In order to create an inclusive community of learners where there is a shared commitment to social justice and pluralism, OMSA must work with its campus partners, in this case, faculty. Please utilize some resources we have compiled for your use.

ON-CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Social Justice Educator Training is a professional development opportunity for UNH faculty, staff, and graduate students to further their understanding of social justice and diversity issues. The eight-hour training, which is divided into two days, covers issues of oppression, social injustice, social identity, and facilitation in a small-group setting (limited to 25).

ONLINE RESOURCES

Multicultural Education Pavilion is a resource for educators, students, and activists to explore and discuss multicultural education; facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical transformative approach to multicultural education.

Social Justice Web Resources is an online resource from the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) founded in 2000 at Boston College, under the direction of Dr. Janet E. Helms, to promote the assets and address the societal conflicts associated with race or culture in theory, and research, mental health practice, education, business, and society at large. Their webite provides many great links to other websites.

The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning is a regional (Midwest) membership organization that supports and promotes outstanding college teaching and learning at public, private, and tribally-affilitated colleges and universities. The Collaboration offers programs and services that provide professional support and renewal for those who want to enhance student learning through involvement in an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary community of peers; identify trends and issues that affect teaching and learning and prepare faculty and staff to meet them; identify, disseminate, and foster effective approaches to teaching and learning, both in and outside the classroom, and to related areas of faculty and staff developent; and engage members of the academic community in the collaborative, scholarly examination of their practice as teachers.

Class Action: Building Bridges Across the Class Divide is an organization that's missions is to raise consciousness about the issues of classism: class and money, and their powerful impact on our individual lives, our relationships, organizaitons, institutions, and culture. They aim to heal the wounds of classism, support the development of cross-class alliances, and work with others to catalyze the movement of resources to where they are most needed to create justice, equity, and sustainability for all.

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SUGGESTED SPEAKERS

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VIDEO RESOURCES

OMSA has an extensive video library. Although the videos are available most of the time, please call our office, 862-2050 to check. You are able to sign out the videos in person.

SELECTED ARTICLES

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