Posts with the Tag “race issues”
A website designed to support people and groups who are working for inclusion, racial equity and social justice, racialequitytools.org includes ideas, strategies and tips, as well as a clearinghouse of resources and links from many sources. Racial Equity Tools is a companion site to Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity - which helps people track progress and document results of similar work, in racially explicit and competent ways. (continue)
Tags: conflict resolution, intergroup relations, race issues, social justice
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At the heart of the Program on Intergroup Relations (University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus) website is a comprehensive list of publications, reports and research documents, many online, relating to Intergroup Dialogue and Intergroup Relations Education. (continue)
Tags: conflict resolution, dialogue, higher ed, intergroup relations, race issues
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USARiseUp.com has launched two online dialogues on race, and you are invited to join the conversation: The National Collegiate Dialogue on Race Relations at www.usariseup.com/category/department/national-collegiate-dialogue Race Relations in Your City at www.usariseup.com/publishers-note/join-town-hall-discussion-about-race-relations-your-city? The website has a monthly online magazine with several departments, covering a variety of topics and interests designed to help us celebrate our commonalities, better understand our differences and create a comfortable space to address those things that divide us. Their writers represent the ethnic groups that make up America; and their visitors […] (continue)
Tags: deliberation, dialogue, exploration, intergroup relations, online D&D, race issues
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Those of you who are interested in how evaluation can be used from the outset of a public engagement initiative may find this 2-page chart useful. It was developed in 2008 for Everyday Democracy by the Center for Assessment and Policy Development (CAPD) for EvDem’s Communities Creating Racial Equity project, which involved about a half-dozen community coalitions around the country addressing various forms of structural racism. Download the chart here. (continue)
Tags: assessment, collaborative action, EvDem/Study Circles, gems, highly recommended, intergroup relations, race issues
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The 58-page discussion guide, Facing Racism in a Diverse Nation was originally published in 1992 from Everyday Democracy and has been used in thousands of dialogue-to-change programs. Below is an excerpt and link to the 2008 revised edition, which is available in both English and Spanish. This six-session discussion guide helps all kinds of people take part in meaningful dialogue to examine gaps among racial and ethnic groups and create institutional and policy change, and includes a supplementary guide for affinity-group dialogue. The guide is endorsed by a wide […] (continue)
Tags: collaborative action, dialogue, dialogue guide, dialogue to action, EvDem/Study Circles, gems, highly recommended, human rights, inclusivity, intercultural dialogue, intergroup relations, race issues, social justice, systems change, tools
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At the 2008 National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation, we focused on 5 challenges identified by participants at our past conferences as being vitally important for our field to address. This is one in a series of five posts featuring the final reports from our “challenge leaders.” Inclusion Challenge: Walking our talk in terms of bias and inclusion. What are the most critical issues of inclusion and bias right now in the D&D community and how do we address them? What are the most critical […] (continue)
Tags: civic engagement, deliberation, dialogue, intergroup relations, NCDD events, ncdd2008, race issues, Sustained Dialogue
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Includes lessons, tips and success stories from 65 intergroup dialogues across the country, plus an annotated reading list of resources. Although this book is no longer available and the Center for Living Democracy has closed its dorrs, it was one of the first books to provide best practices from race dialogues in the U.S. Published at the time of President Clinton's Initiative on Race. (continue)
Tags: collaborative action, conflict resolution, D&D field, dialogue, intergroup relations, race issues
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The Crosspoint links to an enormous number of Human Rights, Anti-Racism, Refugee, Women's rights, and other organizations. Links are searchable by region or issue. The Crosspoint was built and is being maintained by the Magenta foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (continue)
Tags: intergroup relations, race issues, social justice
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This 53-minute documentary chronicles the journey of a multi-racial group of college students as they examine their own and confront each other's attitudes about race and ethnicity. This video vividly illustrates students of color and white students at different stages of racial identity and demonstrates the possibility of growth as a result of dialogue. (continue)
Tags: dialogue, higher ed, intergroup relations, race issues
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Traces of the Trade is a feature documentary in which Producer/Director Katrina Browne tells the story of her New England ancestors, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Cameras follow as Browne and nine fellow descendants undertake a journey of discovery to Rhode Island, Ghana, and Cuba. Retracing the steps of the notorious Triangle Trade, we uncover a family's, a region's, and a nation's hidden past. Simultaneously, viewers will follow descendants of the DeWolf family as they grapple with the contemporary legacy of slavery, not only for black Americans, but for themselves as white Americans. The film is intended as a catalyst for dialogue and education through screenings in communities and classrooms, and discussion guides and other materials are being developed. (continue)
Tags: conflict resolution, dialogue, exploration, intergroup relations, race issues
Categories: All Resources, Videos About D&D, Videos to Inform Dialogue