Diversity Web Resources

Diversity Resources on the Internet

General Diversity Links:

APA Cultural Competencies

This is an excellent resource made available online. This contains over 100 pages of good information regarding cultural competency and therapy. The document is in PDF.

 

The Network for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Inc.

This is a good resource and helpful organization. Not a lot of information on the site beside its newsletters, but it does make training information available.

 

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

This resources was compiled by the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at Western Washington University. It contains an ebook which is free to use for educational purposes. The book continues to be updated with new chapters.

Ethnic Counselors

This is a fairly new organization. They offer a good deal of very useful information for professionals and consumers.

Paul Kivel's Diversity Resources Network

Paul Kivel is an author who has published several books on diversity. His web site provides some useful information, activities, and links.

Tolerance.org

This is a very interesting web site with lots of information and good articles (though many are not necessarily 'scholarly' -- still very good).

The Museum of Tolerance

Located in Los Angeles, California. This is a great museum, well worth attending. There is some good information on the web site, too, including the stories of many children of the Holocaust.

Yforum - The National Forum on People's Differences

This is a great idea for a web site!! Anyone can post one of those questions about people who were different than them, but were afraid to ask. All posts are monitored for appropriateness. The site has received several awards and been features in several news articles.

Cultural Competence & Mental Health Summit

Sponsors a yearly summit/conference in California on Cultural Competency.

Diversity Database

A site provided by the University of Maryland with many diversity issues resources.

Understanding Prejudice.org

Very good site. This provides some information along with some more 'fun' exercises to help learn more about prejudice.

Native Web

A resource on indigenous cultures all over the world.

Bilingual Psychological and Educational Assessment Support Center

Contains some useful resources, including training resources, for working with bilingual individuals.

The Woodrick Institute

The Woodrick Institute for the Study of Racism & Diversity web site They offer training, some information, and a newsletter dealing with issues of racism and diversity.

CivilRights.org

Founded by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and Leadership Council on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF), this site provides news and other information on civil rights issues, including issues related to diversity and racism.

Black People Love Us!

If you going to this site from this page, please note that this is intended to be a humorous site. It utilizes humor to teach people about race relations. While some people have a negative reaction to this site, it does offer a perspective on some issues often not discussed on other diversity sites. There are also some great links available.

Invisible Children
This is an organization promoting awareness about children in Africa who are being abducted and forced to become soldiers. They are also working to raise money to help these children.

Cultural & Ethnic Diversity:

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)

Contains some good resources & links.

RaceTalks
Resources and information for educators interested in issues of race.

Cultural Psychology Links

This a list of links relevant to cultural psychology provided by social psychology network.

Society for Cross-Cultural Research

This site contains some good links

Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues

APA's Division 45. Some good links.

African American/Black Culture:

Association of Black Psychologists

This site doesn't contain a lot of information, but does have a list of psychologists and a few other resources.

A Selected Bibliography on the History of African American Psychology

Prepared by APA's office of Ethnic Minority Affairs.

Blacks in Government

Lots of information available through this web site

The Black Collegian Online

A variety of resources of Black college students. Not specifically aimed at psychology, but yet has some useful information.

Black Facts Online

Provides great information on Black History.

National Congress of Black Women

A good resource, not a lot of information on the web site

The National Black Student Union

They hold a yearly conference which provides good information, but not much on the web site except about the conference.

Untold - Black History Season

Provides good information on Black History & Britain.

Asian American/Asian Culture:

Asian American Psychological Association

Some good links & resources.

Morita Therapy Center

This site represents a Japanese psychotherapy approach. It contains several good resources.

Constructive Living Center Massachusetts

This site contains information on Morita Therapy and Naikan, which are both Japanese approaches to psychotherapy.

Hispanic/Latino Culture:

National Latina/o Psychological Association

Contains some useful information and links.

California Latino Psychological Association
Some good resources and useful information.

Native American Culture:

Society of Indian Psychologists

This site doesn't contain a lot of information, but there is a section on conferences, leaders, and a few links.

