Community Building with a Diverse Context

About this grant

This grant will enable the Association for the Study and Development of Community to work with three communities to strengthen their capacity to address issues of race and immigration, intergroup relations, and involving marginalized populations in community activities. The current increase in immigration has presented the United States with the challenge of integrating diverse ethnic and racial groups. As a result, there have been various national and local initiatives to help communities develop the capacity to manage their growing racial, ethnic and cultural diversity, and involve leaders from different racial, ethnic and cultural groups in community-building efforts.Funding will support objectives that include identifying three communities to receive training; sharing knowledge of various models and techniques for engaging diverse groups; analyzing the process and outcomes of each community partner’s project, using a case study approach; using lessons learned to develop an assessment tool to determine a community group’s readiness to increase its work in intergroup relations; and designing a process for addressing issues related to race, ethnicity and culture.The Association for the Study and Development of Community, founded in 1997, is dedicated to building the capacity of organizations and institutions for the development of health, economic equity and social justice in communities.