Civic Engagement
One Nation partners with community foundations in cities across America to create locally focused civic engagement programs that connect Americans of all backgrounds to build and strengthen their communities together.
America has a proud and storied tradition of concerned individuals organizing and rising to meet challenges of common concern. The collaborative process of Americans coming together around shared values to pursue common goals creates opportunities for learning and bridge-building.
One Nation believes that when American Muslims join their neighbors and members of their broader society to invest in the collective success of all (through better schools, job creation, accessible healthcare, healthier environments), prejudicial attitudes fuelled by misperceptions dissipate while trust and goodwill grow.
Two Strategic Aims
- Local collaboration through civic engagement to increase respect, cooperation and understanding among diverse communities
MODEL | One Chicago, One Nation: Building America Together
One Nation has partnered with The Chicago Community Trust, Interfaith Youth Core, Inner-City Muslim Action Network and Link TV to create a civic engagement program in Chicago called One Chicago, One Nation: Building America Together. The program connects diverse communities through digital storytelling, community conversations, community leadership development and community-focused philanthropy that spurs innovative interfaith and cross-cultural service projects.
- Leveraging established national organizations to build upon their work and reach to increase service learning through civic engagement
MODEL | “Under One Roof” Interfaith Home Building
One Nation is working with Habitat for Humanity to leverage the organization’s convening platform of building homes for low-income families and extensive volunteer networks. This model seeks to 1) Expand interfaith cooperation and service learning through home building, 2) Construct environmentally sustainable homes and 3) Build homes in clusters to create neighborhoods inhabited by diverse families that work collaboratively for the common good.
