PLEASE TAKE THE FRIENDSHIP SURVEY! Greetings: After many years of studying racial identity development and its interface with interpersonal relationships and group interactions, I became convinced that race relations in the U.S. would only improve through the benefits that resulted from friendships that cross racial lines: reduced racial isolation in communities; creation of a better and informed citizenry; expansion of the concept of citizenship to a global level; improvement of team performance in organizations; and more innovation. For more information and discussion on this topic, please visit the resource page on my website: dlplummer From 1999-2003, I distributed a Friendship Survey and conducted focus groups in four major cities: Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. The data results indicated that the majority of Americans are culturally encapsulated in where we live and in how we socialize. It further suggested that most individuals only experience racial diversity in their work or school settings. As a result, most do not have friends that cross racial lines. The results were incorporated in Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations through Friendships published by Pilgrim Press in 2004 and edited and revised in 2009. This book received the publisher’s Mayflower Award. In an effort to compare the findings after ten years, I am distributing the survey again. It has been cleared at UMass through our IRB. I greatly appreciate your support for this project by taking the survey and passing the link on to your network. Keeping the conversation going about improving race relations and turning conversation into action is one of the goals of this project. I am happy to share the findings and get your insights on the topic. Please feel free to contact me directly if you wish. Thanks so much for your support. Survey Link: https://surveymonkey/s/HZLF7ML Deborah L. Plummer, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Quantitative Health Sciences and Graduate School of Nursing University of Massachusetts Medical School
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:49:31 +0000
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