What is racial healing?
Racial healing is at the heart of racial equity.
Racism affects all of us, whether we are aware of it or not. It affects our ability to know, relate to and value one another. Embedded in every one of our systems, racism is one of the biggest obstacles to solving the challenges we face in our communities.
Creating a brighter future starts with racial healing – a process that restores individuals and communities to wholeness. It’s about bringing communities together; building relationships based on truth-telling, trust and mutual respect; and laying the groundwork to take transformative action together.
