Intercultural Networking and Base-Building Online:
Three Strategies

Example

Strategy Two: Participate in Web Dialogue Forums

Discussion Boards:

Café Progressive Forums
DiversityWeb Discussion Forums
Economic Justice Discussion Board
Parent Soup Boards: Education
Lycos Message Boards: Education
Media Awareness Network Discussion Boards
Multicultural Pavilion's Multicultural Forum
Teachers.net Chatboard
Y? The National Forum on People's Differences

Chat Rooms:

DiversityWeb Town Hall Chats
Progressive Education Chat
Y? Chat

NOTE: Most of the interactive sites for kids also have message boards and/or chat rooms.

Strategy Three: Participate in Email Discussion Forums

Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
Student Affairs Listservs

Some existing Email Discussion Forums:

AFROAM-L: African Americans in higher education
DIVERSEGRAD-L: Multicultural and cross-cultural counseling
EDEQUITY: Gender equity in education - resources and teaching strategies
EWD-L: East-West understanding and dialogue on multiculturalism and cross-cultural communication
MCPAVILION: Multicultural education and related issues
MULTC-ED: Addressing human hate and oppression
NAME-MCE: NAME's official listserv on multicultural education
NGLTFCAMPUS: Gay and lesbian issues, hosted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
PSN: Progressive issues and human rights in the social sciences

Strategies for Managing Your Participation in Email Forums:

• Inquire about a "digest" function. This will set you up to receive only about one message per day from a listserv. The message you receive will include the text from that day's messages. This will help protect you from the email flood.

• PARTICIPATE!

• Keep the welcome message and instructions you receive when you subscribe to an email forum. These will be of great importance when you decide to unsubscribe.