Toward a More Perfect Union
in an Age of Diversity:
A Guide to Building Stronger Communities
through Public Dialogue
Prepared by Study Circles Resource Center and Marci Reaven
for A MORE PERFECT UNION, a project of Arcadia Pictures
© Copyright Topsfield Foundation and Marci Reaven 1997
Foreword
:
Needed!
Democratic Conversations about Our Country and Our Communities
Using this Study Circle Guide
What is a Study Circle?
Organizing Study Circles
Tips for
Multicultural Collaboration
Basic Steps in
Creating Community-wide Dialogue
Tips for
Study Circle Leaders
Guidelines for Study Circle Participants
Pointers for
Using the Discusion-Starter Video
,
Toward a More Perfect Union
Working on Common Cross-cultural Communication Challenges
by Marcelle E. DuPraw, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, and Marya Axner
Discussion Materials for Four Study Circle Sessions on Cultural Identity and Diversity
Session One
:
Who Are We? The Many Faces of America
What some People Are Saying...
on this topic
Session Two
:
Bonds and Boundaries: Looking at Our Communities
What some People Are Saying...
on this topic
Session Three
:
Visions of America: What Ties Us Together?
What some People Are Saying...
on this topic
Views on Being an American Today
Seven points of view
Session Four
:
Making a Difference: What Can We Do to Build a Stronger Community in an Age of Diversity?
Creating a New "Social Contract"
Excerpts from a speech by Henry Cisneros
Supplemental Readings
on Diversity and Union
"
American Stories
"
An essay by Rosemary Bray
"
Valuing the Difference: Diversity as an Asset
"
From a speech by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros to the National Civic League, November 1992
"
America's Immigration Story: Still the Melting Pot
"
An article by Everett Carll Ladd for the Christian Science Monitor, August 4, 1995
"
Sample Citizenship Questions
"
100 examples of questions on the official test for U.S. citizenship, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
The
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Excerpts from The
Constitution
of the United States of America:
The
Preamble
; the
Bill of Rights
; and other
selected amendments
Some American Beliefs about Equality
,
selected from the National Endowment of the Humanities' "National Conversation Kit,"
Abraham Lincoln, The
Gettysbury Address
November 19, 1863
Robert Yellowtail
Address before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, September 9, 1919
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
I Have a Dream
August 20, 1963
Plan de Delano
Proclamation Issued by La Causa when the National Farm Workers' Association voted to join the Filipino grape pickers' strike, 1965
Resources for Further Discussion and Action
Bibliography
of Print and Other Media
List of Organizational Resources
Acknowledgments
and credits for site content
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