"The second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Summit, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Haworth Hotel. Offering two sets of three breakout sessions, the summit will feature the theme “History in the Making: Behind the Dream,” with an emphasis on celebrating the history of advocacy and justice to empower future leaders and dreamers. The first three sessions will begin at 9:30 a.m., and will be “One Dream, Many Voices,” by the college’s Black Student Union; “Building the Beloved Community,” by the Latino Student Organization; and “The Need for Inmate Education,” by the Hope-Western Prison Education Program operated jointly by the college and Western Theological Seminary. The second set of sessions will begin at 12:45 p.m., and will feature “Community and Connection through the Lens of Dr. King,” by Anna Bonnema, assistant professor of mentoring instruction; "What Are You Doing for Others?" by Dr. Brooke Odle, assistant professor of engineering; and "History in the Making: Behind the Dream," by Dr. Pablo Peschiera, associate professor of English. The summit has been organized by Hope students with mentoring by the college’s Campus Ministries Office. The registration form has additional information about the breakout sessions and is available online." – Press Release by Greg Olgers

The Duke Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation will bring together partners from Duke, Durham, and Danville, VA for a day-long Racial Healing and Coalition Visioning Lab. We will facilitate racial healing and relationship building, share community challenges and successes, identify areas of synergy and opportunity, and guided by the TRHT Framework, determine next steps and action items towards building an inter-generational Duke-Durham-Danville racial healing coalition.

Racial healing is the first step toward racial equity that the first, second and third principles of Unitarian Universalism call us toward. Coming a little over a week before the eighth annual National Day of Racial Healing, during this discussion, Neil Sroka will explain what racial healing is and examine its connection to our shared journey towards racial equity.

Several social justice nonprofits in the St. Petersburg, FL, area are joining forces to participate in an evening of truth-telling respective to our individual organizations. The Well for Life, RaceWithoutIsm, Inc, St. Petersburg Branch of ASALH, Inc, and Pinellas Remembers Community Remembrance Project Coalition (under the leadership of the Equal Justice Initiative, EJI) are participating in the two-hour event. It will be help at Stetson University of Law, Gulfport, FL

Love through the Arts. Spoken Word Performance by Shanterra Mitchum and Community Poetry Slam.

This event will bring leaders together from communities across the Central Coast, from diverse backgrounds and identities, to build relationships and work toward a greater transformation.

Guest speakers, Rosa Gonzalez and Glodean Champion
Panelist:

Cathy Gutierrez, Behavioral Health Former Deputy Director
Chris Barrera, LULAC Council President
Lyndon Tarver, NAACP President
Chris Lopez, District 3 Supervisor

Moderated by Dr. Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, CSUMB CHSHS Interim Dean

Este evento es para la comunidad que habla español y vive en el condado de Boulder, Colorado.
Es un espacio para refrexionar sobre sanacion racial y explorar aspectos de curación con justicia por solo el hecho de no ser "blanco". AMISTAD es un espacio seguro para dialogar y expresar libremente nuestras puntos de vista y opiniones. De esa manera promovemos la confianza para darnos cuenta del impacto que causa el racismo en nuestra persona, familia y nuestra comunidad en general. El dialogo colectivo es importante. ¡No mas separaciones! No mas indivialualismos que nos aparten. Juntos colectivamente sanaremos tomando conciencia y postura HOY y para TODOS los dias por venir.

Hope College will celebrate the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance and the National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) with a weeklong series of events, including an educational/leadership Summit (Monday), the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Lecture (Monday), a Racial Healing Circle (Tuesday), and a screening of the documentary film Black Man followed by a panel discussion with director/producer Jon Covington (Tuesday). The screening is free and open to the public. Throughout the week (Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm), the Kruizenga Art Museum will present the exhibit, Deep Roots, New Shoots: Modern and Contemporary African Art from the KAM Collection, with a reception on Thursday evening from 5-7 pm (the museum is free and open to the public).

The Austin Community College Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center and Austin Public Library will host our 3rd Annual National Day of Racial Healing – Racial Healing Circle for our ACC faculty/staff, APL staff and the Greater Austin Community! This will be an opportunity to fellowship as leaders in the racial healing work and break down barriers that will help our organizations and community. This is an in person event.

We are hosting a discussion on the effects of racism in Missouri on the National Day of Racial Healing and what developing an action plan for Clinton, Missouri to combat misinformation could look like.