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Cultural Competence and Diversity Resources 
Description: A "Hot Topics" compilation of resources addressing issues of diversity, cultural competence.
Author: De Reus, Lee Ann; Libby Balter Blume
Description: This journal includes theory development and empirical research in the field of
family studies. It focuses specifically on social justice, marriage inequality,
dispelling white privilege and working with urban audiences to achieve social
justice.
The Importance of Incorporating Local Culture into Community Development
Description: Rarely is local culture seen as playing a significant role in development outcomes. Nor does empirical research routinely consider the role of local culture in fostering a more complete understanding of community development. Instead, culture is often viewed as an outgrowth of a particular region and dependent upon economic and other experiences, not an independent force. Such perspectives miss an important aspect of the development process. The culture of a community significantly shapes debate and action. Local culture also presents unique options for locally based economic and other development.
The National Coalition Building Institute
Description: A website explaining the NCBI, which helps local communities and organizations face and resolve conflicts and establish prejudice reduction leadership teams in the community.
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Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Evaluation Amidst Diversity
Author: Iyechad, Lilli (1 more by this author); Garcia, Aleta; Tepper, Karen Hoffman; Jakes, Susan S.
Description: A bulletin that discusses applying CYFERnet resources to evaluate community outcomes. It includes discussions of promoting regional collaboration, programmatic cohesion, and cross-cultural awareness and preservation. It also introduces an evaluation and education tool called "A Storyboard of Mirconesian Peoples: A Navigation Chart to Better Understanding."
- More about "Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Evaluation Amidst Diversity"
Building Communities of Conscience and Conviction, Lessons From Recent Experience
Author: Dodson, David; Julie K. Thomasson
Description: This is a report on how MDC has been successful in getting individuals involved in local issues. It speaks of the principles of excellence, equity, and inclusion.
Description: A listing of instruments that assess attitudes and behavior related
to diversity.
– General Information –
Description: A guide for promoting diversity and equity.
African American Inventors Curriculum
Description: Overview of curriculum, and the curriculum, to celebrate the accomplishments of African American Inventors and learn how to use an exciting new curriculum on the subject with kids in community-based projects serving children and youth.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Description: A resource designed to help compile and exchange information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.
Assessing the Cultural Competence of Youth Development Professionals and Paraprofessionals
Author: Williams, Bonita
Description: Workshop reviews the concept of cultural competence and why it is important, presents research on the development of an assessment tool to measure the cultural competence of youth development professionals. Factors making up cultural competence include: cultural skill, cultural knowledge, personal cultural awareness, cultural accountability, and cultural planning, implementation and evaluation. Implications for research and practice are also presented.
Building Communities of Conscience and Conviction, Lessons From Recent Experience
Author: Dodson, David; Julie K. Thomasson
Description: This is a report on how MDC has been successful in getting individuals involved in local issues. It speaks of the principles of excellence, equity, and inclusion.
Child Trends: Trends among Hispanic Children, Youth, and Families
Author: Williams, Stephanie
Description: A brief fact sheet of demograhic trends of Hispanic youth as compared to European American and African American youth.
Community Philanthropy and Racial Equity: What Progress Looks Like
Description: This report, based on visits to nine organizations, examines how community philanthropy can deepen social justice work, especially in the American South.
Community-Based Youth Leadership: A Pathway to Civic Engagement
Author: Wheeler, Wendy; Carla Roach
Description: This paper describes four insights gleaned from organizations where
youth are learning and leading as partners in democracy. The organizational profiles, drawn
from various initiatives and partnerships coordinated by the Innovation Center, including the
Ford Foundation-funded Youth Leadership for Development Initiative, collectively point to four
promising practices for organizations and communities to engage young people as leaders in
creating strong and healthy communities. These practices resonate with existing scholarship on
youth development, youth-adult partnership, civic activism, and community building. Taken
together, they highlight the critical role that community-based agencies can play as supporters
and facilitators of youth civic engagement.
