Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss the St. Petersburg Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center's 3rd Annual National Day of Racial Healing: The HeART of Racial Equity at 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 16, in the Stetson University College of Law Great Hall.
The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. Launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2017, it is an opportunity to bring ALL people together in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world.
Please register today and join us as we celebrate the St. Pete way through recognizing the role of art in the healing process featuring selected performances and a community visual art project. This event includes food and is free and open to the public… so bring your friends.
The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. Launched in 2017, it is an opportunity to unite ALL people in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world. 7 Directions of Service will be hosting this event.
Truth and Racial Healing in Cincinnati: The State of the Region
Free and Open to the Public
Co-hosted by Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation – University of Cincinnati & All-In Cincinnati
Featuring:
Refreshments and Networking
Opening Remarks: Truth and Racial Healing in Cincinnati, By the Numbers
Moderated Panel Discussion: Racial Healing in Cincinnati: Progress and Opportunities
Cincinnati Responds: A Call to Action
Live Music, Art, and Dance Performances
and More
MLK DAY COMMUNITY SING-IN: Celebrating Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement is a FREE service project designed to bring singers together in celebration of the music that fueled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
We will raise our voices as a unified congregation, singing soul-stirring classic and rare songs of the Movement that encourage engagement, build community and create constructive action.
MLK DAY COMMUNITY SING-IN: Celebrating Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement will uplift and further Dr. King's messages of social justice and equity via SINGING ("Sing-In") on the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service.
By participating in service projects, we can bridge divides, heal wounds and create lasting change that can benefit our communities for years to come.
We are welcoming ALL SINGERS – individuals and choirs + shy singers and SUPA⭐s – to UNITE, SERVE and CELEBRATE the incredible legacy of Dr. King.
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Monday, January 15th, 2024 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm PST
CRENSHAW UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
3740 Don Felipe Drive in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles 90008
Pastor Royce V. Porter, Sr. – Lead Minister
MLK DAY COMMUNITY SING-IN: Celebrating Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement is a FREE service project designed to bring singers together in celebration of the music that fueled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
We will raise our voices as a unified congregation to sing soul-stirring classic and rare songs of the Movement that encourage engagement, build community and create constructive action.
MLK DAY COMMUNITY SING-IN: Celebrating Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement will uplift and further Dr. King's messages of social justice and equity via SINGING ("Sing-In") on the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service.
By participating in service projects, we can bridge divides, heal wounds and create lasting change that can benefit our communities for years to come.
We are welcoming ALL SINGERS – individuals and choirs + shy singers and SUPA⭐s – to UNITE, SERVE and CELEBRATE the incredible legacy of Dr. King.
We are a 501c3 nonprofit. With volunteer mediators and restorative practice facilitators we help people move through conflict in a healing way. With the support of 2 restorative practice facilitators we are inviting the community to join us in a Healing Circle.
On Tuesday, January 16 join us at 7PM The Union for Contemporary Art will mark the National Day of Racial Healing with a stage reading and community discussion of "Confederates" written by Dominique Morisseau.
"Confederates" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Synopsis
Two Black American women – an enslaved rebel and a professor at a contemporary university – are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. Tony-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau's exacting new play explores the reins that racial and gender bias still hold over American educational systems today.
Cast
Lisa Israel – Sandra
Nina Washington – Sara
Olivia Howard – Jade & Luane
Mackenzie Zielke – Missy Sue & Candance
Shae'Kell Butler – Malik & Abner
Zoella Sneed – Stage directions
Tickets
This production of Confederates is presented free to the public, though space is limited. Those who would like to reserve a ticket in advance can purchase one for $5 at the event link.
The excitement for the MLK Collaboration between the Excellence Sound Academy Youth Summit and the Madison Boys and Girls Club is evident, particularly as we get closer to the MLK WEEKEND OF "I Have a Dream."
Mothers from rural communities in three provinces meet for a whole day to plan for the new year, review 2023, and build new networks with other women's groups. Discuss cultural issues faced by women in rural communities and the root causes of barriers to women accessing vital health and education services in rural communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Cultural differences in communities are the biggest barriers to women's development in PNG societies.
Several social justice nonprofits in the St. Petersburg, FL, area are joining forces to participate in an evening of truth-telling respective to our individual organizations. The Well for Life, RaceWithoutIsm, Inc, St. Petersburg Branch of ASALH, Inc, and Pinellas Remembers Community Remembrance Project Coalition (under the leadership of the Equal Justice Initiative, EJI) are participating in the two-hour event. It will be help at Stetson University of Law, Gulfport, FL