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We invite you to join One Love Global on Tuesday, January 16 from 6:30-8pm for a conversation on our health as a society seven years since the 1st National Day of Racial Healing. How We Heal is an invitation to connect to the work of building stronger relationships, creating more humane policies and a collective commitment to truth-telling and accountability.

We are excited to share a vision for the civil rights legislation of our time – The Michigan BREATHE Act! We welcome you to join us and take action as a community co-sponsor. Learn about community healing circles and more ways to be a part of the transformation.

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.

The Black Orchestral Network is committed to its mission to champion the acknowledgment and fair treatment of Black orchestral musicians in American orchestras.

We are grateful for your pivotal support during our inaugural Day of Solidarity in May of 2022, which exponentially propelled our impact and expanded our platform for justice. Thousands joined our call to action for American orchestras to honor and center their moral and artistic commitments: to build and sustain spaces where Black musicians and communities belong and thrive; to hire Black musicians and support their development; and to fully embed and be accountable for practices that promote respect, fairness, grace, and equity.

This year, the call for justice and equal treatment continues with increased urgency. Barriers and biases persist and are manifest in explicit and tangible ways, including the unfair denial of tenure to Black musicians. The community of Black musicians across the country shares critical concerns about dignity, equity, and inclusion in the tenure process. There is more work to be done.

We will soon unveil a comprehensive action plan to spotlight the challenges in the tenure process and catalyze actionable solutions for a more inclusive orchestral landscape, and we hope we can count on your support once again.

Year-over-year support from major supporters like you and your organization provides crucial momentum and increased pressure on orchestras to make meaningful change.

Please save the date of Monday, January 29th to once again stand in solidarity for equitable experiences of Black orchestral musicians across the country.

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.

The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism. Launched in 2017, it is an opportunity to unite ALL people in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world. 7 Directions of Service will be hosting this event.

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.

Esther A. Armah—acclaimed author of 'Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing'—will walk participants through her racial healing roadmap. Participants will learn about Emotional Justice, its global origins and how it can shape one's world and work. Together we will explore the question: what is your emotional work to do in pursuit of humanity-centered healing and justice?

The event will open with a poem from Chicago-area based artist and author, Atena O. Danner.

This event is funded with support from Healing Illinois, a grant from the IL Dept of Human Services.

Join Nurturing Diversity Partners founder Dr. Fran Kaplan and dialogue facilitator Darrell Ferguson for a thought-provoking presentation that delves into Dr. King’s complete dream: To heal the world and create a Beloved Community through nonviolence, truth and reconciliation.

Questions we’ll explore together, through a multimedia presentation and pair-share discussions:
Why is truth necessary for healing?
What truths must we face about
Dr. King’s mission,
the origins of current racial issues in the US,
ourselves?
Who are some of the important past and current truth-telling role models in the US?
How can we answer Dr. King's call and build the Beloved Community?