National Day of Racial Healing
What is the National Day of Racial Healing?
The National Day of Racial Healing is an annual observance that takes place on the Tuesday following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – when racial healing activities happen in homes, schools, businesses and communities across the country with the goal of creating a more just and equitable future for our children.
The National Day of Racial Healing builds upon the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s long-standing commitment to racial equity, and grew out of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) initiative – a comprehensive community-driven effort to bring about transformational and sustainable change while addressing the historic and contemporary effects of racism.
Why a day dedicated to racial healing?
The inaugural National Day of Racial Healing emerged as an idea during a 2016 summit involving more than 500 of our community partners from across the nation. The first National Day of Racial Healing took place on January 17, 2017.
National Day of Racial Healing is meant to raise awareness of the need for racial healing and share how this work is taking shape across the country. Racial healing is at the core of racial equity – it is the people work that creates the collective will to transform communities, organizations and systems.
The National Day of Racial Healing provides an opportunity for individuals, communities and organizations to join together in acknowledging the values we share as people, build trust in one other, develop authentic relationships and inspire collective action to heal from the effects of racism.
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