| New
York Public Library Digital Gallery - Africana and Black
History
Several thousand items ranging from historical documents
and rare visual materials to contemporary photo-journalism,
relating to the entirety of African American history
from the 16th century to the present.
American
Indians on Reservations: A Databook of Socioeconomic
Change Between the 1990 and 2000 Censuses (pdf)
This report, released by The
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
at the Kennedy School of Government compiles the data
from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses for 15 key socioeconomic
indicators. The data on measures ranging from income
and poverty to unemployment, education, and housing
conditions indicate that, although substantial gaps
remain between America 's Native population and the
rest of U.S. society, rapid economic and social development
are taking place among gaming and non-gaming tribes
alike.
The National
Center for Latino Child and Family Research (NCLCFR)
The National Center for Latino Child and Family Research
(NCLCFR) is a nonpartisan, national center dedicated
to conducting research & disseminating research-based
information on issues relevant to local, state &
national practices & policies affecting the lives
of Latino children & families. New initiatives include
the Latino Child Development & Education Leadership
Development Program and the Latino Child & Family
Research to Practice Forum.
Deep South Center
for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ)
The mission of the Deep South Center for Environmental
Justice (DSCEJ) is to provide opportunities for communities,
scientific researchers, and decision makers to promote
the rights of all people to be free from environmental
harm as it impacts health, jobs, housing, education,
and a general quality of life. The DSCEJ strives to
achieve partnerships between universities and communities
and interaction between program components and legacy.
Research/policy, community assistance/education, and
primary, secondary, and university education are the
Center’s activity components for reaching its
objectives. More information in Diversity
Digest (pdf)
IN MOTION: The
African American Migration Experience
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture announced
the creation of an education project focusing on black
migration over the past 400 years. The project, which
includes a new web site, gives the public access to
articles, photographs, maps and historic documents.
Besides the web site, the project includes a book, published
by National Geographic, and 100 lesson plans for schools.
The Schomburg Center is a research unit of the New York
Public Library and was founded in 1911 by Arthur Schomburg,
collector of African-American books.
Public Agenda has found parents of high school students
are increasingly worried about access to college. Their trend
analysis finds African Americans and Hispanics are especially
concerned about access. Among African Americans, there is a
substantial increase in the number who say college education
is a necessity to get ahead in life.
Prepared for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. 2004. Free download.
Denouncing Racism: A Resource Guide of Faith-Based Principles addresses how the concept of being actively anti-racist is documented in most faiths'spiritual practices and policies. Coupled with the policy statements of many denominations, this guide provides the foundation as to why we all must work together to combat the divisiveness of racism.
National
Poll on Diversity in Higher Education,
sponsored by the the Ford Foundationês
Campus Diversity Initiative Conducted
in the Fall of 1998, this study examines
the attitudes of American voters regarding
diversity in higher education. The vast
majority of American voters support
diversity education in general and the
numerous specific programs which fall
under that heading. There is majority
support across all demographic groups,
though strongest among Generation Xers
(18 to 30 year olds) and self-described
liberals.
Diversity
Poll in the State of Washington,
sponsored by the Ford Foundationês Campus
Diversity Initiative A Washington State
poll conducted in March of 1997 reveals
strong public support for diversity
education.
The first-ever Washington state business
leaders survey on diversity in higher
education, conducted in April 1997,
finds that business leaders strongly
support diversity in college education.
Diversity
Poll in the State of Florida, sponsored
by the Ford Foundationês Campus Diversity
Initiative The first-ever statewide
poll in Florida on diversity in higher
education shows overwhelming public
support for diversity learning programs
and their mission to bridge the nationês
racial divide as they prepare college
students for work, leadership and citizenship
in a multicultural world.
While national surveys reveal that
fewer and fewer Americans admit openly
to holding racist views, a more nuanced
study conducted by the National Opinion
Research Center at the University of
Chicago, found that many Americans still
do harbor beliefs abour racial and ethnic
minorities based on racist stereotypes.
Communities In Schools (CIS), a national
stay-in-school network, with support
from the Knight Foundation, is using
survey research of middle and high school
students, who are at risk of school
failure, to shape services and programs
aimed at helping these students succeed
in secondary school and beyond. The
School Success Profile (SSP), developed
by the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, is a survey that takes
an innovative apporach at assessing
students' needs by asking questions
in the context of neighborhood, family,
and peer group.
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 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. |
