Jessica Cunningham, research assistant at the MENTOR/UMB Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring, compiled the following list of 10 LGBTQ-specific resources (listed in alphabetical order)...

This 30th edition of the Data Book examines how America’s child population has changed, demographically and geographically. Many of the contrasts are dramatic.

Improving the quality of life for all Americans by increasing economic opportunities is essential to maintaining a highly competitive agricultural system in a...

The 4‑H Latino Youth Outreach: Best Practices Toolkit is a guide to help 4‑H Cooperative Extension professionals become active catalysts and change agents...

This case study focuses on the Sudanese youth diaspora in the United States – specifically Portland, Maine – in an attempt to understand...

Research focused on the impact of community-based services and treatment interventions designed to intervene in the lives of runaway and homeless youth has...

The Change Agent States For Diversity is a consortium of seven states dedicated to supporting greater cultural diversity in land-grant universities. The overall...

This article draws upon a study of 88 justice-oriented, community-based United States youth programs to explore how youth development philosophies shape the processes...

The purpose of this article is to explore the role of neighborhood characteristics, specifically economic disadvantage/advantage, residential instability, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity on emotional...

This article provides guidance for research methods in three areas: (a) conceptualizing and assessing migration-related factors, (b) assessing ethnicity and national origin, and...

This issue includes a peer-reviewed article and a reflective essay by two “graduates” of the fellowship, Jocelyn Wiedow and Sonia Toledo. Both focus...

To understand how youth and their adult allies engage in resisting systematic social inequalities. This dissertation explores non-profit agencies that support Social Justice...

Equality for all opportunities for small farmers.

Afterschool programs have come to be recognized as critical partners in helping to ensure that all children are afforded the opportunities that will...

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) was chartered in 1997 by the authority of Executive Order No. 13045. The...

This annotated bibliography provides current research and outreach on structural racism in the U.S. food system for the food system practitioner, researcher, and...

This article addresses the challenge by offering an integrated conceptual framework based on three broad questions: (a) What are theory-predicated specifications of contexts...

Many nonprofit organizations talk about the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equity, but many find it difficult to truly integrate these concepts into...

Recent studies of Asian American youth language practices have presented compelling insights about the identities and migration experiences of young people of Asian...

This article reviews the current state of research on the assessment of anxiety and depression in Asian American children and adolescents. Contrary to...

This guide is intended to supplement existing School-specific faculty search guidelines and may be customized to suit the needs of individual Schools. For...

Best practices.

Camp To Belong (CTB) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to reuniting brothers and sisters who have become separated in foster care through...

The Change Agent States Project, initiated by Cooperative Extension, is a catalytic step in beginning the transformation of the land grant system. It...

The Change Agent States project, initiated by the Cooperative Extension Service, is a catalytic step in beginning the transformation of the Land Grant...

The Change Agent States project, initiated by the Cooperative Extension Service, is a catalytic step in beginning the transformation of the Land Grant...

The Collective Impact Forum has created a curated central pool of resources so that what’s experienced and learned by one initiative can be...

Organizations for runaway and homeless youth (RHY) provide essential services to highly vulnerable youth who have a wide variety of basic needs and...

A publication curated by Pratt-Johnson. This article looks at the need for teachers to be culturally responsive and competent as schools and classrooms...

This Forbes article explores why cultivating a diverse employee population where everyone feels able to bring their best selves to work is not...

This critical practices guide offers practical strategies for creating a space where academic and social-emotional goals are accomplished side by side. It also...

A document and definition curated by the Institute for Civility in Government.

A resource curated by Shatomi Luster-Edward outlining the research of cultural competency in relation to the health industry.

What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Diversity is the presence of difference that may include race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic...

A resource curated by the Kirwan Institute understanding the characteristics of Implicit Bias.

A document curated by UCLA’s Diversity’s Faculty and Development. Adapted from Sue, Derald Wing, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation,...

Synthesizing the social justice discourse in educational leadership, Furman and Gruenewald (2004) offer three shared meanings of social justice embedded in various ways...

A resource/checklist curated by Shatomi Luster-Edward with eXtension outlining the importance of DEI awareness. ☐ Gender Awareness ☐ Geographical Location ☐ Race ☐...

This paper describes the process by which the Helping Youth Succeed (HYS) curriculum was developed for Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese immigrants in...

Who should take this program? This program is designed for Cooperative Extension professionals and volunteers, youth development professionals, and individuals in a wide variety of...

Manifestations of White Supremacy Culture This piece on white supremacy culture is written by Tema Okun and builds on the work of many...

Analyzes the history of land grant institutions, examining disparities around the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, as well as the Hatch-George Act...

Russell Reynolds Associates surveyed 2,167 male and female executives around the world to understand how companies align themselves around diversity and inclusion (D&I)....

This study was guided by the positive youth development (PYD) approach (21), the accepted basis of programming in most RHY settings (22). PYD...

A video produced by Soul Pancake

At this time in our nation, we are witnessing an alarming resurgence of white supremacy and state sanctioned violence. It is imperative that...

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice provides a strategic forum for international and multi-disciplinary dialogue for all academic educators and educational policy-makers concerned with...

This article explores the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in achieving organizational effectiveness and how it is reiterated in studies carried out across...

