In the past year we partnered with many local social justice and advocacy organizations, including Monterey Peace & Justice Center, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, CSUMB, NAACP, LULAC, Building Healthy Communities, Whites for Racial Equity, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, YWCA Monterey County, and more.
The NCBI Welcoming Diversity Workshop is an ideal training for CSUMB students, staff, faculty and other campus community members who wish to develop their multicultural sensitivity, challenge the preconceived notions we were all taught about various groups of people, learn to be better allies, and take pride in their own complex identities and cultural affiliations….
Dear NCBI Members and Supporters, We cannot remain silent. As a Diversity organization fighting discrimination – we see a tide of suffocating xenophobia and hate-filled rhetoric rising all around us. We want to make it clear to Muslims, immigrants and refugees in our community that they are welcome and that we stand by their side. So we ask…
Dear Friend of NCBI:NCBI would like to invite you to participate in this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day March and the Women’s March— come walk with NCBI!WHAT: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March in SeasideWHEN: Monday, January 15th at noon (plan to arrive 11-11:30am)WHERE: The march begins on the corner of Broadway and Noche Buena and ends at Oldemeyer Center; find NCBI with…
According to a recent study by the Native run nonprofit IllumiNatives, 87% of United States schools don’t cover Native American history beyond 1900. So, it’s not surprising that many non-Natives hold biases and misinformation, and that Native people are often stereotyped or made invisible. Join us for American Indians 101, an introductory presentation about American Indians in the United…
You’re invited to the Wisdom & Words of Maya Angelou Poetry Reading Please join NCBI in paying tribute to and reflecting on the life of Dr. Maya Angelou, we will light refreshments, videos and poems as we discuss Maya’s message for the many communities we care about. When Sunday Aug. 17, 2014 From 2pm to…
Whites for Racial Equity presents:Racism in Monterey County: A Panel DiscussionCo-Sponsored by NCBI Monterey County and Monterey County NAACP as part of the Recommitting to End Racism seriesWhites for Racial Equity has organized this event as part of our effort to increase white peoples’ awareness of racism right here in Monterey County. We believe that hearing real stories…
