aMaze is committed to providing parents, teachers and community leaders with the resources to counter bias and prejudice as they confront it in their work with children. The following are resources you might find helpful. (links will open site in a new window - some resources apply to more than one category and are listed multiple times)

Feel free to notify us of resources you would like to recommend.

Resources By Topic
Families Are Different | Race | Family Change | LGTB | Socioeconomics
Immigration | Adoption | Disability | Aging | Religion

Organizations By Location
National |  Twin Cities Metro

By Reader
Teachers | Parents | Kids | Community

Other aMazing Resources
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Families Are Different
Minnesota Safe Schools for All (anti-bullying law)
Full text of House Bill 1198.  For more up-to-date information visit: http://www.familyequality.org/rainbowfamilies/

As Simple As That ™ www.simpleasthat.com/index.php
Fosters self-esteem in children and teaches them to accept, respect, and celebrate all cultures, choices and abilities.


Race/Ethnicity
How to Tell People They Sound Racist
By Jay Smooth, host of WBAI's Underground Railroad.

As Simple As That ™ www.simpleasthat.com/index.php
Fosters self-esteem in children and teaches them to accept, respect, and celebrate all cultures, choices and abilities.

Talk to Kids About White Privilege www.tolerance.org/parents/kidsarticle.jsp?p=0&ar=49 article by Elizabeth Bauchner

Talking to Children About Race (pdf) article by Jeane Copenhaverl-Johnson

 

 


Family Change (Divorce/Break-Ups/Blending)
Life in a Blender www.lifeinablender.com/index.html
An organization/message board comprised of a group of dedicated Biological Moms and Step Moms of blended families striving for peaceful relationships to benefit their children.

 

Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual Family Members
Minnesota School Outreach Coalition
http://www.fcsmn.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={9F027632-1E3D-463D-9935-2D8506899DFA}
A coalition of Minnesota Students, educators, families, community members, and organizations working within the borad context of schools to address the issues of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.  On Myspace at: http://www.myspace.com/minnesotaschooloutreach.


Rainbow Families Logo
www.rainbowfamilies.org/


Socioeconomics


Immigration


Adoption

As Simple As That ™ www.simpleasthat.com/index.php
Fosters self-esteem in children and teaches them to accept, respect, and celebrate all cultures, choices and abilities.


Disability

Talk to Kids About Mental Illness www.tolerance.org/parents/kidsarticle.jsp?&ar=50
Article by Dana Williams


Aging

Talk to Kids About Aging www.tolerance.org/parents/kidsarticle.jsp?p=0&ar=45
Article by Dana Williams


Religion


Organizations - National

Ground Spark (formerly Women's Educational Media) http://www.womedia.org/
Visionary films and dynamic educational campaigns that move individuals and communities to take action for a more just world.  Home of the Respect for All Project.

Family Diversity Projects http://www.familydiversity.org/
Traveling diversity exhibits for your community.  Five award-winning traveling rental photo-text exhibits that tour communities nationwide and internationally.

Understanding Prejudice www.understandingprejudice.org/
A web site for students, teachers, and others interested in the causes and consequences of prejudice.
Tolerance.org

As Simple As That ™ www.simpleasthat.com/index.php
Fosters self-esteem in children and teaches them to accept, respect, and celebrate all cultures, choices and abilities.

Educators for Social Responsibility www.esrnational.org
ESR helps educators create safe and caring learning environments for students.

Family Communications www.familycommunications.org
Family Communications is a comprehensive resource for parents, families and educators.


Organizations - Twin Cities Metro

Rainbow Families Logo www.rainbowfamilies.org/

Family and Children's Service www.famchildserv.org


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