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INFORMATION ABOUT NAVIGATING THIS WEBSITE
Aloha and Welcome to the National Institute for Multicultural Competence Electronic Pathways! We have created this site to be an interactive pathway towards developing multicultural-social justice competence in the field, with our families, and in our communities. We hope you will 1) enjoy reading about the links, resources, projects, and initiatives available on this site, 2) participate in the interactive discussion forum by responding to the posted questions and comments as well as suggesting ideas for future forum topics, and 3) share this site with colleagues, students, coworkers, and others who may be interested in increasing their awareness of multicultural-social justice issues. Additionally, we appreciate and welcome feedback for ways to improve this site.
In addition to providing a definition about the role of the website visitor, we wanted to identify key features of this site to promote clarity and ease of use. Above this text message there are links to two audiovisual messages from executive director, Michael D’Andrea and webmanagers, Brian Kajiyama and Elizabeth Foster. Simply click on the text link below the pictures to access the video messages. If you experience any difficulty viewing these short films, consider downloading the free Quicktime video player by clicking the link under Trouble viewing video? located under the video box to resolve this problem.
On the left side of your screen there is a column entitled: Resources, Projects, & Initiatives. This section is the main navigation menu. Please note that the topics listed below the title are hyperlinks that open into new pages with information and additional resources. When you access the Interactive Discussion Forum, please take time to review the discussion content, read the comments from other NIMC members and post a response to the current forum question.
We hope you enjoy exploring this resource! Please consider sharing your feedback, comments, suggestions, as well any resources or links to provide a higher level of understanding, awareness and knowledge about multicultural-social justices issues.
With Aloha,
Brian Kajiyama & Elizabeth Foster
Statement of Purpose
The National Institute for Multicultural Competence (NIMC) is a non-profit, independent professional organization that was originally founded in 1993 (formerly referred to as the National Multicultural Ad Hoc Committee). The NIMC is designed to accomplish three fundamental goals.
First, the NIMC is aimed at fostering positive chances in our society by promoting the principles and spirit of multiculturalism, feminism, and social justice at the individual, group, organizational, and institutional levels.
Second, the NIMC is designed to stimulate transformative changes in the mental health and human service professions by promoting the principles and spirit of multiculturalism, feminism, and social justice in these fields.
Third, the NIMC works to assist mental health professionals and other human service providers in acquiring the types of multicultural competencies they need to work respectfully, effectively, and ethically among persons from diverse groups and backgrounds.
Although the NIMC works to foster the cultural competence of individual mental health professionals and other human service providers, much of its efforts are aimed at creating conditions for institutional, organizational, and societal changes that reflect a greater level of understanding and respect for the principles and spirit of multicultural- feminist-social justice movement.
Additional information about the projects that the NIMC has successfully implemented since 1993 can be found in the following publications:
D'Andrea, M., & Daniels, J. (1995). Promoting multiculturalism and organizational change in the counseling profession: A case study. In J.G. Ponterotto, J.M. Casas, L.A. Suzuki, & C.M. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural counseling (pp. 17-33). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Disclaimer: Information contained on the site is intended for educational purposes only. Content such as articles, links to external sites, and other materials are not necessarily endorsed by the NIMC and its members. Questions regarding referencing this site should be directed to the webmanagers.
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