One America Initiative

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On June 14, 1997, President Clinton announced One America in the 21st Century: The President's Initiative on Race. This initiative, established with Executive Order 13050, was a critical element in the President's effort to prepare his country to embrace its growing diversity as its greatest strength in the 21st century. The main thrust of the effort was the President's convening and encouraging community dialogue throughout the country designed to heal racial and ethnic divisions wherever they exist.

President Clinton envisioned an America based on opportunity for all, responsibility from all, and a unified community of all Americans. The President recognized that, even as America rapidly becomes the world's first truly multi-racial democracy, race relations remains an issue that too often divides the nation and keeps the American dream from being real for everyone who works for it.