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- Anti-Defamation League
- Region: USA, Israel and Russia
- Who They Are: The immediate object of the League is to stop, by
appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the
defamation of the Jewish people. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice
and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust
and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens.
- What Is Available: Free online resources, handbooks, and curricula.
- Diversity in Early
Childhood Education and Training (DECET)
- Region: The Netherlands
- Who They Are: DECET brings together a network of European organizations
and projects with common goals about valuing diversity in early childhood
education and training. The network aims at promoting and studying democratic
child care, acknowledging the multiple (cultural and other) identities of
children and families. We view early childhood provisions as meeting places
where people can learn form each other across cultural and other borders
and therefore as public provisions that can effectively address prejudices
and discrimination. In this sense early childhood education makes a clear
contribution to the construction of European citizenship.
- What Is Available: Various multi-lingual resources and publication
and DECET’s
Training Manual , which is also available in French and Spanish.
- Educators For Social Responsibility
- Region: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Who They Are: ESR helps educators create safe, caring, respectful,
and productive learning environments. We also help educators work with young
people to develop the social skills, emotional competencies, and qualities
of character they need to succeed in school and become contributing members
of their communities.
- What Is Available: Through their Online Teacher Center and Online
Store, ESR provides video
resources, new
resources, early
childhood resources, elementary
resources, middle
level resources, high
school resources, professional
resources, and parent
resources.
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Region: Montgomery, Alabama
- Who They Are: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Tolerance.org
initiative supports the efforts of K-12 teachers and other educators to
promote respect for differences and an appreciation of diversity. This site
has won three Oscar nominations, two Academy Awards, and more than 20 honors
from the Educational Press Association of America. Tolerance.org is a principal
online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating,
in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
- What Is Available: Activities, curricula and handbooks for teachers,
including "Writing for Change," as well as resources for parents,
teens, and children.
- Tanenbaum Center For InterReligious Understanding
- Region: New York, New York
- Who They Are: An education program for K-12 educators; training
programs for elementary school teachers to prepare children to respect differences
by listening, sharing information about their own traditions, asking respectful
questions and becoming curious instead of fearful about differences. Tanenbaum’s
mission is to defuse verbal and physical violence perpetrated in the name
of religion.
- What Is Available: Publications, religious etiquette, resources
for teachers, employers, and parents.
- The United Nations
- Region: New York, New York and global offices
- Who They Are: The United Nations helps millions of people around
the world in ways never imagined. This site features the stories of men,
women and children who have benefited from the UN's work and provides a
wealth of knowledge on varied topics such as children, development, environment,
human rights, peace, and women.
- What Is Available: Lesson plans on tolerance, ways to get involved,
activities and more! There is also a "multimedia" site that young
people and children will like. One such resource is the Cyber
School Bus, which is also available in Chinese, Russian, Arabic, French,
and Spanish.
- Storytelling
Project Curriculum: Teaching about Race and Racism through Storytelling
and the Arts
- Region: USA
- Who They Are: The Storytelling Project (STP) links research to
practice through the development of a curriculum to teach about race, racism,
and social justice using storytelling and the arts. The STP model was developed
by an interdisciplinary creative team of artists, public school teachers,
university faculty and Barnard students.
- What Is Available: Free
curricula, which can be incorporated into existing school curricula
such as English/Language Arts and Social Studies as well as in targeted
after-school programs