Improving Intergroup Relations
NCDD member Leah Lamb speaks up at a session at Animating Democracy's October 2003 National Exchange.
Dialogue and deliberation are often used in communities, organizations, churches and other venues to address the various gaps (in understanding, relationships, opportunity, etc.) that exist between social and racial identity groups, and to take more effective action in these areas.
Whether you are looking for a dialogue guide, background information on race, resources for addressing intergroup relations among a certain constituency or videos to help stimulate dialogue, you should find what you need on these pages.
- Guides to dialogue & deliberation about intergroup issues
- How-to materials for responding to racism and hate crimes
- Understanding race and racism
- Improving relations among specific identity groups
- Addressing intergroup issues among youth
- Addressing intergroup issues on college campuses
- Racial identity development
- Whiteness and white privilege
- Videos that depict intergroup dialogue
- Videos that inspire dialogue and deliberation about intergroup relations issues
- Sources for additional intergroup-related videos
- Intergroup Relations Links
Guides to dialogue & deliberation about intergroup issues
Building Strong Neighborhoods: A Study Circle Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving
Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC), 1998.
A four-session discussion guide on many important neighborhood issues including: race and other kinds of differences; young people and families; safety and community-police relations; homes, housing and beautification; jobs and neighborhood economy; and schools. $5.00. Download for free at www.studycircles.org/pages/pub.html or complete the order form at www.studycircles.org/pdf/orderform.pdf.
Artwork designed to foster dialogue about diversity issues. ?2003 by Elana Stanger. www.diversityarts.com
The Busy Citizen's Discussion Guide: Facing the Challenge of Racism and Race Relations
Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC), 1997.
$1.00. Download for free at www.studycircles.org/pages/pub.html or complete the order form at www.studycircles.org/pdf/orderform.pdf.
The Busy Citizen's Discussion Guide: Toward a More Perfect Union in an Age of Diversity
Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC), 1997.
$1.00. Download this Guide for Building Stronger Communities through Public Dialogue for free at www.studycircles.org/pages/pub.html or complete the order form at www.studycircles.org/pdf/orderform.pdf.
Connecting Communities
Greisdorf, Karen E. and Robert L. Corcoran. 2001. Hope in the Cities.
Connecting Communities reflects the accumulated experience of Hope in the Cities and some of its partner organizations nationally and internationally. It features key lessons and insights from people working in the field of racial reconciliation, a guide to organizing an intergroup dialogue on race, and much more. Email or call 804-358-1764.
Facing the Challenge of Racism and Race Relations: Democratic Dialogue and Action for Stronger Communities (3rd edition)
Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC), 1997.
Five-session discussion guide including recommendations for tailoring the discussion to a particular community or organization's concerns. $5.00. Download for free at www.studycircles.org/pages/pub.html or complete the order form at www.studycircles.org/pdf/orderform.pdf.
How Can We Be Fair?: The Future Of Affirmative Action
1995. National Issues Forums.
There's a growing national conversation centered on affirmative action, but that conversation is merely the latest evidence that Americans continue to be troubled about what they might fairly do to offset past or persistent inequity and discrimination throughout society and the economy. What is brewing therefore is a historic national discussion of fairness for all citizens, especially in employment and education. This nonpartisan guide is used for citizen deliberations in National Issues Forums. $3.90 (or download free at www.nifi.org). Order from Kendall Hunt Publishing at 800-228-0810 or use the order form at www.kendallhunt.com/order/index.html.
The Mix It Up Handbook
2003. The Study Circles Resource Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Launched in November 2002, the ?Mix It Up? campaign helps young people identify, question and cross social boundaries in their schools and communities. Hundreds of thousands of students in thousands of schools have taken the challenge to sit with someone new during ?Mix It Up At Lunch Day.? Students and teachers are welcome to order the free ?Mix It Up? handbook, Reaching Across Boundaries: Talk to Create Change, available at www.mixitup.org.
One America Dialogue Guide: Conducting a Discussion on Race
1998. Washington, DC: One America In the 20th Century/President Clinton's Initiative on Race.
This guide provides a simple but effective model for dialogue and includes a good resource section. The various One America resources (the dialogue guide, the Advisory Board's report to President Clinton, the promising practices, etc.) are accessible at: http://clinton2.nara.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica/america.html.
Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We Do?
2000. National Issues Forums.
We have come a long way in the United States, but lingering racial and ethnic discrimination continues to strain the bonds that hold us together. It is time we set our minds to achieving Martin Luther King,Jr.'s dream of true equality. How can we best do this? This nonpartisan guide is used for citizen deliberations in National Issues Forums. $3.90 (or download free at www.nifi.org). Order from Kendall Hunt Publishing at 800-228-0810 or use the order form at www.kendallhunt.com/order/index.html.
Reaching Across Boundaries: Talk to Create Change (2nd Edition)
2003. The Study Circles Resource Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
This free guidebook was developed for teens who are interested in discussing the cliques and social boundaries in their schools. It's part of the Mix It Up program, a partnership between the Study Circles Resource Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Helps young people identify, question, and cross social boundaries in their schools and communities with a Mix It Up Dialogue. To order a free Mix It Up Handbook, go to www.studycircles.org/pages/issues/guides.html or www.tolerance.org/teens/dialogue.jsp.
Toward a More Perfect Union in an Age of Diversity: A Guide for Building Stronger Communities through Public Dialogue
Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC), 1997.
A four-session discussion guide examining ideas about unity, diversity, and pluralism, and how they affect us as members of our communities and our country. Created in collaboration with A More Perfect Union. $5.00. Download for free at www.studycircles.org/pages/pub.html or complete the order form at www.studycircles.org/pdf/orderform.pdf.
Us and Them
Fabick, Stephen Dillon. 1998. Michigan Chapter of Psychologists for Social Responsibility.
Lecture formats, overheads, exercises and discussion guides for professionals interested in promoting intergroup understanding, reconciliation and cooperation. $25 plus $5 shipping. For more information, go to www.psysr.org
Voices of Diversity Dialogue Guide
2002. The Youth Advisory Council. National Youth Employment Coalition.
A guide to assist schools and program staff in facilitating dialogues on institutional racism with young people. Download at www.nyec.org/voicesofdiversity.
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