Join us for an in-depth conversation with LIVE FREE USA Executive Director Pastor Mike McBride, Selma Center for Nonviolence Executive Director Ainka Jackson, and Violence Intervention Street Outreach Specialist Christi Harris focused on the connection between America's violent past filled will racial violence to our current state where mass shootings lead news reports on a regular basis. We will explore our nation's history, the impact of epigenetics, and what reparations could look like in a healing America. Log on. Ask questions. Comment. Share.
Scott D. Berns, MD, MPH, FAAP, CEO of the National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ), discusses the Coalition for Anti-Racism and Equity in Maternal and Child Health (Care for MCH) with Jonathan Webb, MPH, MBA, CEO of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and Terrance Moore, CEO of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). Other organizations participating in CARE for MCH include: National Healthy Start Association, CityMatch, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Please plan to join the only two TRHT Campus Centers in the state of Kansas in community engagement by sharing authentic personal narratives resulting in racial healing and community building. Bethel College and Kansas State University TRHT Campus Centers are coming together to facilitate a virtual Racial Healing Circle to build relationships, foster partnerships and cultivate community across identities. We will meet via Zoom on Friday, Feb 23, 2024 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm for this engagement.
Registration begins soon. If you have any questions, please contact
At Kansas State University:
Corey Williamson
Assistant Vice President
Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
Kansas State University
cdw4388@ksu.edu
At Bethel College:
Sheryl Wilson
Executive Director
Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR)
swilson@bethelks.edu
Thank you so much!
Women of Color Coalition – National Day of Racial Healing a virtual event discussion around ways to promote and encourage healing and unity.
This newly created Podcast "Racial Reconciliation Matters. Come on America We Can Do This " features lively discussions with our Host, Anthony Ray with Authors, Policy Makers, Corporate Leaders, Philanthropists, Community Leaders, and Influencers, surrounding the challenging issues relating to race relations in America and the importance of addressing them with the hope and intent of reconciling our differences.
In this episode, Dr. Gail Christopher is an award-winning social change agent with expertise in the social determinants of health and well-being and in related public policies. She is known for her pioneering work to infuse holistic health and diversity concepts into public sector programs and policy discourse. Dr. Christopher recently retired from her role as Senior Advisor and Vice President at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she was the driving force behind the America Healing initiative and the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort. Dr. Christopher also served as Kellogg’s Vice President for Program Strategy and worked on place-based programming in New Orleans and New Mexico. In 1996 she was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2015 she received the Terrance Keenan Award from Grantmakers in Health. She currently chairs the Board of the Trust for America’s Health. In 2019, she became a Senior Scholar with George Mason University’s Center for the Advancement of Well-Being. Dr. Gail Christopher also became the Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity in 2019. In 2021, Dr. Christopher was elected by the APHA Governing Council to serve as the APHA Honorary Vice President for the United States.
This session will discuss how racism in medicine is a driver of health inequities and the effect that this has on the social determinants of health. A TED Health podcast has been selected. The 28-minute podcast features Heather McGhee, author of the book, “The Sum of Us.” In this TED Health talk from August 2022, she provides a foundation for racism as a threat in medicine. This is followed by a conversation with Shoshana Ungerleider MD, host of the TED Health podcast and Aletha Maybank MD MPH, who currently serves as the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the American Medical Association (AMA).
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services Department will host the National Day of Racial Healing video viewing of Telemundo’s “Foro Contra el Racismo: Sanando Heridas Raciales” and NBC’s “National Day of Racial Healing: An NBC News NOW Special.
A discussion using the Racial Healing Conversation Guide will follow each video.
The Greater Nashville Health Disparities Coalition brings community health leaders together monthly to build capacity to eliminate health disparities. During the January 2024 meeting, Jacquelyn Dalton will share about the National Day of Racial Healing and facilitate a group conversation.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85961043471?pwd=anBrLzFqaVFUQjZjVlBNdEhsTkU2Zz09
Meeting ID: 859 6104 3471
Passcode: 228268
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.
The American Library Association invites you to attend National Day of Racial Healing 2024: Creating Space for Shared Reflections, a virtual panel discussion made up of ALA committee members, partners, and round table representatives, on January 16, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. CT. Our panelists will take the hour to answer questions about their own perspectives and experiences involving racial healing and equity. ALA hopes that you consider attending as part of your National Day of Racial Healing acknowledgment.