Sightseeing

Getting to know you

by Dorie Clark

The Duck Tour it ain't. This Sunday the National Center for Community and Justice (NCCJ) wants to take you on a different tour of Boston. NCCJ led 1500 marchers into Roxbury and Jamaica Plain last year for its first "Walk as One: Unite To Fight Hate." This time out, the terrain has shifted to Chinatown, Bay Village, and the South End. And NCCJ -- which was founded in 1927 to promote cross-cultural understanding, and was originally known as the National Conference of Christians and Jews -- is expecting the number of participants to double. "People who live in city neighborhoods often don't know other neighborhoods," says Susan Musinsky, executive director of the organization's Boston chapter. "We hope this will increase people's circle of what they know."

Organizations as diverse as the Tufts Hillel, the gay youth group Project 10 East, and the Watertown Cooperative Nursery School will participate. NCCJ hopes to take in $200,000 from the event to fund programs on leadership skills and conflict resolution, but Musinsky believes the walk itself can raise awareness. "We're posting notes about the history of the area on foam core and mounting them along the route," she says. And if that doesn't get people's attention, the fortune cookies and chips and salsa they're serving will.

"Walk as One: Unite To Fight Hate" will take place this Sunday, October 29. The goal is for each walker to raise $100, or to contribute as much as possible. Register starting at 11 a.m. at the Wang YMCA in Chinatown, 8 Oak Street West (New England Medical Center T stop). Step-off is at noon.