Soil & Soul invites teens and adults to a special session of Sunday Mindfulness Club. See how inner resources and mental models fueled the Civil Rights Revolution, including stillness, movement, and song. Enjoy light bites after the activity.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024- 5 to 7 pm. Lowell Campus, Federal Building, Assembly Room Please let us know you will be attending in person by registering here. MCC is joining efforts with Suffolk University to host a hybrid event to connect, build relationships and bridge divides featuring a fireside chat with Actor, Director and Playwright Jacqueline Parker, moderated by Felicia Wiltz. The National Day of Racial Healing is a special day to acknowledge the values we share, build trust in each other, form genuine connections and inspire collective action that furthers #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. You can visit https://dayofracialhealing.org/ to learn more about opportunities to advance racial healing and racial equity in our community.
A virtual racial healing circle hosted by the only community college in the State of MN with a nationally designated Truth, Racial Healing, Transformation Center, led by Chief Diversity Officer Dr. "Eda" Rassheedah Watts. Through her international DEI work with the U.S. State Dept of Education & Cultural Affairs, this circle will include participants from Pakistan (9:00 p.m. PKT) and Scotland (4:00 p.m. UK). Join us for a memorable global healing circle. Requirements: Please have your cameras on and audio working and arrive promptly at or before the start time of 10:00 am CST, USA. To maintain the integrity of our circle, participants are asked to stay for the entire duration, and virtual doors will close soon after the start time to minimize disruption. Contact: eda.watts@nhcc.edu. Learn more.
Join us for the National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, January 16, in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Campus Center. We will be screening the film “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” at 10:45 a.m. After the film, stay for a dialogue with Jeffery Robinson, executive director of the Who We Are Project.
In honor of the 8th Annual National Day of Racial Healing, Elms College's Cynthia A. Lyons Center for Equity in Urban Education (CEUE) is hosting an event entitled, #GOODScholars: Creating Educational Spaces of Hope for Racial Healing. Dr. Tyra Good, Inaugural Executive Director of the CEUE, and Timothy Jones, CEUE Visiting Scholar, will lead a critical discussion focused on examining racism and structured inequities within school systems and an educator's role in creating equity-centered trauma-informed educational spaces. This event will serve as the launch of the CEUE's "GOOD Educators Connect" Book discussion of, Becoming Culturally Responsive Educators: 5 Necessary Action Steps by Dr. Jahkari H. Taylor.
The event will be held on Saturday, January 13th from 10:30 am-12 noon in the Mary Dooley College Center, Room 101.
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY CHILDREN’S CELEBRATION!
We’ll be honoring the legacy of one of our nation’s most influential figures for justice and equity with readings, interactive activities, dancing, snacks, and more!
2024 MLK Day Children’s Celebration
Monday, January 15, 10am – 1pm
Book Readings:
10am – This Little Voter by Ann Bonnie
Read by Stephanie Thomas, 2023 Women of Achievement Honoree.
11am – Who Are Your People by Bakari Sellers
Read by Ismail Smith-Wade-El, Pennsylvania State Representative.
YWCA Lancaster
110 N Lime St. Lancaster PA 17602
To mark the eighth annual National Day of Racial Healing, we are joining together as AAC&U Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Centers—Spelman College, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Mount Holyoke College—along with the Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights and the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership at Morehouse College to host award-winning author Clint Smith in conversation with undergraduate students eager to deepen our understanding of how we can hold the pain and possibilities of racial healing together.
Community service is a pillar of the Amy Biehl High School mission. This includes MLK Jr. Day which is a "day on" not a day off. Please join us as we celebrate a day of service with music and guest speakers including Albuquerque Poet Laureate Hakim Bellamy and social activist Ernest McMillan, followed by an afternoon of community volunteerism with various local organizations. Every year ABHS students give over 10,000 hours of service to the 505!
Hamline University will host a program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. in the Anderson Center Forum with remarks from staff, faculty, students and more.
We also recognize Jan. 16 as the 8th Annual National Day of Racial Healing, which was launched in 2017 as a call to action for racial healing for all people. It originated as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s national Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation efforts.
This year’s MLK program focuses on Dr. King’s powerful Nobel Lecture speech, “The Quest for Peace and Justice,” and will feature remarks from Acting/Interim President Dr. Kathleen Murray; along with reflections from Prof. Matt Sumera; Kate Johnston, director of the Center for Academic Success and Achievement; Chaplin Kelly Figueroa-Ray; and student Elmo Glass. There will also be a reading of Dr. King’s work by student Brandy Sanchez Dominguez, and the charge to the university community delivered by Kamaria Williams, president of the Black Student Collective.
The 2024 Beloved Community Awards will be presented during the commemoration. These awards recognize a student, staff, faculty, alumni and community member whose demonstrated leadership, service and commitment epitomizes the work that must be done by us all to enjoy meaningful lives, relationships and participation in The Beloved Community. Rounding out the program will be Twin Cities special guest musician Jovonta Patton.
This event is sponsored by the Hedgeman Center for Student Diversity Initiatives and Programs.
The National Day of Racial Healing serves as a moment for reflecting on our shared values and collaboratively crafting the blueprint for #HowWeHeal; a chance to unite all individuals in their shared humanity and create action toward building a more just and equitable world.
Spots are limited. Registration required.