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Volunteer Month Spotlight--National Coalition Building Institute


I am involved with the National Coalition Building Institute, a leadership development organization which helps people build community across differences.  NCBI works in communities across the world to reduce intergroup conflict, and has helped address issues such as bullying in schools, affirmative action and public policy, and hate crimes, among others. 

NCBI has trained leadership teams in a variety of settings, including high schools, colleges and universities, corporations, foundations, correctional facilities, law enforcement agencies, government offices, and labor unions. Currently NCBI has 50 city-based leadership teams, known as NCBI Chapters; 30 organization-based leadership teams, known as NCBI Affiliates; and over 60 college/university-based teams, known as Campus Affiliates.

I am chair of the Fundraising Committee for NCBI National Headquarters, as well as an active member of the Upstate New York Chapter of NCBI.  NCBI's philosophy is that we have a unique opportunity to build bridges of understanding and cooperation by valuing the different perspectives that we each bring to the table.  NCBI provides an interactive training program which reaches beyond blame and guilt to help participants apply leadership skills across a variety of cultures applicable to the workplace, schools, neighborhoods, and faith communities.

To learn more about NCBI, go to "https://www.ncbi.org/"www.ncbi.org, or contact me!

Julie White
DCC Student Services
04/18/2006