(Name-mce) ListServ ListServ Cultural competence: What does it mean?

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Greetings,
 
The Mesa United Way's "Ready 2 Learn" program produced a wonderful video  
about early childhood education (which includes health and  development topics) 
for Native Youth called "What We Have Always  Known.  Although the video 
focused upon Native cultures, the information  applied to newborns-age 6 from all 
cultures.  In fact, the United Nations  requested a video be sent to them.
 
Mesa UW turned over the video and production rights to a local tribe or  
Native Educators group. (I don't remember which.)  Perhaps Dale King at MUW  could 
help anyone interested in learning more. Mesa UW does a lot for young  
children, and Dale's always been a terrific and inspiring resource.
_dale.king at mesaunitedway.org_ (mailto:dale.king at mesaunitedway.org)  
 
Warm Regards,
Gina Boltz, Director
Native Village Publications
_http://www.nativevillage.org_ (http://www.nativevillage.org) 
A National Heritage Foundation
 
 
 
 
 
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> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:43:54 -0400 (EDT)
>  From: ZS Worotynec <zsw at vex.net>
> Subject: (Name-mce) ListServ  Cultural competence: What does it mean?
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> Hello list  members,
>
> The org I work for is embarking on doing 'something' in  the area of  
> cultural
> diversity/cultural competence. We  are health promoters in maternal,  
> newborn
> and early child  development. We may be developing a resource guide,  
>  manual,
> coordinating a conference, or creating a website.
> It's  all up for discussion at this early stage, however, we are asking
>  ourselves the question "What *is* cultural competence for service  
>  providers?
> What does it mean to be culturally competent?
>
>  I've done some online research and visited some great sites, but I   
> thought
> it might be interesting to see what kinds of responses  come from NAME.
> Though we are in health promotion, education is clearly  part of that.
>
> I'll collect responses and post a summary back to  the list.
>
> TIA for your ideas and contributions,
>
>  ZS.
> http://www.beststart.org
>