RasGuides: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Diversity

Diversity Wheel

Diversity Wheel

"According to the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council, the outer portions of the Diversity Wheel represent dimensions of oneself that commonly change over time such as income or work experience, while the inner portions of the wheel represent internal dimensions that are frequently more permanent or visible by members of the community, which include race and sexual orientation" (Hawkins, 2017, p. 317).

Hawkins, B. W., Morris, M., Nguyen, T., Siegel, J., & Vardell, E. (2017). Advancing the conversation: Next steps for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) health sciences librarianship. Journal of the Medical Librarian Association, 105(4), 316-327. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2017.206

Diversity & Inclusion Terminology

Selected Dimensions of Diversity

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Where Race-Ethnic Minority Groups Aare Highly Represented, By County

Frey, W. H. (2019, September 15). Six maps that reveal America's expanding racial diversity: A pre-2020 census look of the nation's Hispanic, Asian, and black populations. Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/research/americas-racial-diversity-in-six-maps/

Associations and Advocacy Groups

African American

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
National Black Chamber of Commerce
The National Black Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to economically empowering and sustaining African American communities through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activity within the United States and via interaction with the Black Diaspora.
National Urban League
The National Urban League is a civil-rights organization focused on the economic empowerment of underserved urban communities.

Asian American

Ascend
Ascend is the largest, non-profit Pan-Asian organization for business professionals in North America. Established in 2005, Ascend has grown to serve professionals and corporations across various professions and across multiple industries.
Asian American Business Development Center
The Asian American Business Development Center mission is to assist Asian-American businesses in strengthening their capacities to compete in the mainstream marketplace, to expand business opportunities and to promote greater recognition of the contribution of Asian-American businesses to the general economy.
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund is the first legal rights organization serving Asian Americans. It was founded by a group of lawyers, law students and community activists who believed that the law should be used as a tool to achieve social and economic justice for Asian Americans and all Americans.

Latina, Latino, Latinx American

Council for Latino Workplace Equity
The Council for Latino Workplace Equity's mission is to foster workplace equity for Latino talent and seek inclusion and opportunity for Latino leaders to claim their place at the table with certainty and conviction.
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
HACE is a national non-profit dedicated to the employment, development, and advancement of current and aspiring Latino professionals. Through professional development, resources and networks, and by facilitating access to career opportunities, HACE helps Latinos succeed in every phase of their careers.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national nonprofit organization with the principal objective of protecting and promoting the civil rights of U.S. Latinos through litigation, advocacy, educational outreach and the awarding of law scholarships.

Native American

American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and other support for American Indian students. The Fund disburses approximately 6,000 scholarships each year for American Indian students seeking to better their lives through higher education. The Fund also provides support for tribal college needs ranging from capital support to cultural preservation activities.
Association on American Indian Affairs
The AAIA has played an integral part in drafting a number of important laws, including the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act.
Native American Rights Fund
The mission of the Native American Rights Fund is to preserve tribal existence, protect tribal natural resources and promote Native American human rights.

Explore Cultural Traditions in AtoZ World Cultures

AtoZ World Cultures
General information on over 175 countries.

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Classroom Activities

ThinkB4YouSpeak Educators Guide
"The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network has created a guide to assist educators in extending student learning about the negative consequences of homophobic language and anti-LGBT bias."
Gender Role Boxes Exercise
This exercise can be a lead-in for discussion around multiple issues. The facilitator can concentrate on sexism and its relationship to domestic and sexual violence or use the exercise to look at how sexism, heterosexism and transphobia.

LBGTQ Journals

Web Resources: Sexual Orientation Issues

The American Civil Liberties Union LGBT Project
"The mission of the ACLU LGBT Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people enjoy the constitutional rights of equality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association."
Center for LGBTQ Studies
The Center for LGBTQ Studies provides a platform for intellectual leadership in addressing issues that affect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender individuals and other sexual and gender minorities. As the first university-based LGBT research center in the United States, CLAGS nurtures cutting-edge scholarship, organizes colloquia for examining and affirming LGBT lives, and fosters network-building among academics, artists, activists, policy makers, and community members.
Equality Forum
"Equality Forum coordinates LGBT History Month, produces documentary films, undertakes high-impact initiatives, and presents the largest annual national and international LGBT civil rights summit. Equality Forum produces these innovative events in collaboration with learning institutions, professional associations, research centers, for-profit companies, and nonprofit organizations."
GLAAD: The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
"The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance, and advances equality. ... For over 25 years, GLAAD has worked with news, entertainment and social media to bring culture-changing stories of LGBT people into millions of homes and workplaces every day."
It Gets Better Project
"The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better."
Lambda Legal
"Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work."
PFLAG: Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
"Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 350 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG National Office, located in Washington, D.C., the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors."

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Web Resources: Religion and Religious Tolerance

The Global Religious Landscape
Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life estimates that there are 5.8 billion religiously affiliated adults and children around the globe, representing 84% of the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion.
Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life
Find data, infographics, articles, interactive activities, and other resources from this highly reputable research institute's website.
Religions of the world
Information about 40 organized religions and faith groups.
Teaching Tolerance: Religion
Explore the diversity of religious beliefs within the United States, questions of religious freedom, and tensions surrounding the separation of church and state. Whether discussing religious extremism or debating the school holiday calendar with administrators, resources support informed conversations.
World Religion Database
The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world’s religions for the period 1900 to 2050.

