Program areas at The One America Movement
Geographic hubs - this program brings faith communities together across religious, racial, and political divides to build trust and work together to improve their community. These multi-faith, trans-partisan networks identify their citys most urgent needs and work together to find new solutions to intractable problems. In doing so, their faith communities build an identity that transcends partisan divides and arrests The cycle of toxic polarization.
Faith over division - The program provides faith and lay leaders with tools and resources to address The effects of americas divisions in their congregations and communities. The initiative of The One America Movement is focused on expanding our broad-based coalition of faith communities by providing online learning, public workshops, and practical tools for addressing polariztion.
Faith networks - these networks bring leaders together within their faith tradition to address The ways polarization impacts their congregations. In a polarized society, moral leadership can be frightening and lonely, but One americas faith networks provide resources, relationships, and renewal for clergy and lay leaders so they can lead with confidence in divisive times.
External engagement - this effort builds relationships with national denominations, faith-based institutions, social scientists, and bridge-building organizations to build momentum and bring new partners into The work of The program areas.
Program support - this program provides support and coordination for One americas three main initiatives and external engagement.
Special projects - these are annual variable activities that fall outside One America movements main program categories. For this year, The special project was The faith over division tour, which focused on bringing together people of faith to find hope and a shared future in The midst of toxic divisiveness. Featured presenters included The jerusalem youth chorus (made up of israeli and palestinian youth), as well as motivational speaker chris singleton.