Cultural Diversity Month
In October the City of Long Beach Celebrates the strength of our diversity during Cultural Diversity Month. Though we are surrounded by diversity on a daily basis, this month is set aside as a special time to reflect on the many aspects of cultural diversity.
5 Things You Can Do
Ways you can learn from difference, connect commonalities and build a stronger community:
#1 Get to know a neighbor better and how (s)he came to Long Beach
#2 Hold a cultural potluck at your workplace or on your block.
#3 Model respect and be an ally when you see or hear bigotry.
#4 Promote tolerance, acceptance, and appreciation
#5 Pledge to learn more about others who are different from you.
Cultural diversity encompasses not just racial diversity, but also the diversity represented by identities of nationality, religion/faith, sexual orientation, gender, age, and disabiltiy status.
Get to Know Someone
Questions you can ask to break the ice and learn more about others around you:
- What is your favorite holiday and why?
- Where were you born?
- When was the first time you realized you were a member of your race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, or ability cultural group?
- As a child, what messages were you given about how members of your cultural group expressed emotions like ahppiness, anger, and sadness?
- ...what messages were you given about education, work, and community involvement?
- What does "culture" mean to you?
- What does "diversity" mean to you?
Celebrate Our Rich Cultural Diversity
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www.diversity.longbeach.gov
"The City of Long Beach has been called the most diverse city in the U.S. Each of us adds our own unique identities to this city's rich diversity. I'm proud of the many ways people here work together. How we express our unified sense of community is a model for others to follow. I am Long Beach...and so are you. We are Long Beach, one great city.
- Mayor Bob Foster, City of Long Beach
The NAACP urges you to register to vote and to make sure that your family, friends and neighbors are registered. We are asking that all Long Beach Branch members personally register one voter per month.