Don Cowles and Rob Corcoran have been appointed to serve as joint leaders of Initiatives of Change USA, the parent body of Hope in the Cities. As National Director Rob will have primary responsibility for national program development, public outreach and communications. Don, as Executive Director, will oversee the legal, financial and human resource aspects of the organization. The new leadership arrangement provides an opportunity for Hope in the Cities to contribute even more actively to the development of a vibrant national network. Initiatives of Change connects change in individual lives with social change and draws on the best of all faith traditions to enable communities to heal historic wounds and move towards reconciliation. Don and Rob will continue to be based in Richmond. However, in the coming months you will receive communications from them from the IofC Washington office as well as from Richmond. Breakthroughs, the bi-monthly newsletter will carry news of Hope in the Cities and all of IofC’s local, national and international activities. You can continue to find news of their activities on www.hopeinthecities.org as well as www.us.iofc.org

Amy Lang

Amy Lang is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. She wrote her dissertation on British Columbia’s groundbreaking Citizens’ Assembly process, and is currently doing follow-up research on the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly.

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