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Cultural Responsiveness and Diversity Resources

​We must continue to work to foster climates in which all children and youth, community members and families feel safe and valued.

Questions for Political Candidates

Some possible questions to ask political candidates to determine their commitment to anti-racist efforts.
BEMIDJI AREA
Truth and Reconciliation Initiative   |  Cross-cultural effort in the Bemidji area to promote truth-seeking, healing and change with an initial focus on increasing understanding and building relationships among indigenous and non-indigenous communities.  
Women's Foundation of MN Report on Listening to Young Women of Color, Youth and Advocates
Includes a Listening Session of young women and advocates from the Bemidji area
​SCHOOLS
Culturally Responsive Teaching
A great visual to think more about culturally responsive teaching, and how to go beyond surface and shallow culture to get at the deep stuff. 

How Schools Can Help Teachers Understand and Address Racial Bias
Culturally responsive teaching article by the Hechinger Report

Applying an Equity Lens to Social Emotional and Academic Development
June 2018 resource from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Racial Justice is Education Justice
Creating the Space to Talk About Race from National Education Association Racial Justice
Responding to Hate and Bias at School: A guide for administrators, counselors and teachers from "Teaching Tolerance

Speak Up at School
Useful guide for teachers and administrators and includes a pdf of a pocket guide for students.

Speak Up at School Pocket Guide
​A pdf that makes 2 copies of a handy guide with a few tips for interrupting, questioning, educating and joining with other "upstanders" when hearing demeaning words.
Three SEL Skills you Need to Discuss Race in Classrooms
From the Greater Good Science Center Newsletter
2016 State of Students of Color and American Indian Students Report
In this document, the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership offers the historical facts, ideas, data, promising efforts, and recommendations as "an invitation to deep reflection and discussion on how Minnesota can claim and re-design our schools and colleges to be places where our society succeeds by affirming and unleashing the beauty, the power and the genius of American Indian, African American, Latino, Asian American, and immigrant students." 
American Indian Education in Minnesota
This 2013 report was prepared by the Midwest Comprehensive Center at the request of the Minnesota Department of Education.
National Indian Education Study 2015 from National Assessment of Educational Progress
American Indians in Children's Literature
The content of the website is designed to help people develop a critical stance when evaluating American Indians in children books. This means recognizing negative and positive stereotypes, both of which stand in the way of seeing and accepting American Indians as people of the present day.
A List of Multi-cultural/Culturally Responsive Books
​Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: 
Edutopia article on Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and LInsuistically Diverse Students
​Learning for All: The Importance of Culturally Responsive Classrooms
Teaching for Change
Building Social Justice Starting in the Classroom
Strategies for Teaching Culturally Diverse Students
A descriptive list of behaviors and strategies for teaching culturally diverse students from TeacherVision.
First Encounters with Race & Racism: Teaching Ideas for Classroom Conversations
Help for teachers in how to have conversations with teens about race. 
​GENERAL
Who, me? Biased?
A series of short videos on implicit bias.
Speak Up: How to Respond to Everyday Prejudice, Bias and Stereotypes  (Teaching Tolerance)
  • Among Family     
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Unpacking Microagressions
An excellent, compassionate explanation of the possible impact of asking a person of color "Where were you born?"
"Eight Ways to Stand Up to Hate"     from the Greater Good Science Center
Be the Healing:  Good videos and information from Joy DeGruy
Identify Hate-Spreading Groups in Your State
Some benign sounding organizations are actually spreading hate and untruths that harm our fellow human-beings.  The Southern Poverty Law Center has an interactive map that identifies hate groups by state.
Advocates for Human Rights
MN Nonprofit group that provides help and resources to assure the safety and well-being of all humans.

Deepening Our Understanding of Structural Marginalization
by John Powell
A Holistic Approach to Reconciliation: Insights from Research of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
The Role of Being an Ally
Allyship, Advocacy, and the legitimate Role of Non-Indigenous Folks
Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity
Challenges us to build a world that works for everyone
Racial equity learning modules
​Fundamentals; plan; act; evaluate; connect; curricula
Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Native Americans
NPR, Robert Wood Johnson and Harvard School of Public Health Report on a survey conducted January 26 - April 9, 2017.  The survey asks people about their own personal experiences with discrimination.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FOR NONVIOLENT RESPONSE

​Training for Change Tools
Helpful tools in the areas of Diversity & Anti-Oppression; Team Building; Organizing and Strategy; Meeting Facilitation and Better Trainings; Nonviolent Action; Third-party Nonviolent Intervention and more ​
New Jim Crow Law Organizing Handbook
Excellent resource on community organizing for sustainable change. From The Veterans of Hope Project, a multifaceted educational initiative on religion, culture, and participatory democracy. They encourage a healing-centered approach to community-building that recognizes the inter-connectedness of spirit, creativity, and citizenship. Their educational materials are designed to support reconciliation, nonviolence, and an appreciation for the value of indigenous and folk wisdom for contemporary times.​