The Mission of Building Bridges is to enable our community to confront and overcome racism through a continuing process of changing attitudes and hearts through education, conscious-ness raising, nurturing, and ongoing support. Our goal is to be intentional in respecting diversity within our community.
The board, facilitators, volunteers and I are in the process of preparing for you, your friends, acquaintances and others to come to Building Bridges session 43 as we begin our twenty-first year of building relationships through education, understanding and dialogue. Please consider enrolling or re-enrolling in this session and do distribute the attached flyer widely. Consider who you can send it to and where you can post it, including your social organizations, businesses, offices, churches…
Your voices are needed. Our white participants are always amazed that the usual participation rate of African Americans is low. They are disappointed because they typically hope to have an experience with more racial diversity and they truly benefit from hearing our stories, experiences… Most of them don’t have a clue what the African American experience is like but they show up, listen and care. Participation in Building Bridges is a way we can make Asheville/Buncombe County better place. It facilitates communication, understanding and respect. Let’s grow these seeds so that we can work together to actualize the kind of community we want to live in.
Blessings to you in this new year,
Jackie
Jackie Simms
Volunteer Building Bridges Coordinator
828 687-7759