Relevant Diversity Resources

The Business and Higher Education Case for Diversity

Selig Center for Economic Growth:  Created to convey economic expertise to Georgia businesses and entrepreneurs, the Selig Center for Economic Growth is primarily responsible for conducting research on economic, demographic, and social issues related to Georgia's current and future growth.
         Studies and Forecasts- The multicultural economy 2003, (America's minority buying power) This pdf document gives information about the impact that minorities—African Americans, Asians, Native Americans, and Hispanics—have on The Selig Center’s estimates and projections of buying power for 1990-2008.

University of Michigan-Admissions Lawsuit:  Find supporting research, reports prepared for the lawsuits, responses to the critiques of University of Michigan Research and other research links.

Society for Human Resource Management:  This website provides The Workplace Diversity Toolkit which includes documents such as What Is The "Business Case" For Diversity?, Defining Diversity, Affirmative Action vs. Diversity, Selecting a Consultant, Diversity Training, Measuring Results, and much more.

Books

Cross, Elsie. (2000). Managing diversity: The courage to lead. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books_ISBN:1-56720-269-1: Elsie Cross manages Elsie Cross associates and has written this book as a hands-on tool for administrators and others involved with organizational change. It outlines the process of change that is used in her workshops and the importance of the work at different levels: societal, group and individual. She outlines her work with leaders in several case studies of corporations-sharing barriers and successes. Finally she has included in the appendix an excellent article by Joseph Potts that gives effective strategies for implementing assessments into the change process.          

Daus, C. & Joplin, J. (1997). Challenges of leading a diverse workforce. Academy of Management Executive, Vol. II, No.3, pp. 32-47

Ho, Lang. (1990) Cross-Cultural Swinging. Pacific Asia Press.

Johnson, Allan G. (2001) Privilege, power and difference. California: Mayfield Publishing Company ISBN: 0-7674-22254-6; 1st edition. This brief supplemental book provides readers with an easily applied theoretical model for thinking about systems of privilege and difference. Writing in accessible, conversational prose, Johnson joins theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it.

Langman, P. (August 1999) Jewish Issues in multiculturalism: A handbook for educators and clinicians. Jason Aronson_ISBN: 0765760290.
About the Author: Peter F. Langman is a psychotherapist specializing in Jewish issues in
multiculturalism and psychology who conducts research on the impact of
multicultural education. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
from Clark University with degrees in psychology and geography. He received
his master's degree in counseling psychology from Lesley College. He is
currently a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Lehigh University
and works at Jewish Family Services. Mr. Langman has lectured...
Book Description
While people are learning about the identities and accomplishments of
various racial and ethnic minorities, Jewish identity and accomplishments
are ignored. Programs educate and sensitize people to racism, sexism, and
homophobia, but antisemitism is overlooked. The purpose of this book is to
get Jews and Jewish issues included within the multicultural curriculum.
The author begins by presenting information about Judaism and Jewish
cultures. The racial, ethnic, and religious differences among Jews are
presented in order to inform readers about the extent of diversity within
the Jewish community. Judaism as a religion is presented in terms of its
basic values and the impact that these values and the practices that follow
from them have had on Western civilization. This material is important
because it dispels misconceptions that many people have regarding Judaism.
Also, because multicultural writers typically ignore the vast impact of Jews
and Jewish culture on the origin and development of psychotherapy, a chapter is devoted to documenting the role that Jews have played in the evolution of the profession.

Warren, E. (2001). Memoirs of chief justice earl warren. Madison Books. Warren recounts his years as governor of California and as one of the most controversial Supreme Court Justices in US history. Among the issues he discusses are his decision on the Brown vs. Board of Education case

Wu, Frank. (2003). Yellow: Race in america beyond black and white. Basic Books.

Websites

The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research

American Institute for Managing Diversity (AIMD)

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center

Diversity Inc.-Electronic Diversity Newsletter

Diversity Home Page at Santa Clara University

The Diversity Resources of the University of Maryland

Diversity Web-Higher Education

Leadership Development for the 21st Century-LEAD21

National Association for Multicultural Education

National Association of Gender Diversity Training

National MultiCultural Institute

R.Thomas Consulting & Training

Shattering the Silences-A PBS Documentary about faculty diversity in highter education

Demographic Dimensions of Diversity Relevant for Extension Educators: What to Look For, Why, and Where To Find the Data: This document lists basic demographic variables related to diversity that are relevant for Extension educators, discusses why the variables are important, and provides links to data sources for the different variables at different levels of geographic detail. Data are available at the state, county and sub-county levels, such as the Census tract level. Most of the data are also available at different points in time, allowing basic trends to be identified.

Extension en Espanol: A national clearinghouse for Spanish-language educational resources operated by and for Extension professionals.

Agricultural Tailgate Training Safety Modules: Visit the Ohioline Farm Safety Manual to view training safety modules from Arc Welding to Trenching Excavation and then test your knowledge.

Minnesota Department of Human Rights:  Find out what the Human Rights Act says -- and doesn't say -- about the rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender individuals.

