Trustbuilding: An Honest Conversation on Race, Reconciliation, and Responsibility
This is a soberly inspiring book about citizens who have struggled to find respectful and productive ways of relating through dialogue across the racial, social, and economic differences that dangerously divide us. It is sobering because they have tackled inwardly and outwardly one of the greatest threats to civilization’s survival; inspiring because they have changed lives and communities. I pray fervently that the seeds they have sown will spread widely and deeply.(Harold H. Saunders, Chairman and President, International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, former Assistant Secretary of State)Rob Corcoran'sTrustbuildingreaffirms the moral imperative inherent in racial reconciliation. We are each responsible for spanning the great chasms created by racist ideology, widened by racial oppression, and deepened by historical blindness. Corcoran urges us to engage one another, build bridges, and cross the remaining divides. He offers us examples of what is possible, and tools with which to begin our own wor(Hannibal B. Johnson, author ofAcres of Aspiration)