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The Mission of the Winchester Multicultural Network is to:
- Promote the recognition, understanding, and appreciation of diversity;
- Advocate for each and every person’s civil rights;
- Confront intolerance.
We invite you to learn more about us and to join the growing network of people who care about making Winchester a welcoming and safe community for everyone.
Winchester is a community that is grounded in respect for every individual, and therefore protects all residents, employees, business owners, students and visitors in the enjoyment and exercise of human and civil rights. It is town policy to ensure equal treatment and opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, ideology, socio-economic status, health, sexual orientation, age, military status, or disability.adopted by the Winchester Board of Selectmen, September 24, 2009 |
What is Multiculturalism?
Multiculturalism is the ongoing process of recognizing, understanding, and appreciating differences as well as similarities.
The Winchester Multicultural Network derives its underlying philosophy of multiculturalism from VISIONS, Inc., a multicultural training and consultation organization.
VISIONS defines multiculturalism as the ongoing process of change by which we learn to recognize, understand and appreciate our own cultural identities, as well as the similarities and differences of people from other cultural groups. These cultural groups can be based on characteristics that can include race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical abilities, class, job status, religion, immigrant status, language, and nationality.
We see this process as a journey for each individual, and for organizations and our community as a whole as we learn to appreciate differences and address bias on all levels—personal, interpersonal, cultural and institutional