Success in the workplace takes a lot more than education, book knowledge or experience. Organizations and the conscious, achievement-oriented managers needs a high...

This article presents an overview of the ability model of emotional intelligence and includes a dis-cussion about how and why the concept became...

Ending Youth Homelessness: Overview of this Guidebook Series. This series of three guidebooks is designed for Continuum of Care (CoC) leadership and stakeholders...

This guidebook from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is designed for Continuum of Care (CoC) leaders and stakeholders to...

Across the nation, community-based organizations are facing the challenges that accompany serving new, ethnically and racially diverse audiences. For many communities this is...

The Equity and Empowerment Lens (with a racial justice focus) is a transformative quality improvement tool used to improve planning, decision-making, and resource...

A Lens leads us to think about issues in a new way; it can bring an idea into focus, or alternately, expand it...

This assessment gives participants the opportunity to gather evidence, engage in dialog and evaluate practices and procedures to determine a baseline for work...

Narrator: Tony is an African American student about to begin high school. He wants to be the first in his family to attend...

This study examined experiences of school and community violence exposure, perceptions of neighborhood, and socio-emotional health among refugee and nonrefugee youth in The...

A resource curated by the ECOP Rapid Response team for Civil Discourse on Race Relations. The site documents the April 2017 report and...

Drop-in centers for homeless youth take a low barrier approach to addressing both their basic needs (e.g., food, hygiene, clothing) and higher level...

This report marks the thirteenth school year for which the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has collected annual performance data from all states...

Tool kit for working with youth in foster care.

Curated by the fire.org (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education). These resources outline ones rights to their freedom of speech in relation to...

This article reviews the social justice youth development (SJYD) model conceptualized to facilitate and enhance urban youth awareness of their personal potential, community...

For many children/adolescents with disabilities, the key to success in any activity is having appropriate adaptations, accommodations, or modifications. Educational legislation, such as...

Luvvie Ajayi isn’t afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. “Your...

This guide begins with a checklist of best practices in faculty search and hiring. It is our hope that these practices will come...

The practices and resources discussed in this guide will be useful to any mentoring program serving Boys and Young Men of Color (BYMOC)...

The difficulties faced by black male youth in their quest for educational success are well documented. Black men are uniquely positioned to help...

Each year, children experience violence and disaster and face other traumas. Young people are injured, they see others harmed by violence, they suffer...

The Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information centre representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance...

This Forbes article explores how in order for a company to successfully scale itself, it must maintain a culture of empowerment and community....

Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner,...

This article comes from a weekly (weekdays) series, raceAhead, produced by Ellen McGirt, @ellmcgirt, and distributed by FORTUNE. It is something I...

There are more CEOs of large U.S. companies who are named David (4.5%) than there are CEOs who are women (4.1%) — and...

Increasing the diversity of the faculty is an important goal of the University of Maryland. The Inclusive Faculty Hiring Pilot Program engages search...

To access the course: 1. Go to https://campus.extension.org 2. The login pane is on the left hand...

Nearly a quarter of the students in the U.S. education system have a chronic health condition, disability, or special healthcare need. Students living...

A resource curated by the Kirwan Insitute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.

An inspirational speech by Muniba Mazari.

Journal of Disability Policy Studies (JDPS) addresses compelling variable issues in ethics, policy and law related to individuals with disabilities. Regular features include...

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education largely publishes empirical research focused on issues related to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in post-secondary...

Research curated by: Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma Anthony H. Normore, California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Jeffrey S. Brooks University of Missouri

Classroom experiences that critically investigate the causes and meaning of poverty in our own nation offer students tools for change, and new ways...

This is the fourth lesson in the series “Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice.”People who are poor don’t have access to the...

In this lesson students will identify and explore connections between poverty and natural disasters. Grade Level 3-5

In this lesson students will identify and explore connections between poverty and natural disasters. Grade Level 6-8, 9-12

In this lesson, students will learn that race is a factor often connected to poverty and that institutions can create obstacles for the...

This lesson is the third in a series called “Issues of Poverty.” Students explore the causes of poverty in the United States and...

This lesson allows children to look at one or more picture books that counter gender stereotypes. After discussion of the book, children will...

The LGBTQ Supplement to the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring responds to a long-standing call to extend the reach and quality of...

LikeMinded is a crowdfunding tool that amplifies nonprofit efforts and encourages communities to come together and support public good projects.

Mapping tools to assist in understanding currently served and under-served areas. Zee Maps Mapme

Maryland 4-H hosts Issue Forums to intentionally focus on addressing areas of social injustice within communities, the country, and the world. The purpose...

This tool offers an expansive list of metrics that U.S. food system practitioners and food movement organizations can use to hold ourselves accountable...

This review examines research on mentoring for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and gender nonconforming (LGBTQI-GNC). It is organized...

An editorial article by Michael S. Spencer, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA To cite this article: Michael...

National Estimates highlights results from a national survey on unaccompanied youth homelessness in America. The study captures youth homelessness broadly, including sleeping on...

How are organizations thinking about D&I in 2019, especially regarding strategic goals? Are HR leaders satisfied with the progress their organizations have made...

The Access, Equity and Belonging Committee (AEBC) seeks to support the 4-H System to reach its National 4-H Grows, A Promise to America’s...