In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, a series of events will offer the community opportunities to reflect and engage, with a highlight being the keynote memorial lecture by Erika Alexander, titled “Restless Dissatisfaction: An Urgent Call for the Pursuit of Justice and Equality.” This lecture will explore how Dr. King’s concept of “restless dissatisfaction” motivates the ongoing pursuit of justice and equality by challenging complacency and confronting various forms of injustice. The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Hill Auditorium and is free and open to the public. For those unable to attend in person, the lecture will also be available via livestream.
Join Us for a Delicious Celebration of Diversity!
On this special National Day of Racial Healing, Igniting Minds invites you to the Cultural Food Exchange—a one-of-a-kind culinary experience celebrating unity and inclusion through the universal language of food.
Explore a variety of cuisines from different cultures, savor the flavors of diversity, and connect with others in a meaningful way. Together, we’ll honor our differences, reflect on the power of community, and celebrate what brings us together.
Bring your appetite, your curiosity and your love for community.
East Biloxi Community Collaborative (EBCC) was founded in 2012 as an organization that offers residents and community-based groups a platform to develop and implement change strategies to improve the lives of children and families in East Biloxi. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) identified East Biloxi as one of three Mississippi communities implementing place-based strategies that meaningfully address economic security, health and well-being, and education.
As EBCC matured, it developed strategies and corresponding activities to address the immediate needs of East Biloxi residents, including working as a convener of stakeholders and advocates to better leverage resources that foster more equitable solutions.
EBCC will host a Racial Healing Circle luncheon on January 21, 2025 to explore and appreciate racial equity.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation created the National Day of Racial Healing in 2017 based on the work of the foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing &Transformation initiative. This initiative was established in 2017 to promote racial healing as a way to end racial bias.
Purpose:
The day is meant to bring people together to
• Contemplate shared values
• Create a blueprint for healing from racism
• Inspire collective action
• Create a more just and equitable world
PANELISTS:
Simeon Henderson, Actor, Producer and Director
Jhovanny Jimenez, Educator and recent new arrival from Venezuela
Kymberlie Mills, Ph.D. student, Forensic Psychology
Imelda Salazar, Community Organizer, Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP)
Byran Stewart, President, The Stewart Group and Former Treasurer, Village of Maywood
Cortez Watson, Jr., President and Founder, The Hip Hop Firm
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Phelps, President, Progressive Baptist State Convention of Illinois,
Pastor, Concord M.B. Church
Hosts: Dr. R. Keith, Pastor, Bethel New Life Church, Wheaton
Jennie Stoner, Member, Bethel New Life Church
This January 18th, 2025, 1pm -6pm, the YWCA of Southern Arizona and the League of Women Voters will host our Annual National Day of Racial Healing program at the 525 N. Bonita Campus. This year’s theme is "How We Heal from The Effects of Racism". The day’s events will include speakers, a youth panel, cultural performers, youth art contest recognition, and food. NAACP-Tucson Branch President Dr. Cheree Meeks will serve as the programs emcee.
On view July 19, 2024–February 16, 2025
Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
520 Royal Street, Tricentennial Wing, 2nd and 3rd Floors
Free admission
Louisiana’s present-day distinction as the world’s incarceration capital is rooted in three centuries of history. Throughout this history, people in power have used systems of enslavement and incarceration to hold others captive for punishment, control, and exploitation. Black Louisianians have suffered disproportionately under these systems. Through historical objects, textual interpretation, multimedia, and data visualization, Captive State investigates these throughlines and arrives at an irrefutable truth: that the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration are historically linked.
Captive State tells this story in two parts. The first part outlines how Louisiana’s colonial and early American governments created race-based systems of oppression through legislation, policing, imprisonment, and violence that matured as New Orleans became the hub of the domestic slave trade. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime, permitted Louisiana to evolve its methods of racial control and embrace convict leasing and forced prison labor, particularly at a plantation known as Angola.
The second part of the exhibition traces how the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, written to maintain white supremacy, enabled an era of mass incarceration in the 20th and 21st centuries. Through nonunanimous jury verdicts and “tough on crime” legislation, incarceration rates skyrocketed, with far-reaching impacts. Among them are the growing number of people serving life sentences without parole. This has resulted in an aging state prison population, making the work of incarcerated volunteers in the hospice program at the Louisiana State Penitentiary essential. Lori Waselchuk photographed this program in Grace Before Dying, displayed in the mezzanine of the Tricentennial Wing. The exhibition concludes with a reflection question, reading recommendations, and information on ways to get involved on issues related to mass incarceration.
East Biloxi Community Collaborative (EBCC) was founded in 2012 as an organization that offers residents and community-based groups a platform to develop and implement change strategies to improve the lives of children and families in East Biloxi. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) identified East Biloxi as one of three Mississippi communities implementing place-based strategies that meaningfully address economic security, health and well-being, and education.
As EBCC matured, it developed strategies and corresponding activities to address the immediate needs of East Biloxi residents, including working as a convener of stakeholders and advocates to better leverage resources that foster more equitable solutions.
EBCC will host a Racial Healing Circle luncheon on January 21, 2025 to explore and appreciate racial equity.
Hawai’i Ku’u Home Aloha means Hawai’i Our Beloved Home and is an invitation to reflect on our past and present in order to create the future we want for our children and grandchildren
here in Hawai’i. Our events span from Jan 17 through Jan 22. We will engage in ceremony, circles, and artistic expression. We will also have a keynote with Norma Wong focusing on her new book “When No Thing Works.” Join us!
As a Certified Unbreak My Soul Facilitator, I’ve designed this session to help Black women overcome workplace trauma in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Based on the research of Dr. Carey Yazeed, Black women are struggling both emotionally and physically in the workplace. Many do not feel safe, and are often afraid to share about their work experiences due to the fear of retaliation or experiencing negative consequences. Professional Black women lack community – a support system filled with other like minded women who understand their systemic induced pain and suffering. Our goal is to create safe spaces where Black women can speak freely about their toxic work experiences; a space where they feel seen and heard.
What to Expect:
✔️ A welcoming, judgment-free space to share your story.
✔️ Tools and strategies for healing and resilience.
✔️ Connection with other like-minded women who understand the unique challenges you face.
The 420 Black Universe Women, Men, Children, Seniors and Families of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Wellness Check-in
3:30pm January 13th
Sign our Petition
https://chng.it/L8FxrkX4Lc
https://www.change.org/420blackuniverse
Why are we concerned?
Displacement conditions for Black Women
Black women in the United States, Maryland
Disproportionate Unprecedented: Black women are significantly overrepresented
Causes and symptoms:
Eviction: with many paying more than half of their income on rent.
Systemic Racism and Discrimination: Historical
Post-Incarceration people, including Black women, with higher homelessness rates.
Poverty and Economic Instability: Black women experience poverty, strong displacement. Transitional housing Black Women face systemic Racist influenced outcomes and fear of retaliation, Racial impact on wealth gap and the risk.
Safety Concerns:
Mental Health and Physical Health: DISPLACEMENT Black women
Victimization: harassment, or physical threats.
Black Women and Barriers:
Inabilities: within homeless management and the broader society.
Support Systems: Quality reinforces recovery, access of resources is required.
Prevention is the only Interventions:
Community-Based Programs: Representation non existing esthetic approaches are done.
The scale and funding of repeated funded programs often do not match the need.
Advocacy and Policy: Support is a growing recognition no choice, will simplify how funding is distributed and who understands how to monitor outcomes based on stability.