Telling the Whole Story: Voices of Ethnic Volunteers in America

By Nora L. Silver, based on work done by The Volunteerism Project on volunteering by diverse ethnic/cultural groups. Seven focus groups provided the basis for the book:

• A Chorus of Voices, African American focus group facilitated by Vicki Clark in Memphis, Tennessee
• Self-Determination: Messages for Our Native Youth, two American Indian focus groups conducted by Kouslaa Kessler-Mata in Oakland and San Francisco, California
• Uno Recibe lo que Uno Da: You Get What You Give, Central American focus group conducted in Spanish, facilitated by Coco Mendoza and translated by Gary Wheelock in San Francisco, California
• Extending the Family, Chinese American focus group conducted by Mae Chao in San Francisco, California
• Giving Generously, Japanese American focus group conducted by Mami Ishikawa in Berkeley, California
• Three Continents, Four States, Ten Cities, Korean American focus group facilitated by Debbie Ng in Oakland, California
• La Gran Familia, Mexican American focus group facilitated by Ramon del Castillo, with simultaneous translation by Patsy Roybal in Denver, Colorado