HOPE IN THE CITIES
 

Hope in the Cities builds trust through honest conversations on race, reconciliation and responsibility. Its goal is the creation of just and inclusive communities.

Hope in the Cities offers Richmond, Virginia, as a Center for Community Trustbuilding. The experiential learning offered is a national resource to increase the capacity of community leaders to acknowledge and heal the wounds of racial history and their legacy, and to sustain community initiatives for racial reconciliation and racial equity.

Hope in the Cities provides consultation and training for community leaders in cities across the U.S. and Canada as well as Europe, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and India.

We invite you to learn more about Hope in the Cities story,  programs and how you can get involved. We also provide training to support those working for change in their communities.

NEWSARCHIVE>>
Uprooting racial hierarchy: a movement for healing and equity

"If we could model for the world what healing is, it would be a great thing,” said Gail Christopher, vice president for program strategy for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, at the national grantee conference, America Healing for Democracy, in New Orleans last month.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A Citizen Project launched in Quebec, Canada

Canadian history is still handicapped by the way First Nations People have been treated since the arrival of the French and British colonizers. Deep wounds have been inflicted which are still today at the root of numerous social issues and difficult relationships within and between our communities.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Richmond must confront its social tsunami says business leader

Tom Chewning, former CF0 of Dominion, is known for championing the placement of a statue of Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue. The proposal to include the African American tennis great and humanitarian on an avenue reserved for Confederate generals provoked controversy. “I got death threats,” said Chewning. “But the city is at a different place now.”
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

COMMENT ARCHIVE>>
Making time for quiet time

Our lives are busy, our days are hectic, media noise surrounds us and the latest urgent communication is at our finger tips demanding our attention. In this cacophony of over-abundant information, misinformation and disinformation how do we still our hearts and refresh our thoughts?
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Susan Corcoran
Shaping the future

As the new board chair of Initiatives of Change, I am excited about the opportunities that lie open to us together if we have the wisdom, the courage, and the faith to grasp them. The need to bind and heal is as great as ever, and I invite your help as we move strategically to grow our capacity to make a difference.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Alex Wise