Diversity Resource List
created for
National Performing Arts Convention Web site
Update: 6/1/2010
Organizations and Web Sites
Diversity Inc.
www.diversityinc.com
Leading publication on diversity and business, DiversityInc.com has the largest dedicated
career center for diverse professionals, and a core part of the business is benchmarking
companies against our DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity data.
Diversity Best Practices
www.diversitybestpractices.com
Focusing on sharing best practices and developing innovative
solutions for culture change within organizations, Diversity Best
Practices offers research, benchmarking, publications, and
events. The Web site offers the platform to connect with global diversity thought leaders
and tap their intellectual capital, provide a link to business sessions, conference calls, and
webinars, and access powerful, relevant U.S. and global data.
National MultiCultural Institute
www.nmci.org
NMCI is the only non-profit organization devoted to supporting
the diversity and inclusion endeavors of other non-profits.
NMCI’s mission is to work with individuals, organizations, and
communities to facilitate personal and systemic change in order
to build an inclusive society that is strengthened and
empowered by its diversity.
Through its programs, NMCI leads efforts to increase communication, understanding,
and respect among diverse groups, and addresses important issues of multiculturalism
facing our society. In addition to its twice annual Diversity Leadership Conferences,
NMCI provides Organizational Consulting and Training on diversity issues, publishes
books and training manuals through NMCI Publications, and develops Leading Edge
Projects in the field.
Society of Human Resource Management
http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/Diversity/Pages/default.aspx
The world’s largest professional association devoted to human
resource management, SHRM provides the most current and comprehensive resources,
and advances the profession by promoting HR’s essential, strategic role. The Web site
has an entire section devoted to diversity, which includes Age, Business Case, Careers,
Color, Cultural Competence, Disability, Diversity Initiatives, Ethnicity/National Origin,
Family Status, Gender Identity, Metrics, Multicultural Marketing, Race, Religion, Belief
& Spirituality, Sexual Orientation, plus much more.
Print Media
The Business Case for Diversity – 5th edition by Diversity, Inc. Staff, Gwen Moran
Publisher: Diversity Inc.; 2006.
This is the essential reference book for diversity leaders. You know that work place and
marketplace diversity are the marks of a well-managed company. Now, The Business
Case for Diversity, Fifth Edition, illustrates exactly how creating an inclusive culture
benefits the bottom line. A must-read for diversity leaders, this book is completely
rewritten, reformatted, and includes: All new content, including the latest diversity
research, statistics, and studies; insight into harnessing the buying power of emerging
markets; advice and examples from the Diversity, Inc. Top50 Companies for Diversity;
evidence of how diversity increases retention, decreases costs, and improves profits. Each
chapter delivers the information you need about the four cornerstones of successful
diversity programs: CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communications, and
supplier diversity. You'll learn how to measure your company's efforts and benefit from a
more inclusive corporate culture
Designing and Implementing a Diversity Initiative: A Guide for
Organizational Culture Change by Maria Morukian and Manny
Brandt
Publisher: National MultiCultural Institute; 2009.
This manual details the National MultiCultural Institute’s unique,
comprehensive, and time-tested framework for implementing
organizational culture change within a nonprofit organization. It provides the tools
needed to conceptualize the most effective strategies for infusing diversity and inclusion
into an organization.
The Diversity Directive: Why Some Initiatives Fail and What to
Do About It by Armida Mendez Russell and Robert Hayles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; November 1, 1996.
In recent years, organizations across America have implemented
diversity programs designed to produce the multicultural
corporate environment needed to compete on a global scale. The
aim of The Diversity Directive is to help those organizations realize the rewards of their
efforts. The Diversity Directive includes a step-by-step, proven process for initiating or
revitalizing corporate diversity efforts. Some of the most valuable diversity lessons
learned by leading edge companies such as Medtronic, Pillsbury, Honeywell, and 3M are
shared in this book. The Diversity Directive will help readers: Guide their organization
through the process of planning and implementing a diversity program that sustains real
and lasting culture change; Revitalize diversity change efforts by identifying ``what to do
next''; Learn about embarking on a ``diversity journey'' from those who are already
traveling the path.
