Parents who are themselves from minority communities can provide a valuable resource for teaching children about cultural diversity. In order for such help to be successful, certain things must happen.
* Extend invitations to all parents. Do not make the invitation something that marks parents from minority communities as 'different'.
* Look beyond the major black or Asian communities. Parents from other European countries or the Americas or Australasia will have something new to say.
* Make the invitation personal. Circular letters are fine as starters, but create time for conversation on possible contributions.
* Start with an open request, asking for their suggestions on what they should do. But also prepare ideas that you can put to them on activities they could lead involving food, dress, music or festivals from their culture, or photographs of the place from which the family originates.
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