This
purpose of this page is to serve as a resource to those who
are interested in joining the conversation concerning race
relations. The Bahá'í Faith is not specifically associated
with the organizations listed and may even approach a problem
differently in some cases; however, the sites all have one
common theme among them – promoting the
oneness of humanity.
History
of Race Unity Day
The Baha'is committment
to Race Unity
Race Relations in America are at a
crossroads. At this critical moment in America’s
history, the will to work towards race unity with firm
resolve is more important than ever before. That work is
urgent.
Action motivated by spiritual values
such as justice and brotherhood is the essence of each and
every religion. Humanity cannot continue to harbor racial
prejudice. The only race is the human race.
The Bahá'í
Faith attracts people from every race and nationality who
believe that the oneness of humanity is a reality. Bahá'ís
are building communities based on love for all people.
The power to
make the vision of race unity a race unity a reality is
within our grasp. Join the conversation.
This page is
another way that Bahá'ís celebrate unity through diversity.
The links are presented in alphabetical order according to
the name of the site.
Racism
A.W.A.R.E. The purpose of A.W.A.R.E. (Alliance
Working to Achieve Racial Equality) at the University of
Kentucky is to provide a forum for the discussion of racism
and race relations on campus and in the Lexington community.
A.W.A.R.E. does not promote itself as an absolute solution
for the complex and widespread problem of racism; it simply
provides members with factual information and possible
viewpoints, and allows each individual to walk away with her
or his own perspective.
A World
Citizen’s Home Page This site offers an index of some Bahá'í
and non-Bahá'í literature sites.
Anti-Defamation League This organization is fighting
anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract
hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
Bahá'í
Directory for the Haven This site links to several Bahá'í web pages
where the Official Statements of the Baha'i Faith may be
found, including "The Promise of World Peace," The
Prosperity of Humankind," "Turning Point for All
Nations," and "The Vision of Race Unity."
Bahá'í Faith One of the most fundamental
principles of the Bahá'í Faith is the oneness of humanity.
If you are seeking spiritual answers that have practical
applications for today, we encourage you to investigate
further.
Bahá'ís Offer a
Model of Race Unity
This site publishes an article written as an open letter to
President Clinton. The interesting thing about the article is
that it was written by someone who is not a Bahá'í.
Center for Equal Opportunity As the only think tank devoted
exclusively to the promotion of colorblind equal opportunity
and racial harmony, the Center for Equal Opportunity is
uniquely positioned to counter the divisive impact of race
conscious public policies. CEO focuses on three areas in
particular: racial preferences, immigration and assimilation,
and multicultural education.
Center for the Study of Ethnic and
Racial Violence The
mission of the Center includes research, educational
activities, and services related to intergroup conflict,
conflict resolution, and prejudice reduction.
Colorblind In this paper, Don Osborn, argues
that while it may sound good, what we need is not a
colorblind society, but one that acknowledges and integrates
people of all colors into one community.
Colormehuman Race Unity logo on T-shirts, posters
and more. Catalog online.
Commission for
Racial Equality This
site includes details of the "Let's Kick Racism out of
Football" campaign and the European "All Different,
All Equal" youth campaign.
Committee on Hate
Violence
"Diversity is Natural"
Healing: Racism It is the first of three 12-week
modules designed to educate, heal, and galvanize your
community for a journey of self-liberation and social action
to eliminate racism.'
International Federation of Liberal
and Radical Youth
This is a worldwide platform for political youth and student
organizations.
International Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is dedicated to
protecting the human rights of people around the world. They
stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination,
to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane
conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. They
investigate and expose human rights violations and hold
abusers accountable. They challenge governments and those who
hold power to end abusive practices and respect international
human rights law. They enlist the public and the
international community to support the cause of human rights
for all.
International
Interracial Association This site promotes interracial &
intercultural harmony worldwide.
Interracial
Family and Social Alliance The Interracial Family & Social Alliance
of Dallas/Ft. Worth (IFSA) is currently North Texas' only
support and social group serving interracial families and
couples. This non-profit organization has been in existence
since 1989. Our mission is to affirm the dignity and equality
of every racial group through education; to support and serve
the interracial unit; and to strengthen the bonds among
groups in our multi-ethnic society through community
outreach.
Interracial
Marriage This site
provides links that support inter-racial and inter-ethnic
marriage and families.
Interracial Voice IV is published every other month as
an independent, information-oriented, networking news journal
serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace.
This electronic publication advocates universal recognition
of mixed-race individuals as constituting a separate
"racial" entity and wholeheartedly supported the
initiative to establish a multiracial category on the 2000
Census.
MSNBC - A series on Race in America.
Multicultural
Pavilion Resource
for info and discussion on multicultural education.
No Room For
Racism Shasta County
Citizens Against Racism was founded on May 19, 1988 in
response to a racially motivated shooting in Redding. Those
forming the group felt it was time for an organization to
speak out against violent racially motivated attacks that had
too long gone unanswered in this largely white (90%) county.
North Carolinians
Against Racist and Religious Violence The purpose of NCARRV is to
eliminate bigoted violence in North Carolina through
educating North Carolinians about its escalation and the
prejudices from which such violence arises, and assisting
citizens to eliminate hate violence through monitoring and
research, victim assistance, community organizing,
networking, and suggesting changes in public policy.
Of Many Colors This site is a photo-text exhibition
on diversity. This award-winning touring exhibit includes
photos and interviews with twenty diverse American
families--from young children to grandparents. In a world
where race is considered by many to be a formidable barrier
between people, the families in this exhibit are celebrated
as twentieth century pioneers willing to risk disapproval and
misunderstanding to find richness and value in diversity.
