JOINT CENTER News Room
Joint Center Launches Race Bridge-Building Alliance for Youth
September 6, 2000
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today launched the Youth Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity (Youth NABRE), a web-based forum and support site for youth-oriented diversity projects around the country. Youth NABRE is accessible through the Joint Center's website at www.jointcenter.org/nabre and is supported by a grant from the Lucent Technologies Foundation
Youth NABRE allows young people involved in Lucent Links projects to share ideas, learn from each other, and support each other in cyberspace. It will feature monthly online seminars with guest experts, monthly chat room discussions for project participants, listservs and message boards, links to relevant web sites, information on racial and ethnic healing, and community building. There are currently 52 participating groups in 16 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Indonesia, Northern Ireland and South Africa.
"We are very pleased to be able to collaborate with the Lucent Technologies Foundation on such an important project," said Eddie N. Williams, president of the Joint Center. "Youth NABRE will allow our future leaders to gain a deeper understanding of racial issues and share ideas and experiences."
Participants in Youth NABRE will also be able to interact with members of other Joint Center networks, particularly those engaged in youth-oriented community services projects. Exemplary Lucent Links projects will also be featured in FOCUS, the Joint Center's monthly magazine, as well as on the Youth NABRE site.
In October, the Joint Center will launch NABRE, a bridge-building project for community leaders around the country.
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