Stable Integrated Communities - Issues Page

In late 2005, the Community Inclusion Panel of the Cincinnatus Association applied for funding and received $20,000 from the Stephen H. Wilder Foundation to determine the number and the characteristics of Hamilton County neighborhoods that have become and remained racially integrated.  Over the next 18 months, demographic, socioeconomic status, and personal interview data were gathered, analyzed and summarized in a report by co-principal investigators, Dr. Erinn Green of Wilmington College and Dr. Fritz Casey-Leininger of the University of Cincinnati.


Public Dissemination Thread:

11/13/2007: A PowerPoint presentation of the Stable Integrated Communities Study was made to the Cincinnatus Association membership by Al DeJarnett with release of the text of the report to the public later the same week, accompanied by a press release distributed to local media.

>>> Stable Integrated Communities Report

     > Hidden Treasures - PowerPoint presentation of Stable Integrated Communities Study results

     > Talking Points to accompany the Hidden Treasures presentation

12/03/2007: Presentations of the findings began to be made to the public starting with the Faith Community Alliance.  The City of Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors, and the Affordable Housing Advocates Board of Directors were given presentations.  The Brandon Wiers' "Hidden Treasurers" talk and the Al DeJarnett GCC presentations at the Nov. 17 Forest Park Historical Society meeting can be seen  by clicking here. 

02/27/2008: Wilder Foundation funding of $4,000 was granted for purposes of celebrating and extending the results of the research.  Work was started on developing an informative brochure for use by realtors and others involved in helping buyers make informed choices.

03/11/2008: A series of presentations to neighborhood Community Councils were inaugurated, beginning with Spring Grove Village.  Kennedy Heights, Madisonville, Northside and Pleasant Ridge Community Councils followed over the next four months.

05/28/2008: A presentation was made to the Cincinnati City Council's Vibrant Neighborhood, Recreation and Public Services Committee, the Honorable Laketa Cole, Chair.  This was followed in August by a presentation with Mr. Milton Dohoney, City Manager, and all the city's Department Heads.

10/27/2008: Al DeJarnett presented the PowerPoint talk to the League of Women Voters who used the ocassion to begin a study series, "Building Stable Integrated Communities in Hamilton County," based on the findings.  Study material is available on the web - click here.

11/17/2008: Brandon Wiers presented the PowerPoint SIC presentation to the Forest Park Historical Society.  Al DeJarnett also made a presentation of our Greater Cincinnati Commitment to the same group that evening. 

2/27/2009: Brandon Wiers presented the PowerPoint SIC presentation to the members of the Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC), Margaret Fox, Executive Director. 


News Media:

11/09/2007: The Cincinnati Business Courier publishes a front-page article by Lucy May under the heading "Racial integration improving here."

12/05/2007: METRO, a community paper covering inner-city neighborhoods, published a front-page story with the headline, "Study of Integrated Communities Shows An Increasing Receptivity of Whites Toward Blacks."  The newspaper covers Corryville, Clifton Heights, and Northside, three of the communities among the best in terms of integration.

04/28/2008: Drs. Green and Casey-Leininger, along with HOME President Harold Jones, were interviewed by Dan Hurley on the Cincinnati Channel 12 "Newsmaker" program.  Click here to view the program. 

4/22/2009: The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes a letter to the Editor by Elizabeth Brown, Executive Director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME), which directs readers to the SIC report at the Cincinnatus website for information about neighborhoods in which diversity is embraced, should that be the choice prospective homebuyers wish to exercise.