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Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions

 
PDI
  Power Distance Index
 
IDV
  Individualism
 
MAS
 
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Jeremy Del Rio: Losing Races - A Dream Deferred: Tri-State Voice, February 2004

"What happens to a dream deferred?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
- Langston Hughes

I had a dream this past July.

A major evangelical ministry invited me to a conference at a four star hotel, all expenses paid. The setting: a luxury resort high atop a rocky cliff overlooking silky sand beaches, pacific coast sunsets, fine dining, and accommodations that make inner city missionaries blush.

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Book Recommendations

Welcome to the TechMission Library!

This library is a compilation of books we have personally researched and selected to supplement the work of Christian Community Computer Centers across the globe. Each book provides the latest research, practical tools, and teaching about the three core values of TechMission: Jesus, Justice, and Technology. Take time to check out each of these valuable resources and consider sharing them with your ministry.

 

Restoring At-Risk Communities
Dr. John Perkins
This book provides a framework for pursuing effective urban ministry and community development.  This book serves as the "manual" for the Christian Community Development Association, from which TechMission draws much of our values and approach to ministry. 

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
A pivotal book in understanding racism, how it manifests itself in our society (individually, culturally, and institutionally), how it impacts all of us in terms of racial identity, and ultimately what each of us can do to interrupt the cycle of racism. While it focuses most on black and white racial identity development, this book is a must-read for anyone trying to understand the dynamics of race and power in the U.S.

Divided by Faith
This book also includes a brilliant, concise history of evangelical thought about race from colonial times to the civil rights movement. Clearly written and impeccably researched, this book ranks among the most compassionate and critical studies of contemporary evangelicalism.

The Bridge Over the Racial Divide
This book is one of the best overviews of the current social and economic issues facing the United States (and is intended for a general audience rather than just a Christian audience).  In particular it looks at the transition of the economy from an industrial based economy to an information based economy.

More Then Equals
Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice set out a bold, practical plan for racial reconciliation which has as its motivation more than harmonious living--namely, a witness to the truth and power of the Gospel.

Technology and Social Inclusion
This book provides an excellent framework for approaching community technology (and is intended for a general audience rather than just a Christian audience).  The book emphasizes the focus of technology should be to empower others in ways that meet culturally relevant needs.

Using Theology to Teach Technology is a Bible-based computer workbook on the Introduction to Computers and Microsoft Word Processing
This unique self-paced instructional tool combines Biblical scriptures, information from the Old and New Testaments and computer processes. The concept links theology and technology. This combination of the two disciplines makes learning computer skills a non-threatening peaceful experience and accelerates the learning process.

 

The YouthLearn Guide: A Creative Approach to Working With Youth and Technology
This guide is an easy-to-use, hands-on manual with more than 160 pages of lessons, worksheets, and sample activities on how to set up a new learning program or enhance an existing one. The guide helps practitioners combine new technologies and proven teaching techniques in ways that will make your work even more rewarding for you and the children you serve.

The Millennium Matrix
This book explores how technology has changed the church and society in the past and explores how the "digital era" is transforming the church now. It explores the church through four eras based on the dominant method of communication including oral, written, broadcast and digital communication.

 

Reconciliation Across Social Class

Flower thru Cement (Flickr)This article applies the principle of reconciliation to social class, encouraging Christians and others to use their knowledge of class differences to build bridges, rather than barriers.

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Why Get Involved with Systemic Change Ministry

Why Get Involved with Systemic Change Ministry?

 

According to the attached document, the church must embrace structural change as part of its holistic mission. The excerpt also gives key reasons as to why economic and justice ministries are important.

"Therefore one of the crucial ways we love our neighbor is to promote the structural arrangements that nurture the goodness and wholeness of social life intended by the Creator."

 

 

10 Things You Can Do to End Online Segregation

Ending online segregation is about using online tools to leverage your social network and friends in order to advocate for social justice. Every person could help bring thousands of dollars of resources to at-risk communities with just a little effort toward ending online segregation. The following are some important ways you can help end online segregation:

 

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A Bible Study Manual on Conflict Transformation by Daniel L. Buttry

This is a PDF file of a Bible study on Confilct Transformation by Daniel L. Buttry.  Below is an index guide listing the sections in the Bible Study.

 

A BIBLE STUDY MANUAL
ON CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION


Introduction
Participatory Bible Study
Crossing Cultures in Bible Study
How to Use This Bible Study Manual

 Section 1: Analysis of Conflict

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You Can 't Win A Race (For President Obama)

World famous runners will tell you the first rule of track: Which is you can’t win a race if you’re looking back. You can‘t win a race if you are not focused and disciplined, You can’t get to Heaven which is the ultimate goal in life if you continue to sin. You can’t win a race if you don’t sweep around your own front door, You can’t win a race if you are always finger pointing and taking score. Just take a note from President Obama’s 2008 campaign, You will see that he never looked back and refrained, From dousing his opponents with equal doses of venom, He just relied on the intelligence and talent within him.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr.

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Saint Martin de Porres

Saint Martín de Porres (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639) was a Dominican cooperator brother who was beatified in the year 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII.

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Philip Berrigan

Philip Francis Berrigan (October 5, 1923December 6, 2002) was an internationally renowned American peace activist,

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.

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