DIVERSITY LINKS :
Anti-Defamation League The mission of the ADL is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all citizens alike. Includes information on education, hate groups, and civil rights.American Folklife Center The American Folklife Center preserves and presents American folk life. Established by Congress in 1976, the Center and its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklore and folk life from this country and around the world.
American Memory Developed by the Library of Congress, American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the U.S. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies The Balch Institute is a multicultural library, archive, museum, and education center. With education as its primary focus, the Institute's mission is to promote greater inter-group understanding by documenting and presenting America's ethnic and racial experiences. This site includes links to descriptions of diversity awareness workshops and public education programs.
Center for Applied Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence (CREDE) CREDE is a federally funded research and development program focused on improving the education of students whose ability to reach their potential is challenged by language or cultural barriers, race, geographic location, or poverty.
Conflict Research Consortium The Conflict Research Consortium is a multidisciplinary program of research, teaching, and application, focused on finding more constructive ways of addressing conflict. The Consortium unites researchers, educators, and practitioners from many fields for the purposes of theory building, testing, disseminating, and applying new conflict management techniques.
Ethnologue This site offers reference information on the world's more than 6,000 oral languages, many of which face probable extinction in this century.
Global Websites - Awards for the Best See some of the web's most innovative multicultural and multilingual sites (Best Global Website Award winners)Global Tribe This PBS website addresses a variety of
global challenges, including child labor, environment, and poverty,by showcasing individuals who have positively changed their world.
Linguistics This is a good place to start for information on the practical application of linguistic knowledge to social and educational problems.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language instruction educational programs for English language learners and related programs.
News Watch News Watch is a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism. The project promotes candid dialogue regarding coverage of people of color, lesbians and gays, and other communities that have been the victim of biased reporting; and examines both good and bad coverage in ways that help us learn lessons.
Public Conversations Project The Public Conversations Project (PCP) guides, trains, and inspires individuals, organizations, and communities to constructively address conflicts relating to values and worldviews.Racism and Human Rights Around the World Read about racism around the globe and what people are doing to combat it in regions such as Europe , Australia , Africa , and the Middle East.
Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. Its programs include Teaching Tolerance, a national education project dedicated to helping teachers at all grade levels foster equity, respect, and understanding in the classroom and beyond.Teaching Tolerance Excellent resource for activities to increase diversity consciousness - part of Southern Poverty Law Center.U.S. Census Bureau Demographic information and analyses.
WKCD (What Kids Can Do) WKCD is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2001. WKCD documents the value of young people working with teachers and other adults on projects that combine powerful learning with public purpose for an audience of educators and policy makers, journalists, community members, and students.
Women's Studies Resources There are an incredible amount of organizations and resources dedicated to women and women's issues and this site links to many of them. From helping women business owners to protecting women who have been victims of assault, there are many places women can go to get educated.
The World Is Flat Online video from MIT explaining the effects of modern technology on future culture.Zip Skinny A website that allows you to view the demographics collected by the U.S. Census according to zip code