National Coalition Building Institute - Reception

Reception

After an independent evaluation of dozens of college diversity programs, the U.S. Department of Education recognized NCBI's campus work as a "promising practice," a designation of excellence given to only a handful of programs in the United States.

The national news media has reported on the effectiveness of NCBI programs. The Washington Post published a front page story on the significance of NCBI's work with young people. ABC World News featured NCBI as a "program that works." On the anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, The Los Angeles Times published a feature story on NCBI in its Sunday Magazine, citing NCBI's work in Los Angeles as some of the most important anti-racism work being done in the city. Weekly, the newsletter of the National League of Cities, in a special supplement, urged local elected officials to enlist the assistance of NCBI in creating proactive solutions to racial tensions. Stories on the success of NCBI's work have also appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and on National Public Radio.

Critics of Re-Evaluation Counseling have tried to associate NCBI with critiques of Re-evaluation Counseling. The National Coalition Building Institute is formally independent of Re-Evaluation Counseling but is linked through Cherie R. Brown, its Founder-Executive Director, who is also a member of RC and active in the Re-evaluation Counseling affiliate organization United to End Racism. Brown has acknowledged that she has learned a great deal about anti-oppression work from Re-evaluation Counseling.