Hosted By: Bethel New Life Church 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