Elsewhere on the Web

This page contains links to web sites dealing with issues of diversity. All of the sites have “education” links that could be utilized by educators and students to enrich the classroom learning environment. This list is by no means comprehensive. If would like to add a diversity web site that you found particularly useful and/or educational, please contact lawrencek@pdx.edu with the web address and information.

25 Hour Diversity Curriculum by Jack Straton
This site contains course modules on diversity that are used in team-taught, multidisciplinary, year-long courses that constitute the first year general education program at Portland State University. One over-arching goal is to help students become conscious participants in their own value systems and to enhance their awareness of social and community responsibility.

AAUP: Issues in Higher Education
The AAUP (American Association of University Professors) has developed policy statements, guidelines, and resources on various issues of equity in higher education. Browse the links on this page for their lists of resources.

American Association for People with Disabilities
The AAPD is dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 56 million Americans with disabilities. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Activating Change Together
Self-Advocacy for people with disabilities.

American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Defending the Civil Rights of all Arabs in the United States.

American Indian Cultural Research Center
There are nearly three hundred distinct American Indian Nations in the present United States. Each has its own language and history and its own sacred places and rituals. The principal purpose of the Center is to inform the general public of the world views and philosophies of life of Native Peoples.

 

Diversity Web — Association of American Colleges and Universities
Diversity Web is a comprehensive collection of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education. This site is designed to serve campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the academy’s educational and societal mission.

Gender Public Advocacy Coalition
Vision: To ensure every American can participate in the workplace, the classroom, and the community regardless of whether they meet prescribed ideals for masculinity or femininity.

The Multicultural Pavillion
A great site for information about multicultural education.

Multicultural Teaching
Multicultural teaching strategies and other resources from The University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
This site offers lessons and reflections on struggles for freedom.

The Antidefamation League
Working against Anti-semitism and towards fair treatment for all.

Ohio University System - Diverse Classrooms

Multiple diversity teaching resources and links and tips for on line learning.

Passports: Crossing Cultural Barriers
An online collection of resources, lesson plans and information designed to help both teachers and students become more culturally competent. This site has been developed with the help of educators in schools around the Portland metro area.

The Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation.

Understanding Prejudice
Information on the causes and consequences of prejudice.