cross-community activists, like james mcloughlin of the ulster project, know they are taking small stepsbut valuable ones. and their work is most effective with the much younger set. >> they're not as blinkered as maybe older teenagers or people of my age group would be. >> it's the school uniforms that mark out the faith of these young people. predominantly green for catholics, predominantly blue for protestants. the project demands cooperation regardless of background, and can even mean the beginnings of friendship. >> after the first three or four weeks you'll see two or three of them hanging around town together. that traditionally wouldn't have happened because one goes to one school and one goes to another. >> one big incentive getting youngsters involved is an annual trip to the united states, where for a month they will get to experience a society where sectariadivisions are rarely so dominant as at home. >> the activities that we do we hope will snowball, and then as we travel to the airport to fly to america, they're one group. >> mcloughlin himself was in the group that travel