Impact and stories
For more than three decades, Cultural Diversity Resources has helped immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC neighbors in Fargo-Moorhead start businesses, build financial security, find stability, and lead. Here is what that work looks like.
Where the impact happens
Each program removes a specific barrier. Together they help families move from surviving to thriving.
An 11-week entrepreneurship training program that teaches new entrepreneurs in the Fargo-Moorhead area how to turn ideas into thriving businesses, with one-on-one coaching and access to capital.
Free financial education workshops that help Fargo-Moorhead community members learn to budget, save, manage credit, and build long-term financial security.
Free one-on-one referral assistance connecting individuals and families in Fargo-Moorhead with food, clothing, transportation, job readiness, health, and social service resources.
Monthly professional development seminars where Fargo-Moorhead peers hold structured conversations on equity and diversity, guided by leaders trained through the National SEED Project.
Pangea: Cultivate Our Cultures, the Native American Festival and Educational Series, and other celebrations that bring the cultures of Fargo-Moorhead together through performance, food, art, and story.
Tutoring, reading help, after-school activities, and family referrals that close civic engagement and achievement gaps for low-income students and their parents in Fargo-Moorhead.
Leadership and capacity building for ethnic nonprofits and emerging community leaders, plus customized diversity and cultural awareness training for Fargo-Moorhead businesses, schools, and agencies.
Culturally responsive help for older adults from immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities in Fargo-Moorhead: referrals, language access, and connection to services for daily stability.
Health and wellness navigation for Fargo-Moorhead families: mental health and crisis resources, health coverage help, nutrition and physical activity, and referrals in your language.
Recognition
2024
Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor
Yoke-Sim Gunaratne, Executive Director
2023
DEI ChamberChoice Award
Cultural Diversity Resources
Spotlight on Culture
As an adult navigating the complex landscape of our society and the political climate of our country, it becomes increasingly evident that prejudice and hate can create deep divides among individuals and communities.
March 17, 2026
“SEED is one of those learning exposures that encourages life-long examination and learning in many contexts. Because of SEED, I see with new lenses.”
Every program on this page is free or low-cost because of donors, sponsors, and volunteers. Join them.