Al-Bab is a general portal for all things Arab, in English. Al-Bab aims to introduce non-Arabs to the Arabs and their culture.

The Indigenous Peoples Day Committee is based in Berkeley, Calif. Contact committee coordinator Rochelle Hays.

The Transform Columbus Day Alliance has an international membership of more than 60 organizations.

Read an April 1, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle story about legislation around the nation involving sexual orientation in public schools.

Dennis J. Banks, an Ojibwe, is chairman and co-founder of the American Indian Movement. The AIM site lists its speakers from around the country.

Read a Dec. 2, 2006, New York Times article about parents and schools facing issues with children who do not conform to gender norms.

Michael O. Emerson is a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has written several books on race and religion, including People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States and Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America.

Suzan Shown Harjo, who is Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee, is president of the Morning Star Institute, a national Indian rights organization. She helps Native Americans regain the land that was taken from them, and preserved many sacred places.

Glenn T. Morris, who is Shawnee, is associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado, Denver, where he is executive director of the Fourth World Center for the Study of Indigenous Law and Politics. He is also a member of the Leadership Council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado, which annually protests the Columbus […]