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In a diverse community like Lansing, Illinois, Common Ground offers opportunities for residents to learn more about each other through one-on-one conversation. The Lansing Journal sponsors the Common Ground program because it aligns with the newspaper’s mission: Building Community.
The articles in this category document the Common Ground experience in Lansing. For more information about the program and the resources participants use, visit the Common Ground library page.
Race relations program Common Ground launches, grows, and unites in 2020
Common Ground provides structure for healthy conversations about race
By Josh Bootsma and Ashlee De Wit
LANSING, Ill. (December 2, 2020) – Common Ground: Lansing Edition...
Common Ground launch event a success
Race relations program starts with in-person intro meeting
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (August 21, 2020) — Common Ground: Lansing Edition launched Thursday, August 21, with...
Race relations program Common Ground nears launch
Kick-off event on August 20 at 7 p.m.
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (August 18, 2020) – The Lansing Human Relations Commission (HRC) voted to approve...
Human Relations Commission working to launch pilot race relations program
"Common Ground: Lansing Edition" to be submitted for approval by HRC, then Village Board
by Melanie Jongsma
Disclosure: In addition to reporting on this topic, Melanie...