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The Multicultural Resource Center Mission Statement |
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.. To insist that all of our children-regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, class, or physical or mental abilities - receive equal opportunities to learn the information and skills which will prepare them for full, satisfying participation in our increasingly diverse society. ..To advocate and facilitate the transformation of policies, practices, curricula, and programs in our nation's child-nurturing institutions so that they truthfully reflect the culture of persons who until recently were stereotyped, misrepresented or grossly underrepresented in the literature for children and young adults. ..To help caretakers of children and those preparing others to work with children examine their own attitudes toward diversity, determine how their attitudes and behavior affect the development of the children for whom they are responsible, and adjust those behaviors in order to promote appropriate, safe, bias-free environments in which all children can learn and flourish. ..To these ends, The Multicultural Resource Center motivates, trains and equips all nurturers of children and young adults to use Selected multicultural literature to:
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