Diversity/Inclusion
Includes information
on racial, ethnic, sexual, and cultural diversity, as well as physical
and mental disabilities.
Articles and book excerpts
on this topic:
- Accommodation
for for Online Volunteers Who Have Learning Disabilities or Emotional
and Anxiety Disorders, from the Virtual Volunteering Project
Web site
- Diversifying the Volunteer Base: Latinos and Volunteerism, by Beverly Hobbs in the Journal of Extension (2001).
- Diversity Awareness Group Training Exercise, by Adam May (PDF)
- DIVERSITY: Different Perspectives on the
Same Topic, from the book Megatrends and Volunteerism
- Diversity and Volunteerism: Deriving Advantage
from Difference from the Journal of Volunteer Administration
- Equal
Access: Designing Your Project to Be Accessible to All Participants,
by Sheryl Burgstahler on the DO-IT site.
- Latino Outreach Programs: Why They Need to Be Different, by Beverly Hobbs in the Journal of Extension (2004).
- The Need for Diversity – a ‘Whole-of-Volunteering’
Approach from Volunteer Management: An Essential Guide
- Time
and Money: An In-Depth Look at 45+ Volunteers and Donors, Executive
Summary of 2003 study by AARP on the extent of volunteering by older
Americans, including informal helping and attention to ethnic minorities
- What
Does Love Look Like Politically? - Excellent, provocative article
by Bob Seidel examining social justice and controversies in service-learning
and other places where "diversity" is a focus.
- You Cannot Be Serious: A Guide to Involving Volunteers with Mental Health Problems - by Sherry Clark, National Center on Volunteering, 2003.
Free electronic books
on this topic:
A Matter of Survival: Volunteering By, In, and With Low-Income Communities
Points of Light Foundation has made this 36-page report from 2000 available free on their site.
Can Do! Volunteering: A Guide to Including Young Disabled People as Volunteers
72-page guide from UK's leading services for people with disabilities, Leonard Chesire and Scope (2006). Can also download the guide in sections at http://www.can-do-volunteering.org.
Collective Leadership Framework
A workbook designed to familiarize community organizers with the process of developing collective leadership across the traditional boundaries of race, class, gender and culture. A publication of the Kellogg Leadership for Community Change project.
Diverse
Communities, Active Lives
A comprehensive guide about volunteering and community participation
for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, from Beyond Barriers
in Scotland.
Inclusion: Creating an Inclusive Environment
12-chapter handbook (+ 4 appendices) for the inclusion of people with disabilities from the National Service Resource Center (US). Although written for national and community service programs, the material is adaptable to any setting, discussing outreach, recruitment, selection, and retention of participants with disabilities. Download entire manual in one PDF or as 16 PDF sections.
Mahi Aroha: Maori Perspectives on Volunteering and Cultural Obligations
from the New Zealand Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (61 page PDF, 2007)
Recruiting and Supporting Latino Volunteers
by Beverly Hobbs, 4-H Youth Specialist, Oregon State University. PDF format.
Recruiting
Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research (pdf
file)
Assesses factors that increase male volunteering in service programs
and offers concrete approaches to overcoming barriers and designing
programs that are attractive to males.
SALTO's Inclusion for ALL Youth Work Booklets
Over a dozen practical, free manuals to support (international) Inclusion Projects for socially excluded young people, from SALTO-YOUTH (Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities within the European YOUTH programme).
Thinking about Diversity and Equality: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector
by Adam May, 22-page Word Document, 2005
Turn Your Organisation into a Volunteer Magnet, 2nd ed.
Edited by Andy Fryar, Rob Jackson, and Fraser Dyer (2007, 204 pp.)
Essays from contributing volunteer managers around the world on attracting the best and most diverse volunteers and then working with them successfully.
Web sites with useful
articles on this topic:
African-American
Philanthropy:
A Bibliography and Resource List
http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/topical/african.html
Excellent resources compiled
by the Foundation Center.
Blindstorming
Q&A
http://www.esight.org/blindstorm_view.cfm
Discussion forum of eSight,
in which people with visual impairments respond to questions about
workplace issues, including volunteering.
Creating Accessibility
http://volunteer.ca/en/volunteercanada/evolution/June-July/general-english#3
Volunteer Canada offers
tips and model programs for developing inclusive environments for
volunteers with physical and cognitive disabilities.
Diversity Links
http://www.mcf.org/mcf/resource/diversitylinks.htm
The Minnesota Council on Foundations has compiled links to Web sites and resources for philanthropy by diverse communities and cultures, including African-Americans, American Indians, Asian/Pacific Island Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, Lesbians & Gays, the Disability Community, and others.
Diversity Module of the VM3 Online Learning Site
http://www.voluntarymatters3.org/diversity/introduction/index.html
Walk through of the issues
in gaining volunteer diversity (based on The Media Trust's television
series in the UK), with case studies, checklists, activities, and
resources.
Diversity Trends – free articles
http://www.diversitytrends.com/free_diversity_articles/index.html
Trainer/consultant Tracy Brown (often speaks at volunteering conferences) offers practical information for dealing with diversity, as well as a free weekly e-mail “diversity toolkit tune up.”
LGBT Consortium (UK)
http://www.lgbtconsortium.org.uk/c1/activities/involved/resources_lgbt.php
Have created an entire Web area with free downloadable resources called collectively: Volunteering on a Shoestring (not another toolkit!). Written in 2008 for the LGBT community but applicable to any setting, especially those at the grassroots level. Includes PDF guides, templates and case studies.
Mind the Gap
http://mindthegap.timebank.org.uk/
A new (2004) London-wide
campaign to raise awareness among black and minority ethnic communities
about how to volunteer as well as the benefits of giving time -
for the individual, local communities and society as a whole.
SALTO Training Toolbox
http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-tool/
Large number of group training exercises on all aspects of diversity and youth action from.
Scope’s Inclusive Volunteering Programme
http://www.scope.org.uk/support/volunteer/
Scope is an activist disability organization in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy, but with the broader aim “that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else.” The Inclusive Volunteer Programme is a special project to expand volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities.
Service-Learning
Diversity/Equity Project http://www.nylc.org/inaction_init.cfm?oid=3694
The National Youth Leadership
Council's efforts at examining diversity in service-learning programs,
with several excellent downloadable reports and articles of relevance
to any setting or type of volunteer work.
Stronger Together: Recruiting and Working with Ethnocultural Volunteers
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/heritage/ComPartnE/Strongr1.htm
Online manual by the Central
Volunteer Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton (Canada) about how to make volunteer
programs attractive and accessible to ethnic minority volunteers,
based on input from program managers with experience.
For
information on this topic specifically relating to the Australasian
region please visit our friends at OzVPM :
http://www.ozvpm.com/resourcebank/resource_diversity.htm
4/04/08
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