<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/magazine/summer-2004/bridge-understand.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Bridge to Understand</title><excerpt>In July, 11 Westmont faculty and staff members attended “Bridging the Divides: New Visions for Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding,” a conference at the San Francisco Urban house funded by the Irvine Diversity Initiative grant. Brad Berky, interim director of the urban program, convened the event, which featured guest speakers, encounters with local ethnic-minority churches and neighborhoods, and opportunities to reflect on diversity-related issues.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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