Multiracial Oath of Social Responsibility I want to make a difference in this world. Therefore: I strive to improve race relations. I know that race and ethnicity are not solely defined by one’s genetic heritage; I refuse to confine my choices in love or loyalty to a single race; I make efforts to increase my [...]
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Multiracial Oath of Social Responsibility
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun on May 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
FREE Resources Promoting Tolerance and Respect – Characters Unite
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I LOVE this! USA Network created an award-winning public service program called Characters Unite, created to address the social injustices and cultural divides still prevalent in our society. Check out their Storytelling tours: Mainstage and Student Stories They offer some great FREE resources for educators too: The Power of Storytelling Activity Guide and Characters Unite [...]
Resource: 101 Tools for Tolerance
Posted in Diversity Activities, How To's on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Another great free resource from Tolerance.org. Download it here for free.
Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bill of Rights for People of Mixed Heritage I have the right: -not to justify my existence in this world -not to keep the races separate within me -not to be responsible for people’s discomfort with my physical ambiguity -not to justify my ethnic legitimacy I have the right: -to identify myself differently than strangers [...]
Resource: 10 Ways to Fight Hate – A Community Response Guide
Posted in Diversity Activities, How To's, Photo Gallery on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Another great resource created by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Download your free copy here. This is an image that’s in the book that breaks my heart but reminds me of the quote by Nelson Mandela, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his [...]
Equity and Diversity Quiz
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Take a few minutes to visit our friends over at EdChange.org to take their Equity and Diversity Quiz. I promise, you will be surprised at some of the answers! Here are just a few of the questions: According to the National Center for Education Statistics, what is the percentage of U.S. schools with no teachers [...]
Celebrating International Day of Peace
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, Me & Mine on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Enjoyed the International Day of Peace with a wonderful program put on by Pinwheels for Peace in Oklahoma City. It was also broadcasted on PeaceDayTV. Beautiful day. Beautiful pinwheels. Beautiful people!
Barnga – A Game About Inter-Cultural Awareness
Posted in Diversity Activities on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Barnga: A Game About Inter-Cultural Awareness Description by Andrea MacGregor Grade Level: 10-12 Time Requirement: 60-80 minutes Outcomes: Realization that different cultures perceive things differently, and/or play by different rules. Students must understand and reconcile these differences if they want to function effectively in a cross-cultural group. Introduction: In Barnga, participants experience the shock of realizing [...]
Personal Bias: A Reflection Exercise
Posted in Diversity Activities on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a great exercise that I use in my training with families that are adopting transracially. It’s straight from the book that I posted yesterday:
Diversity Jellybeans
Posted in Diversity Activities, Products on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
iCelebrateDiversity.com is now the exclusive supplier of Diversity Beans! If you have not yet tried them, they are unique jellybeans that are used for diversity training and stereotyping activities (check out a few of our clients and their reviews). Don’t judge them by their color!
The Man and the Eagle – Diversity Discussion Starter 2
Posted in Diversity Activities on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Man and the Eagle Author unknown There was once a man who had never seen an eagle. One day a magnificent eagle landed on his windowsill, and when he saw it, he exclaimed, “What an ugly creature!” The man grabbed the eagle and pulled it into his house. “First, I’m going to fix that [...]
Diversity – Discussion Starter 1
Posted in Diversity Activities on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Diversity Author unknown The second-grade school teacher posed a simple enough problem to the class. “There are four blackbirds sitting in a tree. You take a slingshot and shoot one of them. How many are left?” “Three,” answered the first 7-year-old boy with certainty. “One subtracted from four leaves three.” “Zero,” answered the second 7-year-old [...]
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
*Note: This article was written in 1989 by Peggy McIntosh. While I think it could use a few updates, it is still very relevant and referred to often. Add to your archives! White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack by Peggy McIntosh Through the work to bring materials from Women’s Studies into the rest of the [...]
A Transracially-Adopted Child’s Bill of Rights
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, Transracial Adoption, tagged transracial adoption on December 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
~Every child is entitled to love and full membership in her family. ~Every child is entitled to have his culture embraced and valued. ~Every child is entitled to parents who know that this is a race conscious society. ~Every child is entitled to parents who know that she will experience life differently than they do. [...]
“Race: Are we so different?” Part 6 – What race would you be somewhere else?
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, tagged diversity, diversity activity, diversity awareness, diversity education, diversity training, race, racism on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this activity, you will see how race and ethnicity are reflected in census catagories across the globe. What race would you be somewhere else? What type of affect would it have on you in that country? Very interesting to think about! We are winding down our highlights from the exhibit ”Race: Are we so different?”. If [...]
Poem: “The Cold Within” by James Patrick Kinney
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, Poems, tagged discrimination, diversity, peace, poem, prejudice, race, racism, teaching tolerance, unity on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Cold Within by James Patrick Kinney Six humans trapped by happenstance in black and bitter cold Each possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs, the first woman held hers back For on the faces around the fire She noticed one was black. The next [...]
“Race: Are we so different?” Part 5 – Does race matter in sports quiz
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, tagged diversity, diversity activity, diversity awareness, diversity education, diversity training, race, racism on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This quiz made me think of the movie “White Men Can’t Jump”. While I haven’t seen it in a LONG time, I remember the gist of it. White boys shocks everyone because he can play ball. Is it a stereotype that race plays a factor in how good of an athlete you are? Test your [...]
“Race: Are we so different?” Part 4 – Human variation quiz
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, tagged diversity, diversity activity, diversity awareness, diversity education, human variation, race, racism on August 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Can scientists determine a person’s race by looking at their DNA? Can experiencing racism lead to serious health consequences? These are 2 of the 10 questions on the Human Variation Quiz. Run over and take it, I’ll wait… How’d you do? Were you surprised by any of the answers? Tell us! Stay tuned as we continue to [...]
“Race: Are we so different?” Part 3 – Who is white quiz
Posted in Diversity Activities, Finds, Facts & Fun, tagged civil rights, discrimination, diversity, diversity activity, diversity awareness, diversity education, history, prejudice, race, racism on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a continuation of our look at the “Race: Are we so different?” exhibit highlights. If you are just joining us, you might also want to check out Part 1 and Part 2. Today I’m linking to the Who is White? quiz. Take it and see what you think. In her own words, this is why Vernellia Randall, [...]
Cultural Cookies
Posted in Diversity Activities, Products, tagged culture, diversity activity, diversity awareness, diversity education, diversity training, icebreaker, international adoption, race relations, teaching tolerance, transracial adoption on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cultural Cookies provide a unique way to share the message, “we’re more alike than different!” We have taken the fun of fortune cookies and combined them with proverbs around the world to show that all human beings share similar experiences in life, no matter how different our backgrounds. Proverbs in one culture are frequently similar to [...]
