Initiatives of Change - Hope in the Cities

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This program was launched in Virginia, USA, in 1990 to address the issue of racial healing.

Its goal and mission is to create just and inclusive communities through reconciliation among racial, ethnic and religious groups based on personal and institutional transformation.

It offers various dialogue modules such as relationship-building, public policy engagement, multifaith dialogues, education and action, facilitator training and leadership training through Connecting Communities Fellowship Program.

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The conversation that is already happening >>

It was inevitable that sooner or later race would insert itself into the presidential campaign. My friend Mike McQuillan, a veteran community organizer, former Senate adviser and founding member of the Hope in the Cities network, likens it to an old coffee pot that keeps percolating. Every few years something happens that brings the vexed issue bubbling to the surface, says McQuillan who lives in Brooklyn.
Robert Corcoran, United States, 26 March 2008

	Students Explore the Civil War's Continuing Impact Today >> Hope in the Cities partnered with the American Civil War Center (ACWC) at Historic Tredegar Ironworks and Hermitage High School (Richmond, Va.) to facilitate dialogue among students and support their exploration of how the Civil War and its effects continue to influence their lives. 30 May 2008

	Hope in the Cities Turns Art Into Action >> What would a more just community look like? Could you paint a picture of your vision? Hope in the Cities posed these questions to citizens in downtown Richmond, Va. 30 May 2008