The Call was launched nationally in May 1996 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, during a program that provided a demonstration of honest and respectful public dialogue on race. In launching the Call, Hope in the Cities created a network of over 200 prominent individuals, national organizations and partnering organizations to implement what the Call proposes. A walk through history can break the cycle of guilt and anger and lead to understanding and forgiveness. An honest conversation must go beyond mere information sharing. It must lead to transformation.
Conversations are a significant step in the process, but they are only a step.
Hope in the Cities encourages participants in conversations to go to the next steps of responsibility and reconciliation. Consultings with communities to develop strategies for racial reconciliation. Convening es interracial dialogues by pairing civic, business, and service organizations, churches and youth groups using a six-part dialogue curriculum. Trainings facilitators and team leaders. Promotinges A Call to Community, a document launched by a bi-partisan leadership group to encourage honest conversation at the national level.