Bridge4Unity

Hands Across

the Hills

Leverett, MA | Letcher county, KY

Apr 11, 2019

Tackling Race through Dialogue: NEXT on NPR

Regina Williams of South Carolina (left), Gwen Johnson of Kentucky and Paula Green of Massachusetts are interviewed about the January wee...

Anti-Racism Now: Chipping away at racism by talking face-to-face

Dave Eisenstadler, Valley Advocate

Mar 13, 2019

Anti-Racism Now: Chipping away at racism by talking face-to-face

“One of my first memories of discrimination was when I was 10 or so,” said Gloria Graves Holmes, one of two co-facilitators of the Bridge...

BBC Video: One Thing Americans Find Hard to Talk About

Hannah Long-Higgins and Chelsea Bailey for the BBC

Mar 7, 2019

BBC Video: One Thing Americans Find Hard to Talk About

Bridge4Unity participants and Pioneer Valley community share their perspectives on race and dismantling racism in America. Filmed Februa...

Valley group talks race on S. Carolina trip

Greta Jochem, the Daily Hampshire Gazette

Mar 2, 2019

Valley group talks race on S. Carolina trip

AMHERST — In late January, 18 people from all over western Massachusetts traveled to South Carolina to talk about race with people from d...

Hampshire Gazette Op-ed by Paula Green

Feb 20, 2019

Plunging into a New Dialogue Project

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin I’ve led dialogue groups in ...

Amilcar Shabazz and Paula Green discuss B4U on the Bill Newman Show

The Bill Newman Show - WHMP Radio

Feb 18, 2019

Amilcar Shabazz and Paula Green discuss B4U on the Bill Newman Show

Hear Amilcar Shabazz and Paula Green describe the founding of the Bridge4Unity project and share their perspectives after their recent tr...

Join us: 2/24 Reflections on B4U Dialogues in South Carolina on Race & Racism

Stacey

Feb 15, 2019

Join us: 2/24 Reflections on B4U Dialogues in South Carolina on Race & Racism

February 24, 2019 2:00-4:00pm Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst 121 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA Free and Open to the Public ...

Margaret Evans, Low Country Weekly

Jan 22, 2019

Bridge over troubled water

Something extraordinary will quietly happen here this weekend. You might not have heard about it. I just got the news, myself, right befo...

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Hands Across the Hills:

Chapter 1

View our short film capturing the spirit of the October 2017 visit of Kentuckians to Leverett. Video by David Rabinovitz.

I Could Cry a River

The voices of Hands Across the Hills speak with honesty and empathy and reach for common ground. Video by David Rabinovitz.

CONTACT US

handsacrossthehills@gmail.com

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