Category: International Peace and Security

SEEKING COMMON GROUND

AKA Building Bridges

Denver, CO

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Also Known As:: Building Bridges
Physical Address:: Denver, CO 80250
EIN:: 84-1387769
Web URL:: www.BuildingBridgesS...
Leadership:: Erin Breeze

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 1, 2010
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2010

Revenue
Total Revenue	$335,156

Expenses
Total Expenses	$424,150

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SEEKING COMMON GROUND

Also Known As:: Building Bridges
Physical Address:: Denver, CO 80250
EIN:: 84-1387769
Web URL:: www.BuildingBridgesS...
NTEE Category:: Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security; Q40 International Peace and Security; O Youth Development; O50 Youth Development Programs; R Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy; R30 Intergroup/Race Relations
Year Founded:: 1997
Ruling Year:: 1997

Mission Statement

At Building Bridges we believe that creating a more just and inclusive world begins with individuals. We bring teens together with those they have been taught to fear and mistrust, and equip them with communication tools to build relationships across those divides. Young people emerge with hope, energy, and the skills they need to build communities free from hatred, discrimination and violent conflict.

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Leadership

Erin Breeze

Term:

Since July 2009

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Program: Building Bridges

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Category:: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Population Served:: Female Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years); Female Adults

Program Description:

Building Bridges’ longest running program brings together groups of 40-50 young women from Israel, the PalestinianTerritories, and the U.S., ages 15-17, for a two-year cohort program. During residential summer intensives, participants live, learn, and engage in dialogue in integrated groups. During the school year, they continue the process in their home communities. Through interactive and experiential workshops, they gain Building Bridges’ unique blend of interpersonal communication skills and leadership techniques. The experience deepens understanding and builds empathy between them, and they feel empowered to act as change agents in their communities and beyond. By the end of the program, participants are expected to develop: newly built trust and empathy with other participants who they may have perceived as adversaries; communication and leadership skills that enable them to solve conflicts effectively and peacefully; increased self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-esteem; and long-term positive relationships between those from different communities, specifically in relation to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Program Long-Term Success:

Consistently, participants of Building Bridges credit their experience with not only strengthening their resolve to affect change in the world, but also awakening in them a belief in our shared humanity regardless of faith, culture, ethnicity, nationality, gender, or sexual orientation. Past participants have shared with us that the Building Bridges community gave them the confidence to pursue educational and professional dreams that they previously believed were unavailable to them as women.

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