Effectively Teaching Tecnología en Español to Spanish Speakers
Author: Magaña, Mario
Description: Need technology education for Spanish speakers? Everything you’ll need, from finding the computer lab, to curriculum “en Español,” to effective recruitment and motivation strategies for kindergarteners to seniors. This computer lab demonstrates how to structure an effective community-based educational program “en Español” to teach web browsing, e-mail, desktop publishing, and office applications. (Computer lab taught in English.)
Kids Count Pocket Guide African-American Children
Description: This pocket guide provides statistics on economic, educational, and social well-being for African American children and highlights gaps that persist between minority kids and non-Hispanic white children in the US. Derived from the 2000 Census, these booklets contain a national overview, state-by-state data, and state rankings.
Kids Count Pocket Guide Latino Children
Description: Latino Children Children Pocket Guide provide statistics on economic, educational, and social well-being for minority children and highlights gaps that persist between minority kids and non-Hispanic white children in the US. Derived from the 2000 Census, the booklet contains a national overview, state-by-state data and state rankings.
Latino Immigration and Community Development in Richmond, IN
Author: Jensen, Kumar
Description: A survey of Latino integration into the Richmond, IN community
Phonetics - the sounds of Spanish, German and English
Description: This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish, German and English. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. It is intended for students of phonetics, linguistics, and foreign language. There is also an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.
Project GROW (Gardening Rejuvenates Our Wellness)
Author: Go, Charles
Description: Nationwide, there are few 4-H programs in juvenile hall. Project GROW helps to address this gap by bringing a 4-H youth development program to vulnerable incarcerated youth. On the surface, we are engaging youth in gardening activities, but youth development principles and concepts are at the roots of the project. So roll up your sleeves and join us in this workshop!
Ready for Work - Action Brief #2
Author: The Forum for Youth Inves, (2 more by this author)
Description: An article that describes facts that relate to teen employment.
Strengthening Programs to Reach Diverse Audiences
Author: Guion, Lisa (2 more by this author); Carolyn Perkins; Gae Braodwater, Wally Gaddard; Samantha Chattaraj
Description: This is a webpage with a 6 unit curriculum on working more effectively with ethnically diverse audiences as well as many resources, contacts, and a celebrating diversity calendar.
The Impact of Immigration on Small- to Mid-Sized Iowa Communities: A Citizens' Guide for Change
Author: Bickmeier, Gary
Description: Many small and mid-town communities are seeing an influx of Latino immigrants, often recruited by one major employer in the region. This original research interviewed community leaders in four Iowa communities to determine the impact of this immigration on the community and the lessons that could be learned to help other communities prepare for such in-migration.
Author: Cortes, Carlos
Description: Multicultural issues -- recognitional, relational, and identity -- central to The New Multiculturalism. and critical to the building of a better, stronger, more equitable 21st-century nation of diversity and commonality.
Training to Accessing Diverse Audiences
Author: Skogrand, Linda (2 more by this author); Cheryl Christy
Description: Summary of a workshop presented at CYFAR 2003 in which State and Community Extension Staff provided an overview of training that addresses: why members of diverse audiences do not participate in traditional programming.
Writing for a Changing World: Reaching Low Literacy Audiences with Print Material
Description: A fact sheet that discusses how to write for low literacy audiences.
– Professional Development –
Community Building Approaches to Working with Children, Youth, and Families CYFAR 2007 handout
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author); Boyd Rossing (University of Wisconsin), Daniel Perkins (Pennsylvania State Univ; Autumn Guin & Andrew Behnke (NC State University); Barbara Brown (Clemson University)
Description: For professionals wanting to learn to create programs and enhance program impact by building strong communities, this preconference will explore strategies for implementing community-based approaches, discuss challenges of building community programs, demonstrate a model for understanding the ecological context of community members, and present creative solutions for those working in communities to form collaborative relationships with all community members.
