Thirty Richmond community leaders have formed a new Hope in the Cities Council to provide a space for networking, sharing of concerns and insights, and exploration of opportunities for honest conversation on critical issues.

In 1972 Cleiland Donnan decided to be part of the solution to racial division in Richmond. It was an unlikely choice for someone who spent their life teaching the fox trot and social graces to the children of Richmond’s affluent West End.

Em 18 de Janeiro, o mundo homenageia a visão de Martin Luther King de construir pontes em meio às divisões raciais.

"Esperança nas Cidades tem apresentado um mapa para o futuro", diz o ex-governador da Virgínia, Tim Kaine em seu prefácio para o livro “Construção de Confiança: uma conversa honesta sobre raça, reconciliação e responsabilidade”, de Rob Corcoran, publicado este mês pela gráfica da Universidade da Virgínia.

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.”

"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.

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.

Martin Luther King en 1964

El 18 de enero, el mundo honra la visión de Martin Luther King de construir puentes entre las divisiones raciales. En este artículo recordamos la historia de cómo un corazón racista fue transformado y vemos algunos de los legados de King a través de la obra de sus discípulos, el Dr. Rev. Otis Moss.

On 18 January, the world honours Martin Luther King’s vision of building bridges across racial divides. In this feature we recall one story of how a racist heart was changed and look at some of King's ongoing legacy through the work of his disciples, the Rev Dr Otis Moss.