This report provides guidelines for building community amidst diversity as well as suggests a continuum of contexts that communities find themselves when faced with diversity. Funded by the C.S. Mott Foundation, The Building Community Amidst Diversity Initiative was developed to assist communities with the full spectrum of activities required to build, manage, and strengthen intergroup relations; apply previous lessons, test new ideas, and enhance the existing knowledge base to create a useful resource for communities; build on the existing tools and resources already generated to support community building efforts in racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse settings.