Students and Teachers Against Racism (STAR)

This site provides information about racism against Native Americans. Has some interesting information including a well-done piece on 'What's Wrong with Indian Mascots?' Also has many, many useful links

National Council of American Indians

Not a psychology or social science web site, but does provide some important information which may be useful.

Indian Country Today

A Native American online news source.

Racism & Discrimination

World Racism

This is a news site which contains many current news articles regarding racism.

Gender Links:

 

Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society

Great resource on women's contributions to the history of psychology.

 

Society for the Psychology of Women

APA's Division 35. This doesn't contain a lot of information or resources at the current time, but is an important organization.

 

The Association for Women in Psychology

This is also a bit disappointing on the resources available through site. However, they do have a listserve that is open to the public and information on conferences & workshops.

 

Women of Color Web

A very helpful link which includes a wealth of information and articles on women of color.

 

National Women's Studies Association

Not specifically psychology focused, but still a useful source.

 

The Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity

APA's Division 51. A few resources, but not many.

 

Asian American Psychological Association's Division on Women

This pretty much just contains an overview of the division.

 

Women in Psychology

Provides brief information on several important women of psychology.

 

Feminist Links:

 

Feminist Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Good source of resources. This contains many book and article references and a collection of references on Fanny Cheung, Elizabeth Grosz, Luce Irigaray, Bracha Lichtenberg-Ettinger, and Kelly Oliver.

 

Womanist Links:

 

Womanist Theory and Research

This is the homepage for Womanist Theory and Research journal. It has some general information and links. A couple of links to some relevant articles are at the site, including an article on Alice Walker, who coined the term "womanist."

 

Womanist/Black Feminist Bibliography

This site contains a fairly extensive bibliography of womanist books and articles.

 

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Links:

LGBT Mental Health Syllabus
This is probably the best resource available online of information about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues on the web. It was created by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.

GLBT Religious Research
A site of the GLBT Religious Research Group which provides an overview of their research on GLBT mental health and religious issues.

Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues

APA's Division 44. This site provides some useful resources.

 

Religious/Spiritual Diversity Links:

 

The Religious Freedom Page

This is a very well done web site with many resources on religious freedom.

 

Interfaith Dialogue

 

The Pluralism Project

This is a great resources for those interested in religious pluralism and interfaith issues. There is a wealth of information on different religious traditions and interfaith issues.

 

Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research

A good site with a lot of information including links & online resources.

 

Interfaith Studies

Good resources and overview of interfaith issues. Many of the resources are online.

 

The World Council of Churches

This is an important organization and worth learning some about.

 

Missions and Interreligious Dialogue

A Jesuit site with lots of good information and links. Some online resources available.

 

Monastic Interreligious Dialogue

This is a good site which contains many articles on interreligious dialogue.

 

International Interfaith Centre

Much of the information is redundant with the Interfaith Studies web site, however; there are many additional helpful links.

 

United Religions Initiative

An interfaith organization dedicated to promoting world peace.

 

MultiFaithNet

Provides resources and introductions to different world religions.

 

The Society for Hindu-Christian Studies

Not a lot of information, but does information on some references.

 

The Los Angeles Buddhist Catholic Dialogue

This is a good site with a lot of information on dialogues between Buddhism & Catholicism.

 

Links Related to Interfaith Dialogue

This site contains many links relevant to interfaith dialogue.

 

Religious Diversity Faire

This is a Southern California local organization which offers programs on religious diversity. Not a lot of information except for those interested in the program.

 

European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies

Some interesting information and a good links resource.

 

Economic/SES Links:

 

 

Aging and Agism Links:

 

Adult Development and Aging

APA's Division 20. Contains a pretty good list of resources and links.

 

Emotional & Physical Handicap Issues:

 

Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities

APA's Division 33. This site does not contain much useful information unless you join, but is an important association.

Slavery Links:

Anti-Slavery International

An organization which provides slavery which continues to occur around the world. A very good source of information. Based in the United Kingdom.

Free the Slaves

An organization working to free people in slavery around the world.

Coming to the Table
This web site documents the dialogues which have been established to bring the descendants of former slave owners and the descendants of former slaves together to talk about the ongoing impact of slavery.

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