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General Sites
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DiversityWeb
Created by The Association of American Colleges
and Universities, DiversityWeb is the most comprehensive
collection of campus practices and resources about
diversity in higher education. The site is designed
to serve campus practitioners seeking to place diversity
at the center of the academy's educational and societal
mission.
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University
of Maryland Diversity Database
The University of Maryland's Diversity Database
is a comprehensive index of multicultural and diversity
resources. Includes a wealth on information on diversity
policies and inititives, reference resources, issue-specific
resources, and curriculum materials.
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Multicultural
Pavilion: Higher Education Links
Provides resources for educators, students, and
activists to explore and discuss multicultural education;
facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward
self-awareness and development; and provide forums
for educators to interact and collaborate toward
a critical, transformative approach to multicultural
education.
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University
of Virginia Curry School of Education Diversity
Links
Extensive collection of selected links, including
many education resources and historical documents.
Useful for researching specific groups, cultures,
religions.
- Tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a web project
of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The site is a
principal online destination for people interested
in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead,
communities that value diversity.
- DiversityInc.com
Online counterpart to a popular
print magazine, with news, career resources and more.
Registration is required for access to some areas of
this site.
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Cambios
Cambios, Inc. is a community-based, grassroots organization
dedicated to eliminating racism in Lenawee County.
Created in 1997 by a group of concerned citizens,
Cambios is dedicated to addressing issues of diversity
and racism, providing multicultural literature to
area schools, and encouraging the community to view
people of color as positive role models for our
children. Many Adrian College students are involved
in Cambios as volunteers and as a service-learning
component of academic course work.
Race + Ethnicity Sites
- Multicultural
Student Services at Adrian College
The Office of Multicultural
Student Services offers a variety of cultural, social
and academic support programs which assist students
of color with their adjustment to and success at Adrian
College.
- National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People helps raise awareness
to minority issues.
- The
Movies, Race, and Ethnicity
A filmography from the Media
Resources Center, UC Berkeley.
- Ethics
Updates: Literature on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
Ethics Updates provides information
on current literature, both popular and professional,
that relates to ethics.
- Open
Directory - Society: Ethnicity
The Open Directory Project
is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory
of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a
vast, global community of volunteer editors.
- NewsBatch:
Race and Ethnic Policy Issues
NewsBatch is a project developed
by Patrick Coony, an attorney who is employed as an
Administrative Law Judge in California.
Sexism / Gender Sites
- Gender
and Diversities Institute
The Gender and Diversities Institute is a global forum
for leveraging the power of diversity to improve education
and work. The Institute is part of the Education Development
Center, a non-profit organization focusing on issues
of learning and health.
- APA
Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language
The American Philospohical Association has published
these useful guidelines to encourage the use of non-sexist
language in professional and personal communication.
- United
Nations: Women & Gender Issues
This website is designed and maintained by the United
Nations with a section on gender issues/women worldwide.
- United
Nations: IRINnews
Bridging the information gap through the UN office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Select
"gender issues" in the themes area on the
left.
Sexual Orientation Sites
- GLSEN
The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network of
GLSEN, is working to ensure safe and effective schools
for all students.
- National
Consortium of Directors of Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual &
Transgender Resources in Higher Education
A professional development
and resource organization for college/university LBGT
offices. Lots of good links to other web sites and
print resources.
- The
Lavender Web: LGBT Resources On The Internet
This chapter is from Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender College Students (1998, Sanlo updated
May 2002) and has good information regard LGBT resources
on the Internet. Ronni Sanlo is the LGBT director
at UCLA and used to be at the University of Michigan.
- Making
Colleges and Universities Safe for Gay and Lesbian
Students
This summary, from a report of the Massachusetts Governor's
Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth (Blumenfeld),
provides suggestions regarding policies, training
and development, services, curriculum, employee concerns
and community concerns. Its a good primer.
- National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force
A national progressive organization working for the
civil rights of the GLBT population. This site has
good information regarding policy issues at the state
and federal level and some good resources in their
library section.
- Human
Rights Campaign
As America's largest gay and lesbian organization,
the HRC provides a national voice on gay and lesbian
issues. Focuses on influencing politics and raising
awareness.
- UC
Davis Psychology Dept. Sexual Orientation Links
A helpful set of links organized by category.
- American
Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian and Gay Rights
This site contains a wealth
of information, with special focus on legislative
and legal data.
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Triangle
Foundation
Michigan's leading organization serving the gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender and allied communities.
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