Ohio State University Foundation | Moritz College of Law

Organization

Ohio State University Foundation | Moritz College of Law

Ohio State University Foundation | Moritz College of Law
Project
The Divided Community Project
Grant Amount
$250,000
Ohio State University Foundation | Moritz College of Law
Overview

Since 2017, the AAA-ICDR Foundation has supported the Divided Community Project to support leaders nationally through the Academy Initiative to equip them with tools to strengthen democratic engagement and address civil unrest and community division.

Overview

Since 2017, the AAA-ICDR Foundation has supported the Divided Community Project to support leaders nationally through the Academy Initiative to equip them with tools to strengthen democratic engagement and address civil unrest and community division.

Resources for Communities
The Divided Community Project’s Virtual Toolkit is a resource that describes specific community engagement and conflict resolution strategies that local leaders can use to identify and address community division and its underlying causes.
Resources for Communities

CASE STUDIES

Featuring participants in Divided Community Program’s Academy Initiative:
Case Study #1
Case Study #1
Kenyon College
Case Study #2
Case Study #2
Bloomington, Indiana
Case Study #3
Case Study #3
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Testimonial
Testimonial
“We all have different positions and a lot of stress on top of everything else that’s going on, we need to respect each other and recognize that all the different organizations out there have to make tough decisions. I came away from the Academy Initiative with profound respect for others in the community, I came away with more understanding to respect the decisions of others and to be more patient, to not jump the gun and wait to hear from others before reacting to them with little information”
Representative of the Hispanic League at Winston-Salem
Testimonial
Testimonial
“In any community, there will inevitably be different perspectives. How do you find ways of making people feel heard and their concerns acted on? How do you find ways of arriving at consensus? These are the questions the Academy helped us ask and answer.”
Senior Advisor to the President Kenyon College
Testimonial
Testimonial
"The Academy Initiative helped to amplify the idea that there is a shared group of individuals who want to work together to create a safe space within our community – to know that there are others who want to make this community as safe as I do was reassuring."
Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives Indiana University Indiana University
Learn more about the Academy Initiative.