about this project

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This project is a collaborative initiative of university faculty, students, and community members – from diverse racial backgrounds – who care about the future of Bellingham. We hope to see this city grow into a vibrant inclusive community that is welcoming to all.

The project is founded on the premise that humanity is one. Every individual has equal worth and should be accorded equal dignity. Our diversity is a source of beauty, richness, interdependence, and strength. The well-being of every individual and group derives from the well-being of the entire social body.

Justice therefore requires that all people have the fullest opportunity to develop their latent capacities to contribute to the betterment of the community, from which they also derive their well-being. Justice also requires truth. And this project is dedicated to telling the truth about our past so that we can build a more peaceful, just, and mutually prosperous future together.

The groundwork for this project was laid with a Diversity and Social Justice Grant from Western Washington University. The principle researchers were Michael Karlberg and Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi.