Useful Web Links - American Culture, Diversity and Tolerance

United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct involvement in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.

International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University
http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/about/index.html
The mission of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life is to develop effective responses to conflict and injustice by offering innovative approaches to coexistence, strengthening the work of international courts, and encouraging ethical practice in civic and professional life

OneWorld US (OneWorld International)
http://us.oneworld.net/
OneWorld is a global information network developed to support communication media of the people, by the people and for the people - everywhere. Its goal is to help build a more just, global society, through its partnership community. OneWorld encourages people to discover their power - power to speak, connect, and make a difference - by providing access to information, and enabling connections between hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of people around the world. OneWorld United States publishes U.S. and international perspectives on global issues gathered from OneWorld partners worldwide.

Planet Tolerance - web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
Main teen page - http://www.tolerance.org/teens/index.jsp
Youth Activist Groups - http://www.tolerance.org/teens/youthact.jsp
10 steps to take action - http://www.tolerance.org/teens/10ways.jsp

Hypertexts for the Study of American Culture
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hypertex.html#a_b
An electronic resource of various texts (literary works, historical documents, excerpts etc) on American Culture.

Princeton Online. Incredible Art Department
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/diversit.htm
The Americas' Cultural Diversity . Web links to many cultures of the "New World"

Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/minority.htm
A discussion and resources page on the rights of minorities.