Diversity Resources
AFP Washington serves as a resource in your efforts to bring diversity to your organization. As the Pacific Northwest becomes increasingly diverse, your organization's ability to adapt and reflect the new and emerging needs of our community's shifting demography is essential to your success. We have compiled a variety of diversity resources including books, films, essays, and training guides to assist you.
Why Focus on Diversity?
American demographics are rapidly changing with significant implications for fundraisers. Census figures show that minority groups, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans, now represent one-third of the population. These groups are growing in numbers and influence, and today account for some $1.2 trillion in buying power, and potential charitable giving.
Moving toward greater diversity acknowledges not only a commitment to fairness and equality, but also an effort to mirror the changing look and feel of our communities. Check the links below to learn more about how and why to make diversity part of your organization's mission.
Links to Diversity Resources and Readings
- AFP Washington Chapter Diversity Mission, Vision, Values
- IBM's Commitment to Diversity and Market Leadership
- AFP Diversity Workshop: Workplace Scenarios for Discussion
- Conversations on Diversity
Excerpted from Voices of Diversity by Renee Blank and Sandra Slipp - The Unrecognized Citizen
Diversity from the disabled perspective - AFP Diversity Resource Guide
AFP's Collection of Recommended Diversity Essays
AFP International offers many diversity essays for your reference. Essay topics include: Philanthropy as a Tenet of Islam; A Glimpse at the Gay and Lesbian Donor; Black Philanthropy in America; Native American Culture and Fundraising, and others. Visit the Diversity Essay Section on AFP International's site to access these essays.
AFP's Diversity Consultant Directory
Download our Diversity Consultant Directory to help find a diversity or cultural competency consultant for your organization. This list was compiled in 2003. If you have any suggestions of local resources to add, please contact us.
Books About Diversity
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- Race, Gender and Rhetoric:
The true state of race and gender relations in corporate America
by John P. Fernandez, McGraw-Hill, c1999 - 10 Lenses: Your guide to living and working in a multicultural world
by Mark A. Williams - Beyond Race and Gender: Unleashing the power of your total workforce by managing diversity
by Thomas R. Roosevelt - Celebrating Diversity: Working with groups in the workplace
by Cheryl Gail Hetherington - Challenging Diversity: Taking the next step
by Amy E. Kahn - Communicating Across Cultures
by Maureen Guirdham - Communicating in a Diverse Workplace: A practical guide to successful workplace communication techniques
by Lillian A Kuga - Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: Issues and strategies
by George Henderson - Diversity Advantage: A guide to making diversity work
by Lenora Billings-Harris - Diversity and the Bottom Line: Prospering in the global economy
by Pamela K. Henry - From the Outside In: Seven Strategies for success when youre not a member of the dominant group in your workplace
by Renee Blank - Managing Diversity: People skills for a multicultural workplace
by Norma Carr-Ruffino - Download a Brief Overview of Works of Fiction from Diverse Perspectives
Films About Diversity
- Diversity and High Performance Work Teams - 1995 PBS, 120 minutes.
- The Angry Eye - DVD and VHS 35 minutes, 2001.
Brings Jane Elliott's "Blue Eye Brown Eyed" exercise up-to-date for the MTV generation. - Skin Deep - VHS and DVD facilitator guide available 53 minutes, 1995.
A multiracial group of college students in a weekend racial sensitivity workshop discuss affirmative action, self-segregation, internalized racism and cultural identity. - Killing Us Softly - VHS and DVD 34 minutes, 1999.
Jean Kilbourne's most recent critique of advertising images of women and gender stereotypes.
Diversity Training Guides, Tools and Video Resources
- Bureau of National Affairs
Provides training resources and consulting services, and distributes several recognized diversity videos. - A Calendar of Religious Holidays and Ethnic Festivals
Provides dates and explanatory notes for religious holidays and ethnic festivals. - California Newsreel
Offers a variety of diversity training videos, including Ethnic Notions: Black People in White Minds, a 58-minute video that provides a historical examination of racial stereotypes. - Covision Media, Inc.
Distributes several diversity-related videos and resources. - Equal Opportunity Publication, Inc.
Publishers of magazines that promote affirmative action and workforce diversity. - Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Offers the nationally recognized series from the 1990s, The Mosaic Workplace: Managing The Multicultural Workplace. - Managing Diversity A complete desk reference and planning guide by Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe
Examines the rapidly changing demography of the American workforce. - Intercultural Press
Provides publications, training resources, games, simulations and videos with a cross-cultural focus. - Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer
Provides training guides, videos, games and other resources, including selections on communicating, staffing, team building and tools for valuing diversity. - Diversity Activities and Training Designs by Julie O'Mara
A collection of diversity activities, short lectures, resources and training designs.
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