3. Look to role models for how to be an effective agent of change. Perhaps you can find these role models in the lives of those around you or in literature or those who have gone before us. Be aware that it’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel a sense of despair or powerlessness in working to improve things. Identify your strengths, and use them. Thus, if you’re a parent, talk to your children about intercultural issues and building bridges and coalitions between cultural groups.

If you have a job, talk to your coworkers. If you are an extrovert, use your people skills to gather others together for dialogues on cross-cultural awareness and understanding. If you are an employer, identify who is missing from your workforce.

What are you doing about it?