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 have a lending library of books and videos on multicultural subjects, as well as information on a variety of subjects. Call 781-729-7100 or email office@wmcn.org to check on availability.
Viewing Guide for "Race--The Power of an Illusion"
101 Ways to Celebrate Multiculturalism
BOOKS
Adoption
Family of Adoption, Joyce Pavao
Inside Transracial Adoption, Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall
Education
Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, Donna M. Gollnick, Philip C. Chinn
Muticultural Mathematics: Teaching Mathematic from a Global Perspective, David Nelson et al
An Introduction to Multicultural Education, James A. Banks
Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society, James A. Banks
Raising a Rainbow Generation: Teaching Your Children to be Successful in a Mutlticultural Society, Dr. Darlene Powell Hopson, Dr. Derek S. Hopson with Thomas Clavin
Starting Small; Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades, Sara Bullard et al
Who's invited to share? Using Literacy to Teach for Equity and Social Justice, Roxanne Henkin
Family
Gay Dads, David Strah
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Shelia Heen
History
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James W. Loewen
The Ordeal of Integration:Progress and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis, Orlando Patterson
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (A companion Volume to the PBS TV Series), Juan Williams
Homophobia
Homophobia: How we all pay the price ,Warren J. Blumenfeld
Leadership
Mission-Based Management: Leading Your Not-For-Profit in the 21st Century, Peter C. Brinckerhoff
Nothing Impossible Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom, Lorraine Monroe
Memoir
Killers of the Dream, Lillian Smith
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, Clifton L. Taulbert
Colored People: A memoir, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Education of a Wasp, Lois Mark Stalvey
Multiculturalism
Respect: An Exploration, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Multicultural Manners: New Rules of Etiquette for a Changing Society, Norine Dresser
Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity, Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel
Newcomers
A Smooth Beginning: 20 Suggestions to Help Your Family Feel Settled in the United States, Anne P. Copeland
Hit the Ground Running: A checklist for Starting a Home in the United States, Karen Rudnick, Helenann Wright, Anne P. Copeland
Understanding American Schools: The Answers to Newcomers' Most Frequently Asked Questions, Anne P. Copeland, Georgia Bennett
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Racism and Anti-racism
40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child, Barbara Mathias, Mary Ann French
"And don't call me a racist!", Ella Mazel, editor
A Race is a Nice Thing to Have A Guide to Being a White Person or Understanding the White Persons in Your Life, Janet E. Helms, Ph.D.
It's the little things: The Everyday Interactions that Get Under the Skin of Blacks and Whites, Lena Williams
Killing Rage Ending Racism, bell hooks
White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racism Training, Judith H. Katz
Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America, Cornel West, edited by Kelvin Shawn Sealey
White Lies: Race and the Myth of Whiteness, Maurice Berger
A Promise and a Way of Life: White Anti-racist Activism, Becky Thompson
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel
Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line, Micheal Eric Dyson
Think About Racism, Linda Mizell
Black and White: Styles in Conflict, Thomas Kochman
Roots of American Racism: Essays on the Colonial Experience, Alden T. Vaughan
Beyond Blame: Race Relations for the Twenty-First Century, Micheal A. Grant
Cultural Etiquette: A guide for the Well-Intentioned, Amoja Three Rivers
Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear Between Blacks and Whites, Halon L. Dalton
Healing Racism in America: A Prescription for the Disease, Nathan Rutstein
Religion
World Faiths: Islam, Ruqaiyyah, Waris Maqsood
VIDEOS
ADL A World of Difference, 12min., VHS
Against The Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance, PBS, 1995, 60 min., VHS
The Battle Over Gay Marriage, NECN Documentary, 2006, VHS
Facing History:1993 Human Rights Conference, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, 6-May-93, 60 min., VHS
Facing History Students Confront Hatred and Violence: A Discussion with Elie Wiesel, Yale Roe Films, Ltd., 30min., VHS
Freedeom to Marry, Turtle Time Farm Productions, 2004, 57 min., DVD
I Can Do That, Tracy Caspar Lang and Maude Brickner, 2000, 30 min, VHS
Islam: a closer look, Sound Vision Foundation, 1995, 30 min, VHS
Let's Get Real, Women's Educational Media, 2003, 35 min, VHS
Oliver Button Is a Star: A Story for All Families with Childhood Memories, Tomie dePaola; Hunt and Scagliotti Productions, Inc., 2001, 56 min., VHS
One Wedding and a Revolution, Women's Educational Media: Directed byDebra Chasnoff and Kate Stilley, 2004, 19 min., DVD/VHS
Putting the World into World-Class Education, Asia and International Studies in the Schools, 2006, 13 mins, VHS
Race and Peace Movement: Tim Wise, No U-Turn Productions, 2003, 110 mins, VHS
That's a Family: A film for kids about family diversity, Women's Educational Media: Directed by Debra Chasnoff; Executive Producer Helen S. Cohen, 2000, 35min., VHS
The Era of Segregation: A Personal Perspective, Clifton Taulbert Knowledge Unlimited, 1993, 30min., VHS
You Don't Have to Ride Jim Crow: The Freedom Ride of 1947 PBS: Robin Washington 1995, 56 min., VHS