City of Lauderdale Lakes Commissioner Karlene Maxwell-Williams, a transformative evening commemorating the National Day of Racial Healing. This powerful candlelight ceremony will take place on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Commission Chambers. Together, we’ll embrace diversity, foster understanding, and build bridges of compassion within our community.

Peace Week, a week-long series of events inspired by Dr. King’s unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and community healing. It kicked off, Friday, January 17th and continues through Friday, January 24, 2025. Tuesday, January 21st, will be The HUB’s Umoja Circle, a Restorative circle gathering for leaders to engage in open dialogue and healing.

Our event will take the form of. Healing circles, research panel, honoring Black and Brown artists in an exhibit, music, and honoring of the land of indigenous people. The highlight of the day will be a 3 hour interactive circle titled Witness to Injustice. Participants will have an opportunity to listen with empathy about the historical systemic forms of racism that occurred against the indigenous people of North America.

Day of Racial Healing Workshop: "We Are the Builders"

Inspired by Deepa Iyer's ecological framework in "We Are the Builders," this workshop is an opportunity to collectively engage in reflection, dialogue, and action for racial healing and equity. Through guided exercises, group discussions, and personal storytelling, participants will explore their unique roles in the movement for social justice—whether as weavers, frontline responders, storytellers, or other archetypes identified by Iyer.

This interactive session will emphasize the importance of building interconnected and resilient communities that center healing and transformation. Together, we will deepen our understanding of systemic inequities, honor the diverse histories and experiences of racialized communities, and cultivate tools for bridging divides and fostering solidarity. We will explore immediate opportunities to bring about racial healing on the Kennesaw State University campus and in the Northwest Metropolitan Atlanta area.

Healing through understanding will be a youth led event designed to foster racial healing by exploring the various aspects of stereotypes, racism, and their lasting impact on individuals and communities. This event will give young people the platform to share personal studies, show case art, and a open space for reflection. Through artistic expression and discussions, participants will be empowered to express their experiences, confront and contribute to collective healing.

Learn about initiatives partners across the city are working on to collaboratively help heal our community and bring our dreams of prosperity to life.

Join Coming Together Virginia and local partner organizations for a one-of-a-kind multigenerational Community Care Event featuring: Collective Healing Circle, Drumming, Poetry, Art, Healing Conversation, Movement, other Interactive Creative Activities. Snacks (not dinner) & bottled water offered. Donations welcome! https://www.comingtogethervirginia.org/donate

NEW WORLD BUFFERING ~ We Shall Not Be Moved!

Location: Virginia Museum of History & Culture, 428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220

Date and time: Tue, Jan 21, 2025 5:45 PM ET

Organizer: Coming Together Virginia, (804) 442-3635, hayat@comingtogethervirginia.org

Partner organizations include: Initiatives of Change, Drums No Guns, Studio Two Three, The Well Collective, Another Limited Rebellion and Virginia Museum of History & Culture

We plan to engage our youth in the day of healing by showing them a Disney film called “The Color of Friendship”. This is intended to highlight the adaptation and assimilation of youth from different backgrounds into environments where they are the minority and how there is healing in self-acceptance and respect, despite any differences. Following, youth will be engaged in a guided conversation surrounding the topic and will make friendship bracelets that promote positive affirmations that they can keep for themselves or give to their peers.

Open to all community members in the Sacramento region. The goal is to hear about the challenges they have faced through their lifetime, like some of the major historic events they have lived through and ask for advice for our future generations through any uncertain times we know we will have ahead.

Listen, share, take action! Join us on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in recognition of the National Day of Racial Healing when renowned folk artist Eunice Lafate is opening Lafate Gallery (www.Lafategallery.com) and welcoming the public and members of the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission and the Division of Human and Civil Rights for honest dialogue about racial trauma, racial healing, diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and the healing power of the arts. Space is limited so register today!