Fund for an OPEN Society

While the United States is the world's most diverse nation, it is also extraordinarily segregated. Our racial and ethnic divide has been described as "American apartheid." Segregation has denied many Americans the benefits of equal access to good schools, economic opportunity, and safe communities to live and to raise their families. It has also denied all of our children the opportunity to prepare for diverse workplaces in our globalized economy.

Integrated communities offer the best antidote to segregation. Our vision for our nation is that people will live in communities which are stably integrated; where political and civic power is shared by people of different races and ethnicities. Furthermore, these are communities where people share their lives well beyond the workplace or public space. At OPEN, we envision people of different racial and ethnic groups not only living near one another but living in open communities where people interact and form friendships, support and/or become elected officials, participate in schools and religious congregations, and generally have a wide range of experiences across racial and ethnic lines

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