Diversity Office Virtual Library

General Resources

These sites contain information about broad subject areas in the field of Diversity/Multiculturalism. Most sites contain links for further information.

• Diversity at the University of Oregon - Includes programs, services, stats, links.
• Rural Organizing Project - Supports grassroots movement for social justice in small-town and rural Oregon by assisting locally organized human dignity groups. Includes Oregon legislative issues and "kitchen table activities."
• Community Alliance of Lance County, CALC - With leadership from diverse communities, CALC today works in a multi-issue, anti-racist way on social justice issues.
• Community Alliance for Diversity - Corvallis based organization offering resources and activities to foster diversity. Includes calendar and program listings.
• Intercultural Communication Institute - Portland based organization designed to foster awareness and appreciation of cultural difference in both the international and domestic arenas through education and trainings.
• Western States Center - Mission is to build a progressive movement for social, economic, racial and environmental justice in the eight Western States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Alaska. Includes training and job info.
• Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web page for Research - Diverse opinions regarding AA topics. Includes articles and theoretical analyses, policy documents, current legislative updates, and annotated bibliography of research and teaching materials. Substantial information on California politics.
• Center for the Advancement of Racial & Ethnic Equity, the American Council of Education - Monitors and reports on the progress of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and American Indians in postsecondary education so as to improve educational and employment opportunities in higher education. Contains publications, resource materials.
• Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research - Base for research and program collaboration in multilingual education, English-as-a second language, foreign language instruction, multicultural education and related areas. Links to African American, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American resources.
• Diversity Central - Resources for Cultural Diversity at Work - Abundance of diversity articles, tools, and resources. Many useful online articles.
• Diversity Web - An Interactive Resource Web for Higher Education - An excellent compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education. Includes Diversity Innovations, Research and Trends, information from the newsletter Diversity Digest and more.
• Electronic Resources on Diversity - Links to information on African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Middle Eastern Americans. Includes General Information, Electronic Journals, Hot sites, Reference, and other Scholarly Resources.
• The Interchange Institute - Not-for-profit research organization to promote dialogue and understanding between people who move to a new country and their new communities. Provides workshops, consultations, publications, news and resources.
• Mandela Center - Multi-disciplinary education organization dedicated to community dialogue, social justice and personal transformation through experiential workshops, performances, and other creative events. Also an international hub for the training and grassroots practice of Augusto Boal's, Theatre of the Oppressed.
• Multicultural Pavilion - Resources for educators, students, and activists. Includes historical documents, educational research, free printable/ downloadable resources and fact sheets, quotations, more.
• National Association for Multicultural Education - Advocates for Education Equity and Social Justice - Brings together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. Includes media and conference information, resources.
• Society for Human Resource Management Online Diversity Page - Brief useful overviews of major diversity issues such as Defining Diversity, Diversity Trainings, Measuring Results, and Diversity Toolbox.
• The Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research in the United States of America (SIETAR-USA) - Professional membership organization for those concerned with the challenges and rewards of intercultural relations. Includes conference information.
• Southern Poverty Law Center - SPL is internationally known for tolerance education programs, legal victories against white supremacists, and tracking hate groups. Includes: Teaching Tolerance - an educational program to help K-12 teachers foster respect and understanding in the classroom Tolerance.org - wide variety of resources to support anti-bias activism, including daily news about groups and individuals working for tolerance and fighting hate; guides for adult and youth activists; practical resources for parents and teachers; and entertaining and educational games for children.
• Websites - Anti-Racism, Diversity, Multiculturalism, Racism, Human Rights - Eclectic listing of sites with brief annotations.
• Idealist.Org, Action Without Borders - Over 43,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission. Includes worldwide volunteer, job and internship opportunities.
• The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) - Non-profit leadership training organization working to eliminate prejudice and intergroup conflict in communities throughout the world by training leadership teams to offer prevention-oriented programs and to act as resources.
• In Motion Magazine - Multicultural, online U.S. publication about democracy. Includes extensive lists of articles, art, and information in sections such as rural America, civil rights, human rights, affirmative action, education rights, and global eyes.
• First Run / Icarus Films - Distributor of documentary film and video. Hundreds of titles, mostly independent productions, providing innovative and informative views of a rapidly changing world.
• California Newsreel - Distributes cutting edge social interest documentaries; leading resource center for the study of race and diversity, African American life and history and African feature films and documentaries.