear that thing you heard.

You witnessed that thing you saw.

You felt that thing you felt.

This guide is not homework!

You don’t have to read it from beginning to end or do everything inside it. Pick it up when you need it. Skip around. Come back later. Share it with somebody you love.

Inside the guide, you’ll find:

Help — crisis support, legal resources, and places to turn when something has gone wrong

Watch — free, accessible videos about race, racism, and higher education

Hangout — Black-centered spaces in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area where you can learn, gather, and feel seen

Talk — mental health and emotional support resources

Read — articles, essays, and books about race, identity, belonging, higher education, and survival

Carry — affirmations, tools, and resources you can return to when you need grounding or a reminder of who you are

If this guide does nothing more, I hope it affirms that you have value, that you have dignity, and most of all, that you have choices.

This resource is completely free. And if you want to go deeper, you’re also invited to join me this Saturday for Black on Campus: Navigating Anti-Blackness in Higher Education.

Special words of appreciation to Brittany Janay and Viveca Latham Johnson, whose work, care, and resources helped make this guide stronger.

I wanted this resource to be free because I didn’t want cost to be the thing that kept somebody from accessing it. If this guide is useful to you and you have the capacity to leave a tip or make a contribution, I’d be grateful.

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That support helps me keep creating resources like this and making them accessible to the people who need them.

Take what you need. Share what might help somebody else.