DiversityInc Magazine
A monthly magazine, DiversityInc Magazine features timely articles as
well as regular columns on legal and immigration issues, facts and
figures, leadership profiles, people and events, and “Ask the White
Guy.” The target audience is executives at larger corporations and
organizations and is appropriate for owners/partners of women- and
minority-owned businesses, and educators and students.
Diversity Primer
Publisher: Diversity Best Practies; 2010.
The premier resource for every diversity practitioner is touted by
corporate leaders as the bible of diversity management and leadership.
This 235-page publication will cover all areas of diversity
management from affinity groups to white male engagement. This
indispensable publication is being used by many of today’s top corporations to formulate
entire strategic diversity plans. Also included will be a comprehensive look at the
position of Chief Diversity Officer. This new section of the Diversity Primer will provide
profiles of top diversity officers, compensation strategies, roles andresponsibilities, and a
look into the changing trends and future ofthe Chief Diversity Officer in corporate
America.
Entering Cultural Communities: Diversity and Change in the
Nonprofit Arts edited by Diane Grams and Betty Farrell
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; March 26, 2008.
Arts organizations once sought patrons primarily from among the
wealthy and well educated, but for many decades now they have
revised their goals as they seek to broaden their audiences.
Today, museums, orchestras, dance companies, theaters, and community cultural centers
try to involve a variety of people in the arts. They strive to attract a more racially and
ethnically diverse group of people, those from a broader range of economic backgrounds,
new immigrants, families, and youth.
The chapters in this book draw on interviews with leaders, staff, volunteers, and audience
members from eighty-five nonprofit cultural organizations to explore how they are trying
to increase participation and the extent to which they have been successful. The insiders'
accounts point to the opportunities and challenges involved in such efforts, from the
reinvention of programs and creation of new activities, to the addition of new
departments and staff dynamics, to partnerships with new groups. The authors
differentiate between "relational" and "transactional" practices, the former term
describing efforts to build connections with local communities and the latter describing
efforts to create new consumer markets for cultural products. In both cases, arts leaders
report that, although positive results are difficult to measure conclusively, long-term
efforts bring better outcomes than short-term activities.
The organizations discussed include large, medium, and small nonprofits located in
urban, suburban, and rural areas--from large institutions such as the Smithsonian, the
Walker Art Center, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the San Francisco Symphony
to many cultural organizations that are smaller, but often known nationally for their
innovative work, such as AS220, The Loft Literary Center, Armory Center for the Arts,
Appalshop, and the Western Folklife Center.
The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens
Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around
Them by The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell with Foreward by
Zlata Filipovic
Publisher: Broadway; October 12, 1999
Straight from the front line of urban America, this is an inspiring
story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students.
As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long
beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students.
One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature, and angrily declared that
this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust—only to be met by
uncomprehending looks. So she and her students, using the treasured books Anne Frank:
The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo as their guides,
undertook a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and
misunderstanding. They learned to see the parallels in these books to their own lives,
recording their thoughts and feelings in diaries and dubbing themselves the “Freedom
Writers” in homage to the civil rights activists “The Freedom Riders.”
With funds raised by a “Read-a-thon for Tolerance,” they arranged for Miep Gies, the
courageous Dutch woman who sheltered the Frank family, to visit them in California,
where she declared that Erin Gruwell’s students were “the real heroes.” Their efforts have
paid off spectacularly, both in terms of recognition—appearances on Prime Time Live
and All Things Considered, coverage in People magazine, a meeting with U.S. Secretary
of Education Richard Riley—and educationally. All 150 Freedom Writers have graduated
from high school and are now attending college.
