The Best of America campaign is part of the Team Up Project, a national partnership of Interfaith America, Catholic Charities USA, Habitat for Humanity International, and YMCA of the USA. Together, we are empowering people to build connections and work across differences for the common good.
The first-ever Habitat for Humanity Juneteenth Home Build was the result of months of intentional collaboration across racial, economic, and cultural lines. This build and other initiatives, such as the organization’s Advancing Black Homeownership Project, ensure that residents can remain in their communities, even as gentrification pressures mount.
Catholic Charities of Omaha’s work is supported by The Tri-Faith Initiative, a single compound that houses a Christian church, a mosque, and a synagogue. “Breaking Bread, Building Bridges: Faith-Based Hunger Solutions” strengthened ongoing work to fight food insecurity and serve every neighbor with dignity.
The Mays Family YMCA at Potranco in San Antonio collaborates with Morgan’s Wonderland through the Team Up Project to unite families, staff, and partners to model bridgebuilding in action—creating spaces where all children, including those with developmental disabilities, can play, learn, and belong.
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity and the Team Up Project partnered to do something extraordinary: host the city’s first-ever Interfaith Build. People from different faiths, backgrounds, and beliefs came together to build not just a house, but a home—and a stronger community.
The Team Up Project and Catholic Charities Santa Fe held a summer camp this year to build bridges among Muslim refugee families, Catholic Charities volunteers and staff, and members of the host site from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The five-week camp is a place to learn, share meals and build community across cultures and faiths.
The Best of America stories highlight how everyday leaders are strengthening communities through empathy, collaboration, and human connection, and how The Team Up Project is giving people the tools and resources to make it happen everywhere.