John,

The United States has reached a significant moment in its history.  

It's true that our country is reckoning with many forms of social division right now, including across racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, partisan, and geographic lines. But we also face a moment of immense possibility. 

Decades of research show that people’s social attitudes and behaviors can be transformed through effective contact programs that bring people from different groups together.

The American Immigration Council’s new guide—Cultivating Contact: A Guide to Building Bridges and Meaningful Connections Between Groups—harnesses the lessons of that research and describes how to foster a sense of trust and belonging between people from different backgrounds through community-based programs and initiatives.  

In this guide, you will find: 

• Strategies and activities that encourage people from different groups to work together as equals. 
   

• Tips and best practices for implementing and facilitating contact-based programs. 
   

• Materials that can help communities and organizations assess the effectiveness of these contact programs. 

We hope this guide—produced in partnership with Welcoming America and the Intergroup Relations and Social Justice Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—helps set the stage for building meaningful and sustained contact in communities across the United States.

​​​​​Sincerely,

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