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Web Resources: Gender Issues

American Men's Studies Association
The American Men’s Studies Association advances the critical study of men and masculinities by encouraging the development of teaching, research and clinical practice in the field of men’s studies. AMSA provides a forum for teachers, researchers, students, and practitioners to exchange information and to gain support for work on men and masculinities.
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research
The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research creates knowledge and seeks to implement change that promotes gender equality at Stanford, nationally, and internationally.
IPL2 Gender and Sexuality
A collection of websites arranged by subject on Gender and Sexuality.
The National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a 501(c)3 social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
Schlesinger Library - Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America documents the lives of women of the past and present for the future and furthers the Radcliffe Institute's commitment to women, gender, and society.
Transgender Issues - The Williams Institute
Research on transgender issues from the Williams Institute, UCLA Law School.
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites
Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites is a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.

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US population by age and generation in 2020. (2020, April 16). KNOEMA. https://knoema.com/infographics/egyydzc/us-population-by-age-and-generation-in-2020

Web Resources: Age and Aging

Age Source and Age Stats Worldwide
These two databases have been created by AARP to facilitate the international exchange of policy and program-relevant information in aging. AgeSource Worldwide℠ identifies several hundred information resources in some 25 countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage of particular aging-related issues. The resources include, among others, clearinghouses, libraries, databases, training modules, major reports, and Web metasites.
American Aging Association
The American Aging Association is a group of experts dedicated to understanding the basic mechanisms of aging and the development of interventions in age-related disease to increase healthy lifespan for all.
American Federation for Aging Research
For 30 years, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has supported the science of healthier aging. AFAR has played a major role in advancing knowledge of aging and mechanisms of age-related disease by providing grants to more than 2,800 talented scientists.
National Council on Aging
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is the nation’s leading nonprofit service and advocacy organization representing older adults and the community organizations that serve them. Our goal is to improve the health and economic security of 10 million older adults by 2020. For more than 60 years, NCOA has been a trusted voice and innovative problem-solver helping seniors navigate the challenges of aging in America.
Pew Research Center: Millennials
Link to articles, studies, access statistics and other information about the United States Millennial generation from this reputable research institute.

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Federal Protections for People with Disabilities

Three federal laws protect the rights of people with disabilities and ensure their inclusion in many aspects of society:

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that protects individuals from discrimination based on disability. The nondiscrimination requirements of the

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law apply to employers and organizations that receive financial assistance from federal departments or agencies. Section 504 forbids organizations and employers from denying individuals with disabilities an equal opportunity to receive program benefits and services. It defines the rights of individuals with disabilities to participate in, and have access to, program benefits and services.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as amended, protects the civil rights of people with disabilities, and has helped remove or reduce many barriers for

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people with disabilities. The legislation required the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities. The ADA has expanded opportunities for people with disabilities by reducing barriers, changing perceptions, and increasing participation in community life.
ADA guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in several areas:
• Employment
• Public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, doctors’ offices, pharmacies, retail stores, museums, libraries, parks, private schools, and day care centers
• Transportation
• State and local government services
• Telecommunications such as telephones, televisions, and computers
People with Disabilities and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and

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Affordable Care Act, commonly referred as ACA.
For people with disabilities, the ACA:
• Provides more health care choices and enhanced protection for Americans with disabilities;
• Provides new health care options for long-term support and services;
• Improves the Medicaid home- and community-based services option;
• Provides access to high-quality and affordable health care for many people with disabilities;
• Mandates accessible preventive screening equipment; and
• Designates disability status as a demographic category and mandates data collection to assess health disparities.

Selections from the Online Library

Aging and Disability by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence; Tracy A. Lustig (Editor); Caroline M. Cilio (Editor)
ISBN: 9780309472296
Publication Date: 2018-07-06
Responding to Learner Difference and Learner Difficulties by Dennis A. Conrad; Stacey Blackman
ISBN: 9781641133326
Publication Date: 2018-10-01
The Social Psychology of Disability by Dana Dunn
ISBN: 9780199985692
Publication Date: 2014-12-08
Stuttering Meets Sterotype, Stigma, and Discrimination by Kenneth O. St. Louis; Glen Tellis (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781940425399
Publication Date: 2015-03-01

Organizations for People with Disabilities

ADARA
ADARA promotes and participates in quality human service delivery to people who are deaf and hard of hearing through agencies and individuals.
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power of people with disabilities.
American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is comprised of approximately 70 state chapters and special-interest affiliates representing a diverse range of groups within the blind community, including students, families, teachers, attorneys, governmental employees, entrepreneurs, vending stand operators and the LGBTQ community.
The Arc
The Arc's mission is to promote and protect the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Disability:IN
Disability:IN empowers business to achieve disability inclusion and equality. Disability:IN administers the annual Disability Equality Index (DEI), a free benchmarking tool that provides a confidential opportunity to receive an objective score on disability inclusion policies and practices.
Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion (EARN)
EARN supports organizations in their efforts to recruit, hire, retain and advance qualified individuals with disabilities. EARN educates public- and private-sector organizations on ways to build inclusive workplace cultures.
National Association of the Deaf
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States.
National Association on Disability
The National Organization on Disability focuses on increasing employment opportunities for the 80-percent of working-age Americans with disabilities who are not employed. NOD works with leading employers and partners with educational and philanthropic institutions to pilot innovative approaches to disability inclusion, then scales these up into initiatives with even broader impact.