With powerful entries from the students’ own diaries and a narrative text by Erin
Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an uplifting, unforgettable example of how hard
work, courage, and the spirit of determination changed the lives of a teacher and her
students.
Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to the Arts, Culture
and Community by Donna Walker-Kuhne and George C. Wolfe
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group; January 1, 2005.
Acknowledged as the nation's foremost expert on audience
development involving America's growing multicultural
population by the Arts and Business Council, Donna WalkerKuhne has now written the first book describing her strategies and methods to engage
diverse communities as participants for arts and culture. By offering strategic
collaborations and efforts to develop and sustain non--traditional audiences, this book
will directly impact the stability and future of America's cultural and artistic landscape.
Donna Walker-Kuhne has spent the last 20 years developing and refining these principles
with such success as both the Broadway and national touring productions of Bring in 'Da
Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, as well as transforming the audiences at one of the U.S.'s most
important and visible arts institutions, New York's Public Theater. This book is a
practical and inspirational guide on ways to invite, engage, and partner with culturally
diverse communities and enfranchising those communities into the fabric of arts and
culture in the United States.
Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about
Innovation by Frans Johansson
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; October 1, 2006
Why do so many world-changing insights come from people with little
or no related experience? Charles Darwin was a geologist when he
proposed the theory of evolution. And it was an astronomer who finally
explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Frans Johansson's The Medici Effect shows
how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into
new, unfamiliar territory and offers examples how we can turn the ideas we discover into
ground-breaking innovations.
Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words by
Stephen Young
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; (October 24, 2006).
Should you sweat the small stuff?
Absolutely, says Stephen Young, especially when it comes to
those critical behaviors that can make or break performance. The reason is simple: no
matter what you think you're saying, your words, gestures, and tone of voice can actually
communicate something entirely different.
Too often, negative micromessages undermine morale, business opportunities, and
ultimately your organization. Micromessaging examines the nuanced behaviors that we
all blindly use and react to in our dealings with others. Yet as Young points out, these
micromessages can reveal a lot about our own-and our superiors'-biases and preconceived
notions. Learning how to constructively address these behaviors can bring about positive
change.
Young offers a common language for encouraging open discussion in the workplace,
along with skills to identify and address familiar micromessages; tools for deploying
microadvantages; and real-life workplace scenarios, self-assessments, and solutions that
help readers interpret and alter ingrained behaviors and their effects. He delivers valuable
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Crucial leadership skills and how to acquire them
Universal workplace cultural issues
How expectations affect the performance of others
Ways to speak fairly, not falsely
Techniques that eliminate group think
How to reset the "filters" you use to "screen" others
Based on research from MIT, Young's approach has already helped numerous Fortune
500 clients, including Merck, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Starbucks, IBM, Boeing, Wells
Fargo, Bank of America, Cisco, and Raytheon to increase leadership effectiveness. With
its proven wisdom, you can experience what so many business executives worldwide
have discovered and make it a powerful part of your leadership skill set.
Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers
and Erin Gruwell by The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, and
Foreward by Anna Quindlen
Publisher: Broadway; Original edition (August 18, 2009)
“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too,
if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel
deserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the
most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will
last forever.” –from the foreword by Anna Quindlen
Now depicted in a bestselling book and a feature film, the Freedom Writers phenomenon
came about in 1994 when Erin Gruwell stepped into Room 203 and began her first
teaching job out of college. Long Beach, California, was still reeling from the deadly
violence that erupted during the Rodney King riots, and the kids in Erin’s classroom
reflected the anger, resentment, and hopelessness of their community. Undaunted, Erin
fostered an educational philosophy that valued and promoted diversity, tolerance, and
communication, and in the process, she transformed her students’ lives, as well as her
own. Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers went on to establish the Freedom Writers
Foundation to replicate the success of Room 203 and provide all students with hope and
opportunities to realize their academic potential. Since then, the foundation has trained
more than 150 teachers in the United States and Canada. Teaching Hope unites the voices
of these Freedom Writer teachers, who share uplifting, devastating, and poignant stories
from their classrooms, stories that provide insight into the struggles and triumphs of
education in all of its forms.
