Black and White
Organizations
Purpose Built Communities was established in 2009 after the successful revitalization of the East Lake neighborhood in Atlanta. They serve as a bridge, connecting community leaders with resources and partner organizations that share a vision to make holistic, at-scale investments in defined neighborhoods to achieve excellent and equitable outcomes for the people who live there.
A first-generation Iranian immigrant of Jewish and Muslim heritage and a Southern-born and bred black Baptist preacher, Homa Tavangar and Eric Dozier have decades of experience helping diverse people collaborate at work, at school, and in community building. They have teamed up to offer a truly unique and energizing model that inspires and empowers participants, to unlock belonging, performance and innovation.
UNESCO: Building peace in the minds of men and women
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015.
The National Center for Race Amity (NCRA) was established in January 2010. It is based in Boston, Massachusetts and received its founding grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. A sustainable organization, NCRA’s programs generate income to support itself and its programs. The National Center for Race Amity has several initiatives: expansion of the Campus to guide peer group discussions on race and ethnicity; development of theater based race amity education programs targeting middle school students; impacting the public discourse on race through the annual National Race Amity Conference and other events and forums, and organizing the Towards E Pluribus Unum initiative which seeks to establish National Race Amity Day.
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