Diversity Resources

These are examples of different diversity-related organizations; this list is not complete. There are other organizations that may be of interest to your company.

Technical Diversity-related Organizations

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    • http://www.nsbe.org/ (National Society of Black Engineers)
    • http://www.shpe.org  (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)
    • http://www.swe.org/ (Society of Women Engineers)
    • http://www.witi.org/ (Women in Technology, Inc.)
    • http://www.nshmba.org/ (National Society of Hispanic MBA's)
    • http://www.nbmbaa.org/ (National Black MBA Association)
    • http://www.iwt.org/ (Institute for Women and Technology)
    • http://www.maes-natl.org/ (Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists)
    • http://www.aises.org/ (American Indian Science and Engineering Society)
    • http://www.bdpa.org/ (Black Data Processing Associates)
    • http://www.noglstp.org (National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals)
    • http://www.sacnas.org/ (Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
    • http://www.nacme.org/ (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering)
    • http://www.naaap.org/ (National Association of Asian American Professionals)
    • http://www.awib.org/index.cfm?nodeid=1 (Asian Women in Business)
    • http://www.awib.org/content_frames/directory/asian/ (Asian Women in Business - locations)

General Community-based Diversity-related Organizations

• http://www.nul.org/  (National Urban League – historic civil rights Community-Based Organization)
• http://www.lulac.org/ (League of United Latin American Citizens)
• http://www.hace-usa.org/ (Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement)
• http://www.uncf.org/ (United Negro College Fund)
• http://www.naacp.org/  (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
• http://www.hsf.net (Hispanic Scholarship Foundation)
• http://community.pflag.org/ (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
• http://www.aapd-dc.org/ (American Association of People with Disabilities)
• http://www.nod.org (National Organization on Disabilities)
• http://www.aarp.org/ (Association for the Advancement of Retired People)
• http://apdc.org/ (Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado)

Reading Material

Brown, Claire Damken, and Audrey Nelson. Code Switching: How to Talk So Men Will Listen. NY: Alpha Books/Penguin Group, 2009.

Brown, Claire, Charlotte Snedeker, and Beate Sykes. Eds. Conflict and Diversity.  Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1997.

Cox Jr., Taylor. Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing  the Power of Diversity. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. 

Dobrich, Wanda, Steven Dranoff, and Gerald Maatman, Jr. The Manager’s Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment: How to Avoid Legal and Financial Risks by Protecting Your Workplace from Harassment Based on Sex, Race, Disability, Religion, or Age. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Evans, Sybil, and Sherry Suib Cohen. Hot Buttons: How to Resolve Conflict and Cool Everyone Down. NY: Harper Collins, 2000. 

Evans, Sybil. Resolving Conflict in a Diverse Workplace. Amherst, MA: Amherst Educational Publishing, 1997.

Gardenswartz, Lee, and Anita Rowe. Managing Diversity. Homewood, IL:  Business One Irwin/Pfeiffer, 1993.

Gardenswartz, Lee, Anita Rowe, and Liz Winfield (Ed.), Multiculturalism at Work:

Cultural Norms and Language, in Winfield, Training Tough Topics, NY: AMACOM, 2001. 

Gardenswartz, Lee, Anita Rowe, Patricia Digh, and Martin Bennett. The Global Diversity Desk Reference. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2003.

Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink. NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. 

Harvey, Carol, and M. June Allard. Understanding and Managing Diversity:  Readings, Cases, and Exercises. 4^th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc., 2009. 

Jamieson, David, and Julie O’Mara. Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity Advantage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.

Lieberman, Simma, George Simons, and Kate Berardo. Putting Diversity to Work: How to Successfully Lead a Diverse Workforce. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp, 2004. 

Loden, Marilyn, and Judy Rosener. Workforce America: Managing Employee Diversity as a Resource. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1991.

Rasmussen, Tina. The ASTD Trainer’s Sourcebook: Diversity. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 

Storti, Craig. Cross-Cultural Dialogs: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Differences. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1994. 

Sue, Derald Wing. Overcoming Our Racism. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. 

Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt. World Class Diversity Management. San Francisco:   Berrett-Koehler, 2010.

Young, Stephen. Micro Messaging. NY: NY. McGraw-Hill, 2007.