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Cultural Sensitivity in the Workplace
Workforce Education Facilitators (WILMAs) were asked to share resources about cultural sensitivity in the workplace. 

Resources: 

1) The International Institute of Minnesota has published Finding Common Understanding: An Employer's Guide to a Cross-Cultural Workplace, 3rd Edition.  www.iimn.org

2) Contact People's Institute North in Duluth:  218-722-3186 or 218-724-2330 

3) Author Sondra Thiederman was also recommended.

4)  Author:  Allan G. Johnson, Ph.D. sociology prof, speaker & consultant on matters of inequality  & privilege. 

Books:  Privilege, Power & Difference, 2nd Ed., 2006    McGraw Hill Higher Education Pub. The Gender Knot:  Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy, rev. ed. 2005. 
 
5) Volunteer Issues, a committee under Literacy Minnesota, has just completed a project on “Cultural Competence” with several tools, a resource list, and tips covering cultural issues.  Here is one of the websites where you can see the information and tools from the project.  

http://www.literacyminnesota.org/Building_Cultural_Competence2.html


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