A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence 

Have you or family members ever received public assistance? How has that influenced your perspectives?  

How safe are the public schools? Are they well staffed? Adequately funded? How many children are in 

private or parochial school?  

How are health needs serviced in your community? When and how do you seek medical treatment? Do 

you have medical insurance? Do most people in your community?  

Oppression 

What is the history of your ancestors and your cultural group in the United States? What laws and policies 

have affected your group? What laws and policies today?  

What is the history of your cultural group in your ancestral country? Has it experienced oppression in 

some form? Does it today?