Mirroring an academic year, these dispatches from the front lines of education take us
from the anticipation of the first day to the disillusionment, challenges, and triumphs of
the school year. These are the voices of teachers who persevere in the face of intolerance,
rigid administration, and countless other challenges, and continue to reach out and teach
those who are deemed unteachable. Their stories inspire everyone to make a difference in
the world around them.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by
Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Back Bay Books; January 7, 2002.
The Tipping Point is about change. It's a book that presents a new way of
understanding why change so often happens as quickly and as
unexpectedly as it does. For example, why did crime drop so dramatically
in New York City in the mid-1990's? How does a novel written by an unknown author
end up as national bestseller? Why do teens smoke in greater and greater numbers, when
every single person in the country knows that cigarettes kill? Why is word-of-mouth so
powerful? What makes TV shows like Sesame Street so good at teaching kids how to
read? I think the answer to all those questions is the same. It's that ideas and behavior and
messages and products sometimes behave just like outbreaks of infectious disease. They
are social epidemics. The Tipping Point is an examination of the social epidemics that
surround us.
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by
Tim Wise
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; December 28, 2007.
Racial privilege shapes the lives of white Americans in every
facet of life, from employment and education to housing and
criminal justice. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise
shows that racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits those who are
"white like him" — whether or not they’re actively racist. Using stories instead of stale
statistics, Wise weaves a compelling narrative that assesses the magnitude of racial
privilege and is at once readable and scholarly, analytical yet accessible.
"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?": A
Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity by Beverly
Daniel Tatum and Beverly Daniel Tatum
Publisher: Basic Books; January 7, 2003
Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black youth
seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the Black kids
sitting together--the White, Latino, Asian Pacific, and in some regions, American Indian
youth, are clustered in their own groups, too. The same phenomenon can be observed in
college dining halls, faculty lounges, and in corporate cafeterias.
What is going on here? Is this self-segregation a problem we should try to fix, or a coping
strategy we should support? How can we get past our reluctance to talk about racial
issues to even discuss it? And what about the other question we and our children have
about race?
Beverly Daniel Tatum is a renowned authority on the psychology on racism. She asserts
that we do not know how to talk about our racial differences. Whites are afraid of using
the wrong words and being perceived as "racist." Parents of color are afraid of exposing
their children to painful racial realities too soon. Tatum understands that the vocabulary
of race is loaded and that embarrassment and awkwardness often stymie conversations
about this subject; yet, she believes that these obstacles can and must be overcome if we
are to bring about change.
In Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other
Conversations About Race, Dr. Tatum provides us with a new way of thinking and
talking about race through the lens of racial identity. She explains that all of us have a
racial identity and must strive to affirm it. For people of color, the development of a
constructive racial identity requires being able to recognize and reject the bombardments
of negative stereotypes and to embrace a history of resistance and empowerment rather
than passive victimization. For Whites, the challenge is to engage in a process of racial
identity development which leads to an awareness of White privilege and a determination
to actively work against injustice--and this requires the strength to reject a system that
rewards them, and to reclaim the legacy of White allies. For many, this is uncharted
territory. This book provides a road map for those who want to make the journey better
understand the racial dynamics of their daily lives.
Tatum extends her ideas about racial identity development beyond the usual Black-White
paradigm to embrace the unique circumstances of Latinos, American Indians, Asians, as
well as biracial youth. Also included is a list of resources for further reading as well as a
list of books for parents and teachers to recommend to children of all ages.
Using real-life examples and the latest research, Tatum presents strong evidence that
straight talk about our racial identities--whatever they may be--is essential if we are
serious about facilitating communication across racial and ethnic divides. We have
waited far too long to begin our conversations about race. This remarkable book, infused
with great wisdom and humanity, tells us where to start.