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CommUNITY: Different People...Common Ground
A Cincinnati, OH program that uses dialogue to bring people together to promote understanding and solve community problems
Conversations on Race
Conversations on Race, in South Bend, IN, works to create a racially and culturally sensitive environment through dialogue.
Cultural Diversity in Education Program
A cooperative project created to develop pedagogies, curricula, policies and support services, which include culturally diverse and minority students and foster intercultural awareness and understanding among all students
Cultural Diversity Reading Program
A Columbus, OH program that uses a reading list featuring racially diverse authors to educate college students
Cultural Diversity Resources
Cultural Diversity Resources focuses on programs that improve racial understanding between both "new" and "old" Minnesota and North Dakota immigrants
Culturally Competent Health and Human Services
A program that provides mental health, social, educational and skills-learning programs to a diverse community
Diversity and Racial Equity Summit Meetings and Roundtables
Diversity and Racial Equity Roundtables in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois which actively address issues focusing on the media, conflict resolution and education
DuPage Media and Community Network
A Wheaton, IL effort that brings religious and media leaders together to review, discuss and improve the representation of people of color in the media
Gallery 37
Gallery 37 attempts to address concerns within the local community and national industry with regards to the job skills of youth entering the work place and the defacto segregation in the elementary and secondary public school systems.
Grow Your Own, Ohio Projects for a Diversified Teaching Force
An Ohio Department of Education program to increase diversity in the teaching workforce by means of a long-term mentoring relationship with students who possess college potential through early exposure to the university environment
Help Increase the Peace Project
Project The Kansas City, Mo.-based project was developed in 1990 by the American Friends Service Committee staff in Syracuse, New York, to address violence in schools
Human Relations Council, McHenry County
The Illinois-based council began in October 1995 in response to the growing diversity of the county's population
Human Relations Foundation of Chicago
A Chicago, IL foundation that works to reduce racial and religious tensions and eradicate racism in the city
Illinois Ethnic Coalition
The Chicago-based coalition was created in 1971 to bring together Chicago's white ethnic, African American, Asian and Latino communities to work together on projects of common concern
Indian Education Office-Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
A St. Paul, MN office that provides citizens with accurate information about tribes in the state
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