The
American
Democracy
Project
is a
multi-campus
initiative
to
create
intellectual
and
experiential
understandings
of civic
engagement
for
undergraduates
enrolled
at
institutions
that are
members
of the
American
Association
of State
Colleges
and
Universities
(AASCU).
The
project,
developed
by AASCU
in
collaboration
with The
New York
Times,
focuses
on the
development
of
informed
graduates
who are
committed
to lives
of
engagement
as
citizens
in our
democracy.
Click
here
for
details
about
the
American
Democracy
Project
at WWU.
The
Anti-Defamation
League
The
Anti-Defamation
League,
founded
in 1913,
is the
world's
leading
organization
fighting
anti-Semitism
through
programs
and
services
that
counteract
hatred,
prejudice
and
bigotry.
The
Children's
Defense
Fund
The
Children's
Defense
Fund
exists
to
provide
a strong
and
effective
voice
for all
the
children
of
America,
who
cannot
vote,
lobby,
or speak
for
themselves.
We pay
particular
attention
to the
needs of
poor and
minority
children
and
those
with
disabilities.
Our goal
is to
educate
the
nation
about
the
needs of
children
and
encourage
preventive
investment
in
children
before
they get
sick,
drop out
of
school,
suffer
family
breakdown,
or get
into
trouble.
The
Council
of
Exceptional
Children
The
worldwide
mission
of The
Council
for
Exceptional
Children
is to
improve
educational
outcomes
for
individuals
with
exceptionalities.
CEC, a
non-profit
association,
accomplishes
its
mission
which is
carried
out in
support
of
special
education
professionals
and
others
working
on
behalf
of
individuals
with
exceptionalities,
by
advocating
for
appropriate
governmental
policies,
by
setting
professional
standards,
by
providing
continuing
professional
development,
by
advocating
for
newly
and
historically
underserved
individuals
with
exceptionalities,
and by
helping
professionals
achieve
the
conditions
and
resources
necessary
for
effective
professional
practice.
The Gay,
Lesbian,
and
Straight
Education
Network
(GLSEN)
What is
GLSEN?
The Gay,
Lesbian,
and
Straight
Education
Network
(GLSEN)
is the
largest
national
organization
that
brings
together
teachers,
parents,
students,
and
concerned
citizens
to work
together
to end
homophobia
in our
schools.
Over a
third of
GLSEN
members
are
non-gay,
and an
equal
number
work
outside
of
schools.
The
Maxine
Greene
Foundation
for
Social
Imagination,
the
Arts,
and
Education
The
Foundation
is
concerned
with
supporting
the
creation
of and
informed
appreciation
of works
that
embody
fresh
social
visions,
that
move
people
to
perceive
alternative
possibilities
for the
making
of
humane
communities.
The
National
Clearinghouse
for
Bilingual
Education
(NCBE)
The
National
Clearinghouse
for
Bilingual
Education
(NCBE)
is
funded
by the
U.S.
Department
of
Education's
Office
of
Bilingual
Education
and
Minority
Languages
Affairs
(OBEMLA)
to
collect,
analyze,
and
disseminate
information
relating
to the
effective
education
of
linguistically
and
culturally
diverse
learners
in the
U.S.
The
Peace
Resource
Center
The
Peace
Resource
Center
was
established
by the
Associated
Students
in 1984
to serve
the
campus
community
by
offering
practical,
informational
resources
on a
wide
variety
of peace
and
justice
issues.
The
Philosophy
of
Education
Society
(PES)
The PES
was
founded
to
promote
the
fundamental
philosophic
treatment
of the
problems
of
education
and the
clarification
of
agreements
and
differences
among
the
several
philosophies
of
education,
to
advance
and
improve
teaching
in the
philosophy
of
education
both in
schools
for the
education
of
teachers
and in
other
educational
institutions,
to
cultivate
fruitful
relationships
between
workers
in
general
philosophy
and
workers
in
philosophy
of
education,
to
cultivate
fruitful
relationships
between
scholars
in
philosophy
of
education
and
those in
other
areas of
education,
and to
encourage
promising
students
in the
field of
philosophy
of
education.
Rethinking
Schools
Founded
in 1986
by
activist
teachers,
Rethinking
Schools
is a
nonprofit,
independent
publisher
of
educational
materials.
We
advocate
the
reform
of
elementary
and
secondary
education,
with a
strong
emphasis
on
issues
of
equity
and
social
justice.
Teaching
Tolerance
In
response
to an
alarming
increase
in hate
crime
among
youth,
the
Southern
Poverty
Law
Center
began
the
Teaching
Tolerance
project
in 1991
as an
extension
of the
Center's
legal
and
educational
efforts.
Through
the
generous
support
of
Center
donors,
Teaching
Tolerance
offers
free or
low-
cost
resources
to
educators
at all
levels.
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Woodring
Diversity
Task
Force
Woodring
College
of
Education's
Diversity
Task
Force
promotes
diversity
at
Woodring.
University
of
Maryland
Diversity
Database
The
University
of
Maryland's
Diversity
Database
is a
comprehensive
resource
index of
multicultural
and
cultural
diversity
resources.
Washington
State
Association
for
Multicultural
Education
WSAME is
a
501(c)3
nonprofit
educational
organization
founded
in
1994. It
is a
collaborative
association
of
representatives
from
public
and
private
school
districts,
colleges,
universities,
local
and
state
governmental
agencies,
organizations,
businesses,
and
other
groups
which
advocate
for and
support
the
cause of
multicultural,
diversity
and
international
education.
WWU -
Ethnic
Student
Center
(ESC)
The
Ethnic
Student
Center
(ESC) is
a
department
within
the
structure
of the
Associated
Students
of WWU.
Student
programming
offices
form the
heart
and soul
of the
ESC and
provide
individual,
social,
and
culturally
enriching
activities
to the
campus
and the
community.
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