Diversity Resources

These are examples of different diversity-related organizations as well as scholarship and grant opportunities. This list is not complete. There are other organizations that may be of interest to your company.

Videos

• Life of Privilege Explained in a $100 Race
• All That We Share

Technical Diversity-related Organizations

• National Society of Black Engineers
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers
• Women in Technology, Inc.
• National Society of Hispanic MBA's
• National Black MBA Association
• Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
• Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Black Data Processing Associates
• National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
• Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
• National Association of Asian American Professionals
• Asian Women in Business - locations
• National Center for Women and Information Technology

General Community-based Diversity-related Organizations

• National Urban League – historic civil rights Community-Based Organization
• League of United Latin American Citizens
• United Negro College Fund
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Hispanic Scholarship Foundation
• Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• National Organization on Disabilities
• Association for the Advancement of Retired People
• Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
• LGBTQ Student Resources & Support

Scholarship and Grant Opportunities

• Open Education Database
• Scholarships for Hispanic students

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.
• Nelson, Audrey and Brown, Claire Damken. The Gender Communication Handbook: Conquering Conversational Collisions between Men and Women. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2012.
• O’Reilly, Nancy. Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life. Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2015.
• 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.