Metropolitan Richmond Dialogues

An intensive weekend dialogue for people seeking to become better public policy advocates.

Dialogues for Change

Building Trust Across Divides of Race, Class and Culture

Come and join us for Hope in the Cities’ series of strategic dialogues on metropolitan Richmond issues. Highly trained facilitators will lead a two-day dialogue for 15 participants over a 10 hour period.

Our goal is to increase our capacity as a community to interact across divides of race, class and jurisdiction.
The dialogues will address two critical questions:

•How can the region reconcile longstanding historical and cultural differences that undermine trust, breed caution and prevent needed initiatives?

•How can we build relationships of trust across divides of race, class, and jurisdiction in order to benefit our entire region?

The curriculum is based on both an academic and experiential learning model. The focus is on enhanced regional cooperation with an emphasis on understanding historical events that have led to present realities.

Ultimately participants will learn to build collaborative strategies to take our region into the future.

Dates: October 16-17 (Friday 6 pm - 9 pm, Saturday 9 am - 4 pm)

Cost: $50
         $15 for students

Location: Hope in the Cities
                2201 West Broad St., Suite 200
                Richmond, VA 23220

Please RSVP as we have limited seating.

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