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!
This workshop, titled "The Art of Connection: Bridging Cultures Through Creative Expression," is designed to address cultural connections and foster healing through creative practices like storytelling, poetry, vocal expression, and more.
Workshop Details:
📅 Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
⏰ Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
📍 Location: SPSCC Building 27
This event will provide a space for reflection, connection, and healing through activities that include:
Storytelling to explore cultural experiences and racial equity
Poetry and group discussion on the meaning of healing
Vocal yoga to uncover the benefits of sound and healing practices
Collaborative exploration of how organizations like Habitat for Humanity are addressing racial inequity
This workshop is a valuable opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue and creative expression as we work together to build bridges and deepen connections across cultures in our community.
People suffering the trauma of having their bicycles stolen as children meet to commune and to consider, to envisage, what a reparation might look like
The Children's Museum at Saratoga will hold a community building drop in activity all day on January 22. The Museum will have an interactive art piece focusing on children's dreams for the future. Children and their adults will also be encouraged to make three dimensional penguin. The children will then make signs and march the penguins holding signs calling for peace, etc.
Join community members from around Chicago to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrate his impact. As we carry on his legacy to uplift our shared commitment to justice and racial equity, we will be reflecting on what’s ahead of us and how we can build toward his vision for a Beloved Community.