Nonprofit Interview with Dianne Cleaver
Urban Neighborhood Initiative
Dianne Cleaver
The mission of the Urban Neighborhood Initiative (UNI) is to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and historical racial inequities caused by decades of neglect and systemic racism by helping to build healthy neighborhoods that enable all children and families to thrive.
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