The guide was released March 8 during a reception honoring all the members of the university, the community and the Library Diversity Committee who contributed to the project’s success. The guide is available in print as well as on-line at <http://libweb.uoregon.edu/diversity/guide.html>.

The committee, in conjunction with the UO Office of Multicultural Affairs, created the guide because they found a growing number of people needed to have all of the multicultural businesses and services listed in one comprehensive resource.

Begun in the fall of 1998, the guide brings together information about various cultural resources available to all members of the UO and surrounding communities who identify with or have an interest in specific groups. Listings of businesses and services in Lane County are organized in 13 categories on topics ranging from advocacy, counseling and health, and disability programs to resources for men, women and various ethnic and cultural groups.

"Those compiling this guide saw a need for displaying the businesses and services that are engaging for multicultural individuals and groups," says Carla Gary, multicultural affairs office director and university advocate. "The guide is a marvelous recognition of the hard work of representatives from 4J schools, the cities and the county as a whole who were so receptive to the idea and collaborated on the project from its inception."

Moreover, Gary thinks the guide will encourage small, minority businesses just starting out or lacking the resources to advertise. It also will be a chance for hotels and other businesses in Eugene-Springfield and throughout Lane County to attract and retain multicultural business for the area.

For their creation of the guide, current and recent members of the UO Library Diversity Committee were honored recently as recipients of one of the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. Awards–the first time a group rather than an individual has been so recognized. Honored for their contributions to the project were Leslie Bennett, Charlotte Conlin, Michiyo Goble, Joni Herbst, David Landazuri, Linda Long, Diane Sotak, Laine Stambaugh, Bruce Tabb, Rose Thomas and Carrie Yates.

For information or copies of the guide, which cost $1.50 apiece, send e-mail to <migee@oregon.uoregon.edu> or call Migee Han at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, 346-2914.

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