Art Making – Community – Family – Food – Learning
Save the date and join the brothers, families, transit riders and community partners for art making, community, family, food and learning on the National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, January 16 from 6-8pm. Register at bit.ly/t4b24racialhealing by Friday (01/12). Contact info@togetherforbrothers.org for more information. T4B is open to co-sponsors for the community activity.
Creación de arte – Comunidad – Familia – Comida – Aprendizaje
Reserve la fecha y únase a los hermanos, familias, usuarios de transporte público y socios comunitarios para crear arte, comunidad, familia, comida y aprendizaje en el Día Nacional de Sanación Racial el martes 16 de enero de 6-8 pm. Regístrese en bit.ly/t4b24racialhealing antes del viernes (01/12). Póngase en contacto con info@togetherforbrothers.org para obtener más información. T4B está abierto a copatrocinadores de la actividad comunitaria.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
1p-3p
Mama Akua Community House
2431 Ferry Park St., Detroit, MI 48208
The Michigan Roundtable's Youth Council for Racial & Social Justice is excited to present a mutual aid event about food and security at the Mama Akua Community House on January 14! Attendees will share a hot meal and connect with groups working to address food insecurity in Detroit. Attendees may bring food donations for future food baskets and may take home a food basket for their household.
This youth-led event features a panel discussion with guest speakers:
Shane Bernardo
Food as Healing; Detroit Filipino Supper Club; DEAL; WhyHunger
Laura Riddick
Detroit Area Agency on Aging
To Be Announced
Ruth Ellis Center
In recognition of Duquesne University recognizing the National Day of Healing, Duquesne University faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to stop by the Center for Excellence in Diversity and Student Inclusion to write down their thoughts about what unity means to them. Thoughts will be posted outside of the Center for display until the end of Black History Month (February 28, 2024)
Our small team of 12 will be participating in a conversation about race and how it affects our work, we will share personal experiences, lessons, readings, and mostly share a brave space where everyone is willing and able to learn.
Join Coming Together Virginia for an evening of soul-stirring music, poetry and canvas art in observance of the National Day of Racial Healing, inspired by the life of Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. From the Classics to Motown, experience creative collaborative energy, coming together with a message of hope, inclusion and healing. There will also be an Art Auction featuring the work of local artists. Come away with some ideas of how to make a difference in our community, beginning with you! Featured performers include Naima Burrs – Music Director of PSO & violin, Lisa Edwards-Burrs – soprano, James "Saxsmo" Gates – saxophone, Weldon Hill – piano, and members of the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra – strings and woodwinds.
Proceeds to benefit CT-VA's vision of a racially healed world of thriving, equitable and just communities in Richmond and beyond! Coming Together Virginia is a local group of the national organization, Coming to the Table.
Government staff from around the Twin Cities will gather to recognize the National Day of Racial Healing. This event will feature Dr. Joy DeGruy, a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, and author of the book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. Participants will learn about the impacts of racial trauma inside the workplace, as well as tools to engage in racial healing and to create a healthy workplace.
On the National Day of Racial Healing we will listen to the voices of Israeli and Palestinian people who will share their perspectives on life in the Middle East and the Israel & Hamas conflict.
We believe in the power of the people and aim to bridge the path to peace, unity, inclusion, justice, healing, belonging, and liberation. This panel will center the voices of the people who identify as Palestinian and Israeli. Panelist will share historical facts and truths. This is not a debate, but a sharing of perspectives and lived experiences. We hope this discussion will create greater awareness, respect, empathy, and actions for human dignity and peace.
Join us for the Equitable Pathways to Municipal Healing and Action webinar where experts will discuss the NLC-Race, Equity and Leadership (REAL) department’s most recent Municipal Action Guide (MAG), Advancing Racial Equity in Your City 2023, and honor the National Day of Racial Healing. The webinar will feature NLC-REAL’s Four As of Racial Healing Framework: Acknowledge, Apologize, Atone and Act, and how the municipalities featured in the MAG are incorporating the framework in their local communities. NLC-REAL will also preview new tools and resources cities, towns and villages can use to advance racial equity. Join our group of municipal contributors, including:
Amber Hewitt, PhD, Chief Equity Officer, Washington, DC
Aimee Kane, Equity Program Officer, City of Boulder, CO
Kristy Kumar, Equity and Social Justice Division Manager, City of Madison, WI
Sharon Williams, Director, Department of Equity & Inclusion, City of Durham, NC
Lindsey Wilson, PhD, Director, Office of Equity & Inclusion, City of Dallas, TX
REAL is also excited to have Councilmember Doreen Garlid of Tempe, AZ, share this day with us by welcoming participants into the space and reading a selected excerpt.
The National Day of Racial Healing is observed annually on the Tuesday following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It builds on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation network. This day allows us to hold space for the fundamental role racial healing plays in racial equity as we contemplate shared values and a future where race is not a predictor of outcomes.
“With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation to a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.” So said Dr. King in a speech given in 1963 in Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium.
Through the pieces on this program, the Kalamazoo Symphony and community partners reflect together to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Kandace Lavender of Read and Write Kalamazoo will give a spoken word performance reflecting on composer Margaret Bonds' "The Montgomery Variations." Featuring a side-by-side performance with the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra and the combined choruses of Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix High Schools, this event embodies music as a unifying force in our community.
Healing Together: A community-led Workshop Series for Racial Understanding and Empathy is a special event designed to foster a deeper understanding of racial experiences and provide a safe space for healing and personal care.
Participants will have the opportunity to listen to their peers' stories and share their own in a nurturing environment guided by professional therapists focused on inner peace and resilience. This event is not just a gathering; it's an opportunity for us to grow, learn, and heal together. We firmly believe in the strength of our community and the power of shared experiences to bring about genuine healing.