A Foot in Both Places
A Foot in Both Places is an interactive educational toolkit, featuring stories, photographs, music, games and more. It is built around 25 interviews with Arab, South Asian, and Muslim community activists. It focuses on how communities have responded to the post–9/11 climate, and what types of alliances they have built to defend their civil rights and civil liberties. This toolkit is designed for classroom or community use by faith communities, interfaith groups, educators, and activists concerned with issues of civil rights and civil liberties, immigrant rights, peace education, and anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia.

Student Intercultural Learning Center, University of Maryland, College Park

The Student Intercultural Learning Center (SILC) was developed in response to the expressed concerns and needs of students at the University of Maryland that emerged from a survey on students' perceptions of diversity at the University. SILC is comprised of a series of initiatives that engage students in a myriad of experiences through which intercultural skills are developed and nurtured. SILC initiatives include a student advisory board called SATIN (Student Action Through Intergroup Networking); an Intergroup Dialogue Program; a Diversity Leadership Internship Program; a Diversity Leadership Retreat; and a dialogue-based academic course.

Intergroup Relations Center, Arizona State University

The Intergroup Relations Center, which opened its doors in August 1997, is the result of the vision of Students Against Discrimination (SAD). After a series of campus incidents involving hatred and discrimination, ASU students representing many different backgrounds mobilized in the Spring of 1996. They proposed the concept of the Center to administrators as a permanent and pro-active way of addressing issues of diversity and intergroup conflict. It is because of their efforts that the Intergroup Relations Center exists to bridge the gap of intergroup knowledge and understanding between and among the many groups at ASU.

Dialogue and Deliberation

The website focuses on dialogue and deliberation. It encourages putting the results of active dialogues into action. The site provides material specifically geared towards the importance of dialogues focused on race.

Intercultural Studies Project: A Living/Learning College, St. Lawrence University

The Intercultural Studies Project is a living/learning center devoted to engaging faculty and students in the study of cultural diversity and the critical practices which promote it. This project imbeds intergroup dialogue pedagogy within a diverse living/learning center called the Intercultural House. Students who live in The Intercultural House are enrolled in Introduction to Intercultural Studies (CE 150). This course will engage students in an interdisciplinary study of U.S. cultural diversity in a global and comparative context.

"Mixing it up on Campus," by CommonQuest: The Magazine of Black and Jewish Relations

This double issue of CommonQuest is devoted to diversity on college campuses. Writers and photographers offer a variety of insights on student identity, intra/intergroup relations, and institutional mission. The issue also reflects the larger political and popular culture in which students negotiate boundaries of both individual and civic identity. Included here are Editor's Preface, Table of Contents, and Excerpts from Selected Articles.

Helping Students Deal with Anti-Gay Experiences Inside and Outside of the Classroom

Working on a one-on-one basis and with other groups on campus (University Police, Student Affairs Staff) Cheryl Clarke, Director of Diverse Community Affairs and Lesbian-Gay Concerns at Rutgers University's New Brunswick Campus, and George Ganges give clear advice to help students and university employees support students who have experienced anti-gay bias and/or insult.

Program on Intergroup Relations, Conflict, and Community, University of Michigan

The Intergroup Relations, Conflict, and Community (IGRCC) program links formal education course work to the social experiences of the students outside of the classroom. The Program offers first-year seminars, intergroup dialogues, facilitator training and practicum courses, training courses for university residence hall staff, advanced courses on intergroup relations, consultation and workshops, and resource center on intergroup relations.

Faculty/Student Forums, Spelman College

As faculty members at Spelman reviewed the diversity content of their courses, they met monthly to participate in a forum with students to discuss people with disabilities, lesbian and gay issues, religious diversity, and other topics, by discussing and sharing readings a well as their own experiences.

The Urban Engagement and Civic Responsibility Program, Mount St. Mary's College

Students at Mount St. Mary's College are brought into the Urban Engagement and Civic Responsibility Program to learn and practice "civic competencies." Students learn organizational analysis and conflict management and then begin to organize public events -- such as debates and public forums -- on issues of public concern. As the students progress through the program bridges are built to the community and a network of community resources is being established that serves both student learning and community needs.

Pluralism and Unity Program, Swarthmore College

With support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Swarthmore is making a two-tiered effort to create both an academic program and a co-curricular environment that address diversity and unity. The program includes weekly discussion groups, a multicultural institute for the entire community, a credit course on race, ethnicity and the college experience and mini-grants for student projects.