Gathering Neighbors, Growing Trust.

- We Bring Communities Together -

Our Mission

PTU brings communities together by growing trust between neighbors.

    • Face-to-face relationships foster familiarity, understanding, and respect.
    • Shared meals, human conversations, and service projects nurture a shared vision for a thriving community.
    • Anti-bias workshops and media prepare and support the relationship-building process.

Our Vision

Communities where everyone belongs and can work together – So that all can thrive.

Who does PTU work with?

A thriving pluralistic democracy depends on collaboration between people of all walks of life. Civic engagement begins in our neighborhoods and fans out into ever wider circles of participation.

    • PTU strengthens the foundation of civic life by building face-to-face relationships between local community groups, including wisdom traditions, nonprofits, service organizations, cultural clubs, and others.
    • We work with formal and informal leaders who want to build trust and collaborate with each other across lines of difference. These role models invite more and more people from their communities into group-to-group relationships.

From Our Blog

Seeing the Human in One Another

October 28, 2025

I was recently at Princeton Seminary to support one of our staff members at a program for young Christian leaders. It’s an excellent program—full of bright, committed people. One of the presenters talked about how many younger folks have mixed feelings about “institutional” religion. Afterward, I joined a small group conversation. I said I wasn’t…

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