One Family This site celebrates unity through
diversity and promotes the idea that we are all members of
one human family.
Ontario Black
Anti-Racist Research Institute This site brings to your attention several
very important cases that are before the Ontario Labour
Relations Board, Ontario Human Rights Commission, and the
Supreme Court of Canada in relation to discrimination and
harassment, unsafe working conditions, reprisal actions,
under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Ontario Human
Rights Code and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
PBS Newshour This location provides background
material on Race Relations and lists current events along
with a variety of articles.
Peace Page 'This Page is dedicated to reducing
racism of all kinds. Not just the black/white racism that you
are used to hearing about, but racism against different
religions, homosexuality, and different cultures.
President
Clinton's One America
This is President Clinton’s site for his initiative on
Race Relations in America.
Project on Ethnic
Relations (PER) The
Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) was founded in 1991 in
anticipation of the serious interethnic conflicts that were
to erupt following the collapse of Communism in Central and
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. PER conducts
programs of high-level intervention and dialogue and serves
as a neutral mediator in several major disputes in the
region. PER also conducts programs of training, education,
and research at international, national, and community
levels. This site also provides a number of additional links.
Project Race This site represents a national
organization leading the movement for a multiracial
classification.
Race and Ethnic Studies Institute This organization’s mission is
to conduct and disseminate--at regional, national, and
international levels--interdisciplinary and policy research
pertaining to race, ethnicity, gender and social class in the
areas of education, health and economics.'
Race and Racism This site is dedicated to the
examination of RACE and RACISM through essays, articles,
prose, poetry and photography from both fictional and
non-fictional sources.
Race Gallery
(Return to Racial Science) This site is devoted to discussing how
science deals with the issue of race, and how scientific - or
pseudoscientific - ideas about race circulate through society
as a whole.
RaceBridges Bringin the Races
Together RaceBridges
seeks to increase interracial understanding and cooperation
with Web projects and events that affirm our dignity and
equality. RaceBridges seeks to illuminate the human strengths
and gifts that unite us, demonstrating that they are far
stronger and deeper than what divides us.
Racism. Just Undo
It (RJUI) RJUI is a
program that combines art and education to teach children and
youth the principles of unity. We match qualified volunteers
with a school, club or community organization. The volunteer
spends at least three sessions working with the children
(ages 5-18), then asks them to express their thoughts and
ideas about healing racism through paintings, stories, songs,
or other creative forms. The art is collected and assembled
into an exhibit called the Racism. Just Undo It. Show of
Solutions.
Reconcilers This ministry aims to equip and
inspire God's people in the areas of racial reconciliation
and community rebuilding.
Seeds of Intolerance Essay on the subject of intolerance.
Southern Regional Council The mission of the Southern Regional
Council is to promote racial justice, protect democratic
rights and broaden civic participation in the Southern United
States.
Stop the Hate Site This site begins with some inspiring
quotes which are followed by a number of links that promote
the elimination of prejudice and promote racial harmony.
The Center for the Study of White
American Culture The
Center supports cultural exploration and self-discovery among
white Americans. It encourages a dialogue among all racial
and cultural groups concerning the role of white American
culture in the larger American society. The Center operates
on the premise that knowledge of one's own racial background
and culture is essential when learning how to relate to
people of other racial and cultural groups. We believe the
task of building genuine and authentic relationships across
racial and cultural lines is crucial to the future well being
of America.
The Greenlining Institute This institute is a multi-ethnic
public policy and leadership training center in San Francisco
that represents thirty-five minority, low-income, small
business, civil rights, and community-based organizations
throughout California.
The Institutes
for Healing Racism
At this site, you will find here material about the
Institutes for the Healing of Racism. This
site welcomes those who have a serious commitment toward
healing within themselves, and who recognize the value of
sharing their healing journeys with others.The site also
contains a variety of useful materials. The Institutes are
were people in a community can come together week after week,
usually in 10-week sessions to discuss their feelings about
racial issues in a safe environment. Each session begins with
a presentation on one of three themes: 1. The Oneness of
Humanity, 2. The History or Racism, or 3. The Pathology of
the Disease of Racism.
The Racial
Justice Initiative of the Riverside Church The mission of The Racial Justice
Initiative of the Riverside Church is to combat racism. The
Racial Justice Initiative provides a confidential and
non-judgmental forum in which Riverside members and friends
share their perceptions, prejudices, and fears. We seek
change on the personal and institutional levels by
recognizing, understanding, and appreciating racial and
cultural diversity.
The South African Institute of Race
Relations This is a
liberal, non-profit making research organization. Founded in
1929, the Institute has consistently opposed racial
discrimination and promoted the establishment of a nonracial
society in South Africa. The Institute is currently engaged
in activities designed to strengthen the new democracy.
The Power of Race
Unity - A
well-designed site established to communicate how Baha'is are
working to help America Bridge the Racial Divide.
The Vanguard A web site devoted to the promotion of youth
unity.
The Vision of Race Unity - America's Most Challenging Issue
is a Statement by the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahá'ís of the United States.
William Javier Nelson The author of Racial Definition
Handbook (which has completed a successful run from March
1996 to May 1997 on the Interracial Voice web site), is
offering consultant services for race relations and
multi-ethnic relations, which can be adapted for educational
or professional formats.
World Federation
of Uniracial Activism
This organization is committed to a variety of principles,
for example: 1) the concept of race on the basis of any other
classification or sub-classification than Homo Sapiens is an
invidious social artifice that is both scientifically invalid
and degenerative of the collective good of humanity, 2) that
the multi-racial classification system on the basis of
complexion, culture or geographical origin must immediately
and totally be eradicated wherever the same has reared its
pernicious existence throughout the world.
