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Application Deadline: February 3, 2012

The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is soliciting applications for the 2012 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship.  Persons identified as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Asian-American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or American Indian, or Alaska Native and accepted into an accredited doctoral program in any one of the social and/or behavioral sciences are invited to apply for the $12,000 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship.  Applicants will be notified of the results by July 16, 2012.  All applicants must be a current member and a citizen or permanent resident of the United States when applying.  For further information and an application, visit www.sssp1.org.  Contact Chair Tyrone Forman with all questions at tyforman@stanford.edu.

Changing demographics in the United States require new perspectives and approaches if environmental education (EE) is to remain effective and relevant to diverse populations both locally and globally. In an effort to continue providing resources and a forum for those wanting to grow in culturally competent practices, EETAP and Intercambios created these pages. The pages include information and tools that we and other colleagues (such as yourself) have found useful when thinking about how to make EE organizations and programs more inclusive.

How this Information is Organized

Each installment will focus on a specific topic such as cultural competency in your organization, programs, membership, partnerships, and plans. Each topic has an assessment tool, relevant articles, vignettes, mini-lesson, success stories, glossary, and annotated bibliography.



1. Summer 2006: Looking at your own Individual Cultural Competency

2. Fall 2006: Looking at your own Individual Cultural Competency

3. Winter 2007: Initiating New Relationships

4. Fall 2007: Reasons to be Inclusive

5. Winter 2008: How Other Sectors Approach Environmental Issues

6. Spring 2008: The "White" Perspective

7. Summer 2008: Are We Ready to Ride the New Environmental Wave?

8. Winter 2009: Adapting to Change

9. Spring 2009: Not Seeing Your Culture?

10. Summer 2009: Values and Decision Making

11. Winter 2010: Do you Know your Organizational Culture?

12. Spring 2010: Ethnocentric Filters

13. Summer 2010: The Leader's Role in Becoming Inclusive

The sound track and PowerPoint presentation from a December 10th, 2010 Webinar, It's Tough to be Inclusive, are now available on the EETAP Web site. The page contains:

• It's tough to be Inclusive article -  in PDF and MP3
• Webinar Audio and PowerPoint presentation
• EETAP Cultural Diversity Resources

We hope you find the contents informative and helpful.

Webinar: It's Tough To Be Inclusive

If you are interested in increasing the cultural competency of your staff and programs check out the following article.

Evaluation and Analyses of Cultural Diversity Training With Environmental Educators
Alma R. Galván; Lisa LaRocque
Pages 262 - 275

The Environmental Education and Training Partnership Cultural Diversity
Workshops were based on theoretical models and designed to increase individuals’
awareness, knowledge, and intentions toward increasing culturally sensitivity. This
study reports on the evaluation results from 191 participants. Their responses
indicate significant changes in individuals’ levels of awareness and understanding.
However, the strategies used for enhancing participants’ levels of understanding
do not translate to the organizational level where change is needed to make
environmental education relevant and effective when interacting with others
holding different worldviews. The authors describe potential barriers and strategies
for organizational change.

Applied Environmental Education & Communication
Volume 9, Issue 4, 2010
Pages 262 - 275

This article can be downloaded at no cost from the journal Web site.



Evaluation and Analyses of Cultural Diversity Training With Environmental Educators

I wanted to share a great piece on a blog called Diversity is Inefficient written by Ashindi M., Senior Fellow at The New Organizing Institute. It is a very honest and helpful description of the challenges and opportunities if an individual or organization becomes more inclusive. I hope you read it and share it with others.