Journal Of Extension: The Journal of Extension (JOE) is the peer-reviewed journal of the U.S. Cooperative Extension System. It seeks to expand and update the research and knowledge base for Extension professionals and other adult educators to improve their effectiveness.

       Facing Issues of Diversity: Rebirthing the Extension Service: Call it diversity, multiculturalism, or pluralism--this issue, brought to the forefront mainly by demographic changes, is on the minds of Extension professionals throughout the country. In a recent diversity workshop at the National Family and Consumer Science meeting, 60 professionals from every region of the United States gathered to discuss and learn about the issue of diversity. Meeting the needs of the growing Hispanic population seemed to be foremost on the minds of these family and consumer science professionals.

Other Resources

Annotated Bibliographies on Diversity
          Understanding Differences: Personal Development(pdf format)
        Managing Diversity: Organizational Development(pdf format)
        Understanding Differences for Youth(pdf format)

African American Culture Resource: As the diversity of our nation continues to increase, the need to prepare youth to function in a diverse society and world becomes more important.

The Diversity Factor: A quarterly journal, source of information for both the theory and practice of diversity management. To order, call 201-833-0011 or visit their website http://www.eyca.com/diversity/diversityfactor.html

The Changing Face of the Rural West: The WRDC is working in conjunction with western extension faculty to produce a series of information briefs called The Changing Face of the Rural West. The goal of the information briefs is to highlight aspects of regional population change that might be going unrecognized but that might have important long-term implications. Each information brief will conclude with a section that raises-but does not attempt to answer-important policy questions that arise from the demographic data. The first brief in the series, Rapid Growth of Hispanic Populations in Western States, is authored by Eddy Berry (Utah State University) and Annabel Kirschner (Washington State University).

Pathways Reaffirmed: ECOP has supported an updated strategic plan for diversity for the Extension System called Pathways to Diversity. The Extension Diversity Task Force in concert with an appointed ad hoc committee developed and adopted an updated Pathways. The original was written for the system ten years ago but is seen as still relevant today. See above link to the original document.

Collaborating Across Generations
There are many important issues to address in today's workplace and diversity is among them. As we know, diversity is more than just race or skin color. Diversity includes; ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, culture, size, abilities, and age along with many other attributes. This month's diversity topic is focusing on the multi-generational workplace and the richness that it brings as well as some of the challenges. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks", "These young people don't have any work ethic", "The old timers will not listen to anything new". Some of these statements may sound familiar, they are stereotypes attributed to people of different generations. In Webster's New World Dictionary, generation is defined in several ways: "4. The average period (about thirty years) between the first of one generation and that of the next; 5a. all of the people born and living at about the same time; b. a group of such people with the same experience, belief, attitude, etc. in common". Some may wonder why examining generations, as an aspect of diversity is relevant. The answer is that conflicts can and do occur based on misunderstandings between the generations. These conflicts can occur at home as well as at work. For more information on generations at work, go to http://hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/resources/resources_issues.html Here you will find handouts and a powerpoint presentation on multi-generations at work at the bottom of the page.

Understanding Latino Families, Implications for Family Education is a fact sheet from Utah State University Extension.

Direct links to reading materials(download in pdf)

"Challenges of Leading a Diverse Workforce" J. Joplin and C. Daus.
Academy of Management Executive 1997 Vol. ll No. 3 pg 32-47.

Chapter 1: "Leadership for Democracy: The Managing Diversity Intervention"
Chapter 9: "What We Need to Know to 'Manage Diversity'"Chapter. from Cross, Elsie. (2000). Managing diversity: The courage to lead. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books_ISBN:1-56720-269-1

Chapter 7: "Privilege, Power, Difference and Us", Privilege, Power and Difference by Allan G. Johnson.

Chapter 9: "Getting Off the Hook", Privilege, Power and Difference by Allan G. Johnson.

Articles from The Scientist (November '05 Issue)

Just Add Color(pdf)

Leading by Example(pdf)

Resources(pdf)

Why Diversity Matters(pdf)

Diversity Toolkit

The Managing Diversity Survival Guide: A Complete Collection of Checklist Activities and Tips. Provides ready-to-use, reproducible support materials for trainers, human resource professionals, and diversity managers. Covers assessing organizations' need for training and coaches trainers on typical questions and conflicts encountered in diversity training. Includes some 80 activities, worksheets, charts, surveys, checklists, sample agendas and overhead transparency masters in the text and on the accompanying disk. Lee Gardenswartz, Anita Rowe
ISBN: 0786302658
Format: Paperback, 192pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Diversity in Action (Although youth-focused, many of the experiential activities can be used with adult audiences as well)
Sharon Chappelle, Francesca Hillyer, Lisa Bigman, Inc. Project Adventure
ISBN: 0536011753
Format: Paperback, 412pp
Publisher: Pearson Custom Publishing

Whoopi Goldberg Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary HBO special
Stand up piece presented from the perspective of a physically challenged woman.
http://store.hbo.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2136357
The cost is $24.98 plus shipping.

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