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Creating Authentic Partnerships with Historically Marginalized Families and Other Stakeholders: Embracing an Equity Mindset
Educational systems in this country have been shaped by the influence of White dominant culture, frequently precluding the authentic partnership of families and stakeholders who are vested in the success of historically marginalized students in their communities. This resource describes characteristics associated with White dominant culture as compared to those rooted in an intentional equity mindset. This resource can be used to assess the cultural norms that currently exist and to think about what changes are needed to create authentic opportunities for partnership that can improve learning conditions and outcomes for historically marginalized populations.
Author: Alexandria Harvey Publisher: NCSI
Creating Cultures and Practices for Racial Equity
Creating Cultures and Practices for Racial Equity contains a variety of tools that emerged from Race Forward’s Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab to help artists, arts advocates, culture bearers, and cultural workers to imagine, plan, and implement racial equity strategies in arts organizations.
Author: Nayantara Sen & Terry Keleher Publisher: Race Forward
CrimeSolutions.gov
The National Institute of Justice’s CrimeSolutions.gov is comprised of two components — a web-based clearinghouse of programs and practices and a process for identifying and rating those programs and practices.
Author: Publisher: NIJ
Criteria for Analyzing Assessment Data
Analyzing assessment data with five key criteria can provide insight into how to focus efforts to meet community needs and set prevention priorities.
Author: Publisher: Prevention Solutions
Cultural Approaches to Prevention: Measuring Cultural Factors Associated with Substance Misuse and Mental Health in American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Provides information on measures that prevention practitioners and evaluators can use when evaluating substance misuse prevention programs that include cultural elements.
Author: Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC)
Cultural Competence and Spirituality in Community Building
Information on understanding culture and diversity, how to strengthen multicultural collaboration, and spirituality and community building.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox
Cultural Competence Primer: Incorporating Cultural Competence into Your Comprehensive Plan
This primer provides anti-drug coalitions with a basic understanding of cultural competence and its importance in achieving substance abuse reduction that is effective and sustainable. If you know how to include all major sectors of your community in your efforts to develop a plan to create population-level change in community rates of substance abuse, then you likely will increase your chances of success.
Author: Publisher: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Data Collection Best Practice: Informed Participation
The Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning 3 (MassCALL3) and State Opioid Response – Prevention in Early Childhood (SOR-PEC) initiatives both require the collection of various types of information to inform the design and delivery of grant-related services This information may be collected through structured interviews and focus groups with community members. Coalitions have an ethical obligation to ensure informed participation. This means that all involved individuals fully understand the purpose of the data collection activity and how the information being collected will be used. This brief provides guidance for BSAS grantee coalitions to ensure informed participation for individuals who are engaged in their data collection efforts.
Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Data Collection Methods: Pros and Cons
Learning the pros and cons of data collection methods can help you find the right data to inform program development and assessment.
Author: Publisher: Prevention Solutions
Databases of Best Practices
Explore best practices for promoting community health and development.
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Publisher: Community Toolbox