Founding Rationale
Segregation persists as a prime barrier to cross-racial understanding and racial justice.
Racially diverse schools and school desegregation efforts provide the opportunity for cross-racial understanding but not the means. Unless there are deliberately planned opportunities for cross-racial understanding, such as dialogue and the skills needed to enter into it effectively - must be promoted both within and beyond the classroom.
There is an absence of funding and programming aimed primarily at promoting cross-racial social interaction and understanding.
Boston Bridges Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, award grants that support initiatives beyond the classroom. These grants foster lasting friendships and dialogue among students and families within racially diverse communities and between suburban and urban communities.
Thank you for joining us on this journey.