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Guides, Toolkits, and Assessments for Diaspora Leaders and Partners
Practical resources from The Diaspora Academy for diaspora professionals, founders, and second-generation leaders, and for the funders, companies, and organizations that partner with diaspora communities. Every PDF arrives in your inbox right after checkout.
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Free tools that show where you stand.
The Diaspora Readiness Score
Get clear on your readiness before you start an initiative for your community, in 10 to 12 minutes. Free to start, with full results and a PDF for $27.
What’s inside
- A Readiness Score out of 100 across five dimensions
- A named read on what is standing in your way
- Your next move and a PDF of the full analysis
Quiz: Are You a Part of the Diaspora?
Find out in ten minutes where you stand in the diaspora.
What’s inside
- Eight questions on connection, consciousness, and readiness
- Four engagement profile badge cards
- A recommended path for your next step
3 Tools to Help You Define Your Diaspora Roadmap
Mark where you stand today and name your next move in one focused hour.
What’s inside
- A 3Ts inventory of your Time, Talent, and Treasure
- A Three G's map of Generation, Gender, and Geography
- A R.O.P.E. stage check
- A one-page roadmap and monthly check-in
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7 Things I Wish I Knew Before My First Homeland Engagement
Prepare for your first homeland engagement and come home with ten names and ten questions.
What’s inside
- Seven lessons from first trips home
- A kitchen-table checklist
- A journal prompt and a note on R.O.P.E.
- A Listening Trip Notebook page
6 Ways to Lead With Your Diaspora Lens at Work
Turn your cultural fluency into recognized expertise at work.
What’s inside
- Six practical moves, from naming your lens to shaping programs
- A three-line brief template
- A practice page for writing in two registers
- A seven-day check-in
Giving Tuesday Diaspora Guide
Direct your Giving Tuesday support to immigrant- and diaspora-led organizations.
What’s inside
- Profiles of 38 organizations in 16 states and Washington, DC
- A direct link to each giving page
- Six practices for giving well
Go Deeper
Focused guides and assessments to plan, prepare, and lead.
Diaspora Strength Assessment
See where your diaspora leadership stands today and where to move next.
What’s inside
- 15 statements across five dimensions
- A strength radar to plot your scores
- A total out of 75 with your band
- Three next steps for your lowest dimension
The Diaspora Professional's Field Guide to Building What Lasts
Turn your expertise into impact that lasts.
What’s inside
- Building networks across borders and sectors
- Forging partnerships with shared goals
- Earning trust across cultural distance
- Goal setting with field notes and a 30-day review
Navigating Global Development as a Diaspora Professional
Bring your expertise, networks, and authority into global development.
What’s inside
- Six chapters, from your asset inventory to dual accountability
- A directory of U.S. agencies, UN bodies, INGOs, and foundations
- Reflection prompts and four worksheets
- A plan for one sponsor conversation this quarter
Lead Further
In-depth kits and field guides for the work ahead.
Work Travel Abroad: A Preparation Guide for Diaspora Professionals and Delegations
Arrive prepared and represent your institution and your community with confidence.
What’s inside
- An eight-week timeline for documents, health, and entry
- Dress and protocol for government, business, and ceremonies
- Business norms and a delegation WhatsApp and connectivity kit
- A resource directory for eight U.S. metro areas, plus a worksheet and checklist
Second-Gen Homeland Readiness Kit
Arrive in your family's homeland prepared and ready to make a lasting commitment.
What’s inside
- A Where I Stand self-assessment and a Family Map
- 15 questions to ask your parents
- A pre-engagement checklist and reflection log
- A 30/60/90 action plan built on Time, Talent, and Treasure
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Diaspora Advisory Services
Research, stakeholder mapping, and engagement strategy for institutions, governments, and companies building diaspora partnerships.
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Most diaspora leaders have the vision. Few have the framework. In three weeks, build a constituency map, a diaspora vision statement, and a strategy you can run the moment the program ends.
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A monthly coaching engagement from The Diaspora Academy for senior diaspora leaders stepping into cross-border roles.
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