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There's a mailing list and archives, though the latter are only open to subscribers. It's not hard to subscribe though!
Aahz's blog post on why the Diversity list was created, in response to: Background stats on percentage of women in Open Source based on commonly disbelieved stats from Kirrily Robert's OSCON keynote "Standing Out in the Crowd" about women in Open Source.
Terminology
Terms you'll see on this wiki page and in use on the Diversity mailing list.
101 - An often used college-level course designator (at least in the US) to indicate that the course is the first in series (Physics 101, Calculus 101, Economics 101, etc.)
Polite - on the trickiness of defining it.
Privilege - What it means and how it's used on the Diversity list.
Spoons - A unit of work/attention/energy which can be allocated for a particular purpose. Often used in the negative "I don't have enough spoons to ..."
Tact Filter - Another perspective on Politeness.
Language Diversity
The Diversity discussions and mailing list are in English, but there is a listing of non-English Python User Groups.
101 Resources
Anti-racism
Anti-racism reading list (some US focus)
Racism_101 Community on LiveJournal
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Anti-racism and anti-oppression links
Anti-racism and activism links
RaceFail 09 - An example of how the Science Fiction community's addressing one kind of diversity doesn't automatically translate to other kinds.
Anti-transphobia
Anti-sexism and more general gender stuff
Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog - tinyurl due to the wiki blocking the real URL
The Terrible Bargain We Have Regretfully Struck - A blog post about the absolute pervasiveness of sexism and the effects it has on trust.
Anti-neuro-normativity
On Trust and Diversity - a blog post about the invisibility of neuro-diversity and its effects.
Anti-disability
sophy's Rethinking Disabling Metaphors
sasha_feathers' Rethinking Disabling Metaphors
Other Diversity Statements/Actions
Dreamwidth's Diversity Statement and their Guiding Principles
RailsBridge - guidelines, more than "a statement" (top left on the page linked).
Ohio LinuxFest '09 Diversity in Open Source workshop is/was on 9/27/2009.
Diversity/Careers in Engineering and IT
Women in IT - emphasis on PHP, which seems to show better gender balance than Python (as of the Summer of 2009).
How to Encourage Women in Linux
Standing out in the crowd - Kirrily Robert's OSCON talk, the repurcussions from which inspired Aahz to create the Diversity mailing list (see above.)
Ten tips for getting more women speakers
How to encourage women in Open Source
Addresses lack of gender/race diversity in Science Fiction - was suggested as having applicable insight/inspiration to the Python Community re: thinking outside the box.
On the HARD work of reaching out (Science Fiction editorships) - also suggested as being insightful/inspirational. (link is tinyurl preview link because the real URL contains a word banned on this wiki)
Gr8 Designs for Gr8 Girls - A computer science activity day for Grade 8 Girls. (NOTE: Browser security certificate has expired. 
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Women and FOSS - blog post with a number of good links to resources re: feminism and/or technology. EduPython post also with a number of links (Note: not sure how to classify this or if links from it should be promoted to this page directly... -DougPhilips)
Taking Action
Links to activities, posted to the Diversity list, encouraging participation:
PyCon2010 related links: Call for reviewers - Call for Proposals - Financial Aid for attendees - Places to send calls for papers and conference announcements
Related python.org Mailing lists
Are supposed to be friendly to all newcomers. Also a place to hang out and encourage others:
Various Links - not yet classified
In the first post to the Diversity mailing list, Steve Holden posted a link to Remixing Angie Byron to create the next Million Mozillians asking it would apply to the Python community.
Universal Design and how it can improve design for everyone. Parallels to how diversity can benefit everyone too?
Derailing for Dummies on the various ways discussions can be derailed, how to spot them, convenient names for talking about them. (Note: "... for Dummies" is a popular series of books (at least in the US) and uses "Dummies" in a some-what self-deprecating way. I've personally often found that the "for Dummies" books are very good introductions. --DougPhilips)
Google's Diversity Delegates Programme - Some of what Google is doing.
TeX Users Group's Bursary Fund description - does not specifically address diversity, just those who might need assistance, but there is probably a correlation.
Gender interactions - a continuum where one end leads to rape - This is not just a Western issue, cultures around the world are overwhelmingly patriarchal. How we interact in more civilized ways is not irrelevant, but starts the slope ending in this kind of abhorrent behavior. Why the "little stuff" matters. (Link from Steve Holden's message). Aahz then linked to this article a bit more directly applicable to the topic/Diversty list.
Article explaining the "Why work on X when Y is so much more important" distraction/derailing. Here because this came up in the context of a post suggesting "Open Source is no worse than Closed Source" regarding gender diversity. Those looking to tackle the broader issue of Women and Technology might find The Anita Borg Institute a helpful resource. (tinyurl preview link since "oh one dot wordpress dot com" links are forbidden here, and this is a link to a Feminism 101 URL on wordpress.)
Unlocking the Clubhouse - Published Research from Carnegie Mellon University on closing the Gender Gap in Higher Education. Has been recommended many times on the Diversity list.
Thinking in Python - resource for teaching Python to non-programmers. Free online version. It is used in several teaching situations, generic good resource.
Code-n-Splode - grew out of Women in Open Source BOF at OSON 2007
WisCon Feminist Science Fiction Convention - WisCon encourages discussion and debate of ideas relating to feminism, gender, race and class. Suggested as a possible model for a Diversity and Open Source panel (perhaps not at a PyCon event)