Communities Creating Racial Equity: Community Profiles
Starting in 2007, the Human Relations Commission launched “Hoptown-Our Town”—a large-scale community dialogue—to bring people together to address racial tensions between townspeople and public safety officials.
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For more than 10 years, Project Dialogue to Action has worked to increase public awareness of racial inequities in Jacksonville. The project has focused on a variety of issues, including economic development, housing, and the criminal justice system.
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In 2007, City Manager Kim Payne and Mayor Joan Foster were looking for a way to help the residents of Lynchburg grapple with issues of racism and racial equity in their increasingly diverse city. With their encouragement and support, “Many Voices-One Community” — Community Dialogue on Race and Racism was launched.
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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland serve students from more than 164 countries speaking 134 languages. For almost a decade, students, teachers, and staff have participated in dialogues to help find ways to address racial barriers to student achievement.
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Community Mediation, Inc., took the lead on a city-wide effort aimed to create a “culture of dialogue,” neighborhood by neighborhood, They hoped to generate a sense of shared ownership and accountability among New Haven residents.
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In a community with no ethnic majority, South Sacramento's Committee Addressing Racial Equity (CARE) has brought all kinds of people together in dialogues to explore ways of eliminating racism. Following a spring 2009 action forum, participants identified action goals and formed teams to take on racism in their neighborhoods.
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In 2006, following the arrest of two African Americans—a teenager and a town councilman, Stratford, Conn., launched community-wide dialogues on racism. Organizers established an oversight committee, Citizens Addressing Racial Equity (C.A.R.E.), to coordinate the efforts of groups that formed to work on action ideas.
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Community Wide Dialogue to End Racism (CWD) has been ongoing in Syracuse since 1997. More than 6,000 people of all ages have taken part in one of the nation’s longest running efforts to address racism and racial inequities.
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