HOPE IN THE CITIES
 

Hope in the Cities, promotes honest conversations on race, reconciliation and responsibility. Its goal is the creation of just and inclusive communities by building trust and encouraging collaboration among diverse groups. 

As a program of Initiatives of Change, Hope in the Cities was launched in the United States in 1990 to respond to the need for racial healing in Richmond, Virginia.  It has  expanded to other cities and countries by providing a framework to connect communities across traditional barriers. Its model of honest conversation incorporates three vital steps: dialogue with people of all backgrounds and viewpoints, personal change as a foundation for institutional transformation, and intentional acts of reconciliation.

We invite you to learn more about Hope in the Cities PROGRAMS and how you can GET INVOLVED. We also provide TRAINING to support those working for change in their communities.

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Coming to the Table

In 1963, Martin Luther King called for a day when “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Beyond the Oregon Trail

In December and January all 8th grade teachers of social studies in Portland, Oregon, were required to participate in professional development sessions on Beyond the Oregon Trail, a curriculum developed initially as a result of work by Oregon Uniting, a Hope in the Cities/Initiatives of Change affiliate. The curriculum is designed to encourage honest and positive conversation about Oregon’s multiracial history.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
New book on trustbuilding draws on the Richmond experience

"Hope in the Cities has provided a map for the future," says former Virginia governor Tim Kaine in his foreword to Trustbuilding: an honest conversation on race, reconciliation, and responsibility, by Rob Corcoran, which is published this month by University of Virginia Press.
Thursday, February 11, 2010

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Straight Talk From a Friend Led to Honest Reflection

“You talk a lot about Gandhi’s message, ‘be the change you want to see in the world’, but what are you actually doing about it? How is that actually affecting your life?”
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Chris Breitenberg
Needed: A Revolution of Unselfishness

National political leaders underestimate Americans’ capacity for unselfish choices. The current pandering to the baser instincts of fear and resentment over issues like health care or climate change does an injustice to the generosity and good sense of this country.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Rob Corcoran