Thank you for supporting the Walk for a Just Community in 2007!
165 members of the UC community participated as walkers, and 20 of you volunteered. With your help, Bridges for a Just Community was able to support 2,000 total walkers and raise over $200, 000 for programs that work for inclusion, equality, and justice. Thank you, UC!
Stay tuned for details about the Walk for a Just Community 2008. |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
For the past nine years, the Walk for a Just Community, formerly Walk as One, has been an inspiring event promoting inclusion, equity, and justice for all. Proceeds benefit the critical programs of both BRIDGES for a Just Community and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. |
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WE NEED YOU!
To volunteer as a route guide, for clean-up duty, or for a number of other roles, download the Volunteer Sign-Up sheet and Job Description List and contact the Center for Community Engagement with your job & time slot preference—email us at cce3@email.uc.edu, call 556-1559, or stop by our new location in Stratford Heights on Clifton Avenue.
For more information contact Anna Hehman at (513) 381-4660 ext. 12 or contact the Center for Community Engagement at (513) 556-1559 or cce3@email.uc.edu.
To participate in the walk, visit the UC Just Community website. http://www.uc.edu/justcommunity/Walk_as_One.html
Shuttle buses will depart campus for the Freedom Center between 7:30 and 7:45 AM for students volunteering, and between 8:15 and 9:30 AM for students participating as walkers. Pick-up location is the circle near Dabney Hall at the intersection of Scioto and Daniels Streets. Shuttle buses will return walkers to campus, with the last bus returning no later than 2:00 PM.
For more information, visit www.bridgescincinnati.org or contact the Center for Community Engagement at 556-1559.
BRIDGES FOR A JUST COMMUNITY
BRIDGES for a Just Community, formerly the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) of Greater Cincinnati, brings people together to achieve inclusion, equity and justice for all who live and work in the Greater Cincinnati community. BRIDGES has been our region’s leading human relations organization since 1944 and recently co-founded the National Federation for Just Communities, a new national organization providing education and advocacy to more than 20 member organizations around the country.
In order to broaden support and awareness of our important work, NCCJ decided to launch the Walk As One Walk-A-Thon in select regions across the country.
BRIDGES has been working to improve race relations in Cincinnati since 1944. In light of this mission, BRIDGES (then NCCJ) founded the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in 1994. Although the Freedom Center is now incorporated as a separate non-profit organization, BRIDGES and the Freedom Center maintain a valuable partnership and continue to work together to encourage racial reconciliation.
In keeping with our partnership, BRIDGES for a Just Community is again sharing the proceeds of Walk As One with the Freedom Center to be used for educational programs. The remaining proceeds will benefit BRIDGE'ss Youth and Community Leadership Programs, building excellent human relations programs for children and adults so that they can learn from one another and break down the barriers that divide us.
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