A Collective Study Pause for Anti-Racism: Black Lives Matter

Rebecca Michelson
Families and Technology
1 min readJun 5, 2020

Given the recent, anti-racist protests around the country and to give everyone the space to reflect and heal, especially the Black families and families of color in the “Families and Technology during COVID-19” research study, the research team decided to pause the study activities for the first week of June 2020. Instead we made ourselves available for any additional checking-in or support if our participants needed it.

Since many parents are figuring out how to talk about race with their children, we shared some articles below but encouraged sharing any helpful resources among the parent community in the study.
https://bit.ly/whiteparents_racism
https://bit.ly/race_and_kids
https://bit.ly/childrensbooks_racism

Resources shared by parents in the study:

From: https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/
Downloadable PDF of “Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice” here.

Our study resumes next week and we will continue providing room for anti-racism work and support.

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Rebecca Michelson
Families and Technology

Design-research at the intersections of family well-being, technology, & equity. Ph.D. candidate: Human-Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington