| Cultivating
Interdependence: A Guide for Race Relations and Racial
Justice Organizations (pdf) by Maggie Potapchuk,
Joint Center for
Political and Economic Studies
Throughout the country, grassroots organizations are
at work in communities large and small promoting racial
justice and improved race relations. While their broad
aims are often the same, many of these groups differ
in their philosophies and employ widely differing methodologies.
Too often, these groups avoid collaboration, foregoing
the advantages it would bring because they are unable
to see beyond their particular perspectives. Cultivating
Interdependence is a guide for changing that dynamic.
It builds on the anti-racist and related concepts outlined
in Holding Up the Mirror, its predecessor volume. The
guide also incorporates practical insights gleaned from
the many community groups that attended the Joint Center’s
four how-to forums (directed by the NABRE program),
and offers specific recommendations on working with
grantmakers. Includes worksheet and handout material
that is easily reproducible.
American Psychological
Association, Office of Ethnic Minority Affars
The
Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs seeks to promote scientific
understanding of the influences of culture and ethnicity
on behavior; encourage increased public knowledge of
the special psychological resources and mental health
needs of communities of color; and increase the number
and participation of ethnic minority psychologists in
the discipline and profession.
Created
by the Claremont Graduate University's Institute for
Democratic Renewal and directed by Dr. John D. Maguire,
this project produces materials and fosters activities
to support the kinds of interracial, multicultural community
building that renews democracy. The web site contains
a practical Tool
Kit that describes how to establish and sustain
racial, cultural, cooperative activity, resulting from
in-depth field work and lessons learned through the
process of selecting "best practices sites" from information
obtained from The President's Initiative on Race, the
Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation; and The
National Conference for Community and Justice.
This publication from the President's
Initiative on Race serves as a reference
guide to community-based programs on
racial reconciliation. It is organized
by the following categories: Business,
Government, Health, Education, Religions,
Arts, Community Building, and Youth.
From this site, the entire publication
can be viewed and printed as PDF files.
This
President's Initiative on Race publication
is a brief guide for conducting community
dialogues on race.
In October 1996, under the leadership of Tulane University, the Association
of American Universities (AAU) began compiling a directory
of community service and outreach programs at its member
universities. The 2004 directory marks the seventh edition
of this annual on-line publication
This site offers a listing of resources
on Families, Gender, and Children, Youth
and Education, and Revitalizing Citizenship.
Study Circles in Cyberspace, by Pamela Kleiber,
Margaret Holt, and Jill Dianne Swenson
This handbook
is for moderators trained in traditional face-to-face
approaches facilitating discussion, who now want to
work within electronic forums. |
