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    • Our Purpose
    • Our History
    • Our Team
  • Celebrate Community
  • Education
  • Advocacy
  • Support UFD

Challenge Day

United for Diversity is proud to host Challenge Day, a powerful experiential learning program designed to build empathy, foster connection, and create a culture of kindness and inclusion among students.


Challenge Day brings together students, educators, and community volunteers for a transformative day focused on breaking down barriers, reducing bullying, and encouraging meaningful conversations. Through interactive activities, personal storytelling, and team-building experiences, participants gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others while developing skills to create more compassionate and supportive school communities.


As part of our mission to CELEBRATE • EDUCATE • ADVOCATE, United for Diversity partners with local schools and community members to provide this impactful program. Challenge Day empowers young people to embrace diversity, strengthen relationships, and become positive leaders who help create environments where everyone feels valued, respected, and connected.


Since 2023, United for Diversity has proudly hosted Challenge Day at Fond du Lac High School, continuing a community tradition of bringing students together to promote understanding, acceptance, and belonging.


For more information about Challenge Day or how you can support this impactful program, please contact United for Diversity. Together, we can continue building a community where everyone feels valued, respected, and connected. 

Ways to Give

There are many ways to support United For Diversity's mission. You can make a donation, become a member, or volunteer your time. Every contribution makes a difference!

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The Humanity project: Telling the untold story

United for Diversity is a proud co-sponsor of The Humanity Project.  


The Humanity Project seeks to promote racial understanding and justice through learning about the histories of people of color that never made it into our history books, as well as learning about current realities.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanityprojectfdl


humanityprojectfdl@gmail.com


resources

Articles

  • The never-ending timeline of racism - Devon Snyder 
  • How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
  • Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
  • Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
  • For White Allies in Search of a Solution to American Racism / When Folks of Color Are Exhausted 
  • Fond du Lac's First Peace Rally Follows Attack on Ishamon Harris III 
  • Fit Oshkosh Extends Color-Brave Phote Project 

Books


  • "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism" by Robin DiAngelo
  • "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
  • "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 
  • "Raising White Kids" by Jennifer Harvey 
  • "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo 
  • "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson
  • "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
  • "Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge
  • "From Slavery To Freedom: A History of African Americans" by John Hope Franklin 
  • "The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear" by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and William Barber II
  • "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
  • “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander


Movies & Documentaries

 

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay) 
  • American Son (Kenny Leon) 
  • Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) 
  • Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) 
  • Dear White People (Justin Simien) 
  • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) 
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) 
  • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) 
  • See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
  • Selma (Ava DuVernay) 
  • The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) 
  • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) 


Training

  •  Educate Yourself Online - Racial Equity Workshops 



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