This year’s National Day of Racial Healing at Hope College will feature a screening of the documentary film “T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold” followed by a panel discussion with producer Sue Jaye Johnson. “T-
Rex,” is documentary film about the 17-year-old Claressa “T-Rex” from Shields from Flint, Michigan, who
became the first woman in history to win the gold medal in the 2012 Olympic boxing.
The event on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
The screening is free and open to the public.
In observance of the 2025 National Day of Racial Healing the Hope College Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center will host a Racial Healing Circle on Tuesday, January 21st that will bring together members of the local community to engage in the sharing of stories, relationship building, and continue to work toward narrative change in our community.
The circle structure incorporates multiple segments, including a circle opening and closing, an introductory segment, group agreements, re-introductory prompt(s), and deep reflection prompt(s). Participants are encouraged to share their authentic stories in dyads as well as in small- and large-group settings.
Registration is required in advance. Please indicate your interest and you will receive a response as to whether space is still available to participate. If space is available, you will receive confirmation for the Racial Healing Circle.
Due to the nature of a Racial Healing Circle, we ask that participants be present for the whole event. 🙂
11:00am – 11:30am Gathering time (light refreshments)
11:30am – 1:00pm Circle Time (circle will begin promptly at 11:30)
The City of Carbondale hosts their second annual National Day of Racial Healing – Carbondale “At the Table” Dinner & Dialogue event on Tuesday, January 21st at the Carbondale Civic Center.
The National Day of Racial Healing is an initiative by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation that embraces Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation (TRHT). The day is observed every year on the Tuesday following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Carbondale “At the Table” Dinner & Dialogue Series will bring difficult topics surrounding racial healing to the table through facilitated conversations and provide the opportunity for community members to engage in dialogue while enjoying a community meal.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 5pm and the Dinner & Dialogue will begin at 5:30pm. Seating is limited, and registration is encouraged. For more information, please contact Dianah McGreehan at dmcgreehan@carbondaleil.gov or call 618-457-3282.
The “At the Table” Dinner & Dialogue Series is supported by Healing Illinois. Healing Illinois is a racial healing initiative of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) in partnership with The Field Foundation of Illinois and the Southern Illinois Community Foundation.
“Power is the ability to define reality and to have others respond to your (that) definition as if it were (their) own.” W. Nobles, 2006
Excluding perspectives does not erase facts or their truth. It hides them in shame. Neither does covering our eyes make us colorblind. It merely renders us blindfolded, embarrassed by the very realities clearly in sight.
How did we arrive here, comfortable and just mildly disturbed by the facts of who we are and how we became us…and them? Does an end justify the means? Surely not. Native apartheid now does not absolve the genocide that made it so. Racial caste now vindicates not the enslavement nor Jim Crow from which it is birthed.
Rewriting the story of generations past or that of ours presently being made is about the power to define the reality of both to White-wash and control the future.
As we continue Learning to Be Free, Courageous Conversation® invites you to AMERICA ERASED 2025 on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time. Facilitators include: Glenn Singleton, Courageous Conversation Founder and President; Dr. Ruby Ababio-Hernandez, Courageous Conversation Executive Vice President of Programming & Development; and Madame Athena Chang, Courageous Conversation Global Foundation Executive Director.
Don’t be a passive observer of history. Be an active participant in shaping the future. Join us for this unparalleled dialogue across generations to “remix the narrative” about the indelible story of us — the people who were here and still are, the ones who came and continue to come seeking, and those who were forced and have stayed in defiance and condemnation.
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“This year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Lecture at Hope College will feature a speaker best described as a servant leader who uses education and advocacy to ameliorate social inequity. John M. Williams, who is president and CEO of Akron Urban League, will feature the theme “A Woke Messiah: Jesus Died to Defend Democracy, Demand Diversity and Defeat Poverty” on Wednesday, Jan 15, at 6 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The lecture presentation will reflect Jesus as a civil rights icon by exploring the theological and social dimensions of Jesus’ mission through the lens of Tzedek — a Hebrew term that appears more than 150 times in ancient Hebraic texts, translated into English as “righteousness” or “justice.” By focusing on Jesus’ defense of the marginalized; his call for societal inclusion; his challenge for system change, such as poverty and oppression; and the whitewash of Christianity, the presentation draws parallels between his teachings and modern civil rights movements. It highlights how Jesus’ pursuit of Tzedek aligns with the ongoing fight for democracy, diversity, and economic justice and the struggle for civil rights…
The 2025 Civil Rights Lecture is sponsored by the college’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the Cultural Affairs Committee, Culture and Inclusive Excellence, multicultural student organizations and GROW Collaboration, and will be taking place as part of the college’s annual Civil Rights Celebration week. The week honors all persons and groups who have worked toward the advancement of civil rights and social justice, and is organized in conjunction with the national commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., at the corner of College Avenue and 12th Street.”
We will be displaying Antique Artifacts from the Jim Crow era and telling our stories and experiences and how it affected us.
Event location: 747 Redgate Avenue, Rocky Mount Nc 27801
In partnership with Unity in Community North Meck and open to the public, this course goes beyond providing information—it builds the capacity to critically examine how race/ism functions in our lives, equipping you to foster understanding, invite growth, spark creativity and co-create a more just and equitable world. The book and all course materials are included with enrollment. Class meets Sundays, 3pm-4:30, January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 16 in the Alexander Building of Davidson United Methodist Church (233 S Main St, Davidson, NC), rooms 212/214.
As you engage with the material and grow in racial literacy, you’ll find yourself stepping more confidently into the role of an advocate, contributing to a more connected, just, and welcoming society.
This will be a special blog produced on my website. This will be a fun-filled story with lessons on how our childhood friendships teach us 'tolerance of difference' as we grow older and wiser.
Annual Breakfast sponsored by IUL Chapter, A Phi A at Marriott North Bethesda, Hotel and Conference Center, Rockville, MD. Proceeds benefit our scholarship program. Cong. Jamie Raskin is guest speaker.
This event is a direct connect with the NDORH efforts of WKKF. The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.
Mississippi2's mission is to amplify the voices of marginalized communities through
visual storytelling which includes, print & digital magazine as well as community
engagement & outreach. We are the voice of the New South. The Bootjack & Red event is a combination of oral history and documented facts. It also features current award-winning Mississippi storytellers, Wright Thompson, Kiese Laymon, Talamieka Brice and Al White. White is the current mayor of Duck Hill Mississippi where the infamous lynching occurred. He’s also a historian and has been instrumental in bringing this story to light.
The panel will discuss the historic significance of the tragedy as well as it’s impact on modern day history and through examination and discussion plot a path forward for healing and acknowledgement, through the learnings of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT)
This event aims to seek racial healing by speaking the truth about the tragic deaths of Robert ‘Bootjack’ McDaniel’s and Roosevelt ‘Red’ Townes. Through acknowledgement we aim to build trust through community so that we can work together for a more equitable union and affirm the inherit value of everyone.