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NOVA's TRHT Center will partner with the Board of Supervisors from Fairfax County for a formal proclamation acknowledging the importance of the National Day of Racial Healing. The acknowledgment will include remarks from Fairfax Country's Board of Supervisors, including representatives from the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services and representatives from NOVA's TRHT Center. The event is open to the public and will serve as a way for us to continue our partnership. Please note that no external links are available for this event.

The MCC Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging and the Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation™, invite you to our National Day of Racial Healing Event. This event will feature performances from our Music Club, followed by a panel discussion on racial healing and collective responsibility. The event will conclude with an interactive activity encouraging participants to reflect on actionable steps they can take toward fostering a more equitable community.

The Healing Power of Art is very beneficial as we confront issues and educate on the topics around the personal hurt and pain of racism. We will provide our campus community with an opportunity to eat and greet, bring to light the pain, and use our racial healing circles to provide a calming reflection moment to our bodies and minds. Participants can join in our moment of comfort together as they add to our “The Power of Expression” mural.

The Emory Black Employee Network will host an in-person racial healing circle to foster connection and promote social, personal and professional growth.

In collaboration with Equitable Dinners Atlanta and Out of Hand Theater, the TRHT Initiative is hosting a dinner specifically for the Emory community with a theatrical performance by Nikki Young, associate artistic director of Out of Hand Theater.

We will be screening "Eye of the Storm." Four screenings will last 30 minutes on January 15 and January 16 at 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on both days.

Dominican University will host Jane Elliott for an in-person-only lecture and discussion at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Join us to help welcome Jane Elliott, internationally known teacher, lecturer, diversity trainer, to mark the National Day of Racial Healing as a time “to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.”

The National Day of Racial Healing originated in 2017 under W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation efforts, which serves as a community and national-based- process to determine and bring about transformational and sustainable change in addition to talking about the historical and contemporary effects of racism in U.S. society. 

Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) is a nationally recognized, community-based initiative for racial justice. Dominican was named a TRHT Campus Center in 2020 by the AAC&U.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Michael A. Baston, president of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), as our keynote speaker. Dr. Baston is an in-demand speaker on the role of higher education in moving the needle on equity and justice in America. In addition to his presidencies, Dr. Baston is known as a national leader, including his role as a national Guided Pathways and Equity Transfer Initiative coach for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The Keynote will be presented as a discussion, with questions created to reflect on the 2025 MLK Week theme, “Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community?” ________________________________ The 2025 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration theme replicates the title of Dr. King’s fourth and final book, which was published prior to his assassination. Under the backdrop of monumental change in America after new laws such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed the next phase of the movement would bring its challenges. “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” inspires thought and hope for advancing the movement, from continued interracial coalitions to faith, economic justice, nonviolent action and the ballot. As Baldwin Wallace is centered on its own challenges of what the next steps of social action will be and our nation navigates the aftermath of a contentious election cycle and global unrest, the tenets of Dr. King’s work ring more now than ever before. In what ways will we rise to the challenge of finding new ways to build even when we don’t feel like building? How do we advance community and justice when the structures that support community have been dismantled? Join the committee as we challenge you to consider your role in answering, “Where do we go from here?” Throughout the week, at various programs, we will take time to reflect on the significance of the people and milestones that inspire the struggle for justice in our age. We will celebrate legacies connected to our campus and region. This year, the world lost a giant of the Civil Rights Movement when BW graduate Rev. James Lawson ’51 passed away on June 9. Our MLK celebrations also mark the 50th anniversary of the implementation of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday in the State of Ohio, eight years prior to it becoming a federal holiday. The 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration is sponsored by Baldwin Wallace University in conjunction with the Berea community and the Campus/Community MLK Week Committee 2025. This FREE conference-style event is in the spirit of MLK’s legacy surrounding social justice. The program is designed to help students move from feelings of anxiety, apathy and angst regarding current events into ACTION for social justice and positive social change. Sponsored by the David & Frances Brain Center for Community Engagement. NOTE: This event is only open to BW students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. ________________________________ The 2025 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration theme replicates the title of Dr. King’s fourth and final book, which was published prior to his assassination. Under the backdrop of monumental change in America after new laws such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed the next phase of the movement would bring its challenges. “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” inspires thought and hope for advancing the movement, from continued interracial coalitions to faith, economic justice, nonviolent action and the ballot. As Baldwin Wallace is centered on its own challenges of what the next steps of social action will be and our nation navigates the aftermath of a contentious election cycle and global unrest, the tenets of Dr. King’s work ring more now than ever before. In what ways will we rise to the challenge of finding new ways to build even when we don’t feel like building? How do we advance community and justice when the structures that support community have been dismantled? Join the committee as we challenge you to consider your role in answering, “Where do we go from here?” Throughout the week, at various programs, we will take time to reflect on the significance of the people and milestones that inspire the struggle for justice in our age. We will celebrate legacies connected to our campus and region. This year, the world lost a giant of the Civil Rights Movement when BW graduate Rev. James Lawson ’51 passed away on June 9. Our MLK celebrations also mark the 50th anniversary of the implementation of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday in the State of Ohio, eight years prior to it becoming a federal holiday. The 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration is sponsored by Baldwin Wallace University in conjunction with the Berea community and the Campus/Community MLK Week Committee 2025.