Community Building Approaches to Working with Children, Youth, and Families CYFAR 2007 presentation
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author); Barbara Brown (Clemson University); Autumn Guin & Andrew Behnke (NC State University); Boyd Rossing (University of Wisconsin), Daniel Perkins (Pennsylvania State Univ
Description: For professionals wanting to learn to create programs and enhance program impact by building strong communities, this preconference will explore strategies for implementing community-based approaches, discuss challenges of building community programs, demonstrate a model for understanding the ecological context of community members, and present creative solutions for those working in communities to form collaborative relationships with all community members.
Community Building Approaches to Working with Children, Youth, and Families CYFAR 2007 presentation
Author: Jakes, Susan (21 more by this author); Autumn Guin & Andrew Behnke (NC State University); Barbara Brown (Clemson University); Boyd Rossing (University of Wisconsin), Daniel Perkins (Pennsylvania State Univ
Description: For professionals wanting to learn to create programs and enhance program impact by building strong communities, this preconference will explore strategies for implementing community-based approaches, discuss challenges of building community programs, demonstrate a model for understanding the ecological context of community members, and present creative solutions for those working in communities to form collaborative relationships with all community members.
Intercultural Relations: How to Effectively Address Cultural Diversity in Extension Programming
Author: Weaver, Gary
Description: This keynote address given by Dr. Gary Weaver, at CYFAR 2003, addresses ways to effectively address cultural diversity in Extension programming.
Phonetics - the sounds of Spanish, German and English
Description: This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish, German and English. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. It is intended for students of phonetics, linguistics, and foreign language. There is also an interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.
– Programming Resource –
Description: A guide for promoting diversity and equity.
African American Inventors Curriculum
Description: Overview of curriculum, and the curriculum, to celebrate the accomplishments of African American Inventors and learn how to use an exciting new curriculum on the subject with kids in community-based projects serving children and youth.
Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Evaluation Amidst Diversity
Author: Iyechad, Lilli (1 more by this author); Garcia, Aleta; Tepper, Karen Hoffman; Jakes, Susan S.
Description: A bulletin that discusses applying CYFERnet resources to evaluate community outcomes. It includes discussions of promoting regional collaboration, programmatic cohesion, and cross-cultural awareness and preservation. It also introduces an evaluation and education tool called "A Storyboard of Mirconesian Peoples: A Navigation Chart to Better Understanding."
- More about "Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Evaluation Amidst Diversity"
Community Philanthropy and Racial Equity: What Progress Looks Like
Description: This report, based on visits to nine organizations, examines how community philanthropy can deepen social justice work, especially in the American South.
Diverse Partners in Planning and Decision Making
Author: Parker, Louise; Drew Betz
Description: A fact sheet and five case studies on diversity and community building.
Effectively Teaching Tecnología en Español to Spanish Speakers
Author: Magaña, Mario
Description: Need technology education for Spanish speakers? Everything you’ll need, from finding the computer lab, to curriculum “en Español,” to effective recruitment and motivation strategies for kindergarteners to seniors. This computer lab demonstrates how to structure an effective community-based educational program “en Español” to teach web browsing, e-mail, desktop publishing, and office applications. (Computer lab taught in English.)
Evaluation Report: Engaging Persons with Disabilities
Description: A research report that describes the outcomes and lessons learned of a year-long initiative, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, to engage more people with disabilities in volunteer service.
Intercultural Relations: How to Effectively Address Cultural Diversity in Extension Programming
Author: Weaver, Gary
Description: This keynote address given by Dr. Gary Weaver, at CYFAR 2003, addresses ways to effectively address cultural diversity in Extension programming.
Learning and Leading: A toolkit for youth development and civic activism
Author: Innovation Center, (2 more by this author)
Description: Curriculum for working with youth-led organizations to develop youth personal leadership, youth organizational leadership, and youth community leadership skills.
May also be found at:
http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/files/LearningAndLeading_ToolKit.pdf
Mapping Spiritual and Cultural Assets for Native American Students
Author: Fiscus, Carolyn; Cornelia Butler Flora
Description: A brief, concise slide show on assessing cultural and spiritual assets of Native American individuals, groups, and institutions for healthier and empowered Native American Communities. Specific context is university students, but principles are generalizable.
See also : http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adeca.state.al.us%2FGrant%2520Resources%2520Online%2FDocument%2520Library%2FMapping%2520The%2520Assets%2520of%2520Your%2520Community.pdf&rct=j&q=Mapping%20Spiritual%20and%20Cultural%20Assets%20for%20Native%20American%20Students&ei=LNPHTcDhBYi3tgfOsPiPBA&usg=AFQjCNHipzhaup9ImFDDUo2qDnejSomipg&sig2=_CZiEou3qDGPok4jmh-RfQ&cad=rja
My Own Backyard: Exploring the Urban Landscape through Poetry and Art
Author: Umbach, Sandee
Description: My Own Backyard programs bring youth and communities together; highlighting a sense of place through artistic expression in poetry, visual art, and technology. Participants will learn how students in underprivileged areas can be encouraged to find the beauty in their everyday surroundings, and to express and integrate their thoughts on their own neighborhood's unique history, traditions, people, and places.
Recruiting and Supporting Latino Volunteers
Description: Provides background and suggestions for increasing Latino community service and volunteering.
Strengthening Programs to Reach Diverse Audiences
Author: Guion, Lisa (2 more by this author); Carolyn Perkins; Gae Braodwater, Wally Gaddard; Samantha Chattaraj
Description: This is a webpage with a 6 unit curriculum on working more effectively with ethnically diverse audiences as well as many resources, contacts, and a celebrating diversity calendar.
Author: Cortes, Carlos
Description: Multicultural issues -- recognitional, relational, and identity -- central to The New Multiculturalism. and critical to the building of a better, stronger, more equitable 21st-century nation of diversity and commonality.
Training to Accessing Diverse Audiences
Author: Skogrand, Linda (2 more by this author); Cheryl Christy
Description: Summary of a workshop presented at CYFAR 2003 in which State and Community Extension Staff provided an overview of training that addresses: why members of diverse audiences do not participate in traditional programming.
Vital Difference: The Role of Race in Building Community
Description: A publication and website resource that provides insight into the powerful knowledge that practitioners offer for understanding the role of race and racial identity
in building community and sustaining democracy.
Writing for a Changing World: Reaching Low Literacy Audiences with Print Material
Description: A fact sheet that discusses how to write for low literacy audiences.
– Research –
Building Communities of Conscience and Conviction, Lessons From Recent Experience
Author: Dodson, David; Julie K. Thomasson
Description: This is a report on how MDC has been successful in getting individuals involved in local issues. It speaks of the principles of excellence, equity, and inclusion.
Community Philanthropy and Racial Equity: What Progress Looks Like
Description: This report, based on visits to nine organizations, examines how community philanthropy can deepen social justice work, especially in the American South.
Evaluation Report: Engaging Persons with Disabilities
Description: A research report that describes the outcomes and lessons learned of a year-long initiative, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, to engage more people with disabilities in volunteer service.
The Changing Face of Rural America
Author: Kirschner, Annabel
Description: Powerpoint presentation about:
Harder to Define Rural • Increasing Importance of Amenities for
Growth • Increasing Diversity • An Aging Population
Includes maps, research, demographic information, charts, and trends regarding poverty
The Impact of Immigration on Small- to Mid-Sized Iowa Communities: A Citizens' Guide for Change
Author: Bickmeier, Gary
Description: Many small and mid-town communities are seeing an influx of Latino immigrants, often recruited by one major employer in the region. This original research interviewed community leaders in four Iowa communities to determine the impact of this immigration on the community and the lessons that could be learned to help other communities prepare for such in-migration.