A. Tolerance.org—A web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center dedicated to fighting hate and promoting tolerance of difference.
· Link to http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp
· This is a very rich web site, and you owe it to yourself to browse its pages. A couple of highlights are…
1. FREE MATERIALS for Educators and Trainers
o Link to http://www.tolerance.org/teach/expand/res/index.jsp
o “A collection of award-winning free materials designed to help educators and trainers promote respect and equity. These free resources are available from the publishers of Teaching Tolerance magazine.”
2. 101 Tools for Tolerance
o Link to http://www.tolerance.org/101_tools/index.html
o “Simple ideas for promoting equity and diversity in your home, school, workplace, and community.”
B. Mental Health: Culture, Race, Ethnicity. A Supplement to Mental Health: Report
of the Surgeon General
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Link to http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cre/default.asp
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“Striking disparities in access, quality
and availability of mental health services exist for racial and ethnic minority
Americans…. This report, a supplement to the 1999 first-ever Surgeon General's
report on mental health, highlights the role culture and society play in mental
health, mental illness, and the types of mental health services people seek.
It finds that, although effective, well-documented treatments for mental illnesses
are available, racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to receive quality
care than the general population…. A critical consequence of this disparity
is that racial and ethnic minority communities bear a disproportionately high
burden of disability from untreated or inadequately treated mental health problems
and mental illnesses (From the US Surgeon General Press Release,
1. Executive Summary (html)
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Link to http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cre/execsummary-1.asp
2. Full report (PDF)
· Link to http://media.shs.net/ken/pdf/SMA-01-3613/sma-01-3613.pdf
C. LEP.gov—Meaningful Access for People who are Limited English Proficient
· Link to http://www.lep.gov/about.html
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“This
web site promotes a positive and cooperative understanding of the importance
of language access to federal programs and federally assisted programs. It
supports fair, reasoned and consistent implementation of Executive Order 13166,
Title VI, and the Title VI regulations regarding language access. The site
also acts as a clearinghouse, providing and linking to information, tools,
and technical assistance regarding Limited English Proficiency and language
services for federal agencies, recipients of federal funds, users of federal
programs and federally assisted programs, and other stakeholders. LEP.gov is created by
the Federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency. That
Working Group was created at the request of the Assistant Attorney General
of the
1. Information for Community-Based
Organizations.
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Link to http://www.lep.gov/community.html
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“This page of LEP.org
contains an extensive list of links to guidance, resources, and promising
practices for community-based organizations.”
D. Resources By and About Interracial and Multicultural People (1995).
· Link to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kdown/multi.html
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“Compiled by Valarie Burton Ashby, Karen Downing, Ericka Matthews, Miriam
G. Willard, and Alysse Jordan, students at the
E. “Diversity in Disability: Exploring the Interactions Between Disability, Ethnicity, Age, Gender, and Sexuality.” By Molloy, Knight, & Woodfield (2003). Research summary available online at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/summ2003-2004/188summ.pdf.