Bridging Team
About the Team
The Bridge Team works to help Alamance County residents find common ground, build relationships across differences, and create a stronger sense of belonging.
The team serves as a convener and catalyst—bringing people together, sharing what residents have said they want for their community, and encouraging others to turn those shared aspirations into action.
What We Heard: Shared Aspirations
Through conversations with people from communities and backgrounds across Alamance County, the team heard a common desire beneath many of the differences that divide us: people want to feel included, heard, safe, welcomed, and connected to one another.
That shared aspiration became the foundation of the team’s Bridging Agenda, which describes belonging as a feeling of safety, power, wholeness, and welcome.
The team is working toward an Alamance County where people know their neighbors, feel that their voices matter, care for one another, and can collaborate across lines of difference.
Turning Aspirations into Action
The Bridge Team shares the Bridging Agenda with organizations and community groups across Alamance County as a conversation starter and invitation to action.
The team also hosts Belonging at the Table gatherings, building on the cottage dinner model to create spaces for honest, meaningful conversation among people who might not otherwise spend time together.
Want to host a gathering in your own community? Learn how to host a Belonging at the Table gathering or express your interest in hosting.
The team’s work also includes connecting people and organizations around issues that emerge through community conversations, helping create the relationships and networks needed for people to feel more connected and supported.
Illustrating the Impact
The illustration below highlights the work of the Bridging Team, capturing the team’s progress and impact from its establishment in early 2023 through 2025. As part of Alamance County’s Ripples of Change report, it tells the evolving story of the team’s efforts, celebrating key accomplishments and the ripple effects of their work throughout the community.
Team Leadership & Get Involved
Team Leads: Tanya Kline and Sara Beth Hardy
The Bridge Team welcomes people who are interested in building relationships across differences, hosting conversations, and helping create a stronger sense of belonging in Alamance County.
If you are interested in hosting a gathering, joining the team, or learning more about the Bridging Agenda, contact our Program Director, Jewel White at jewel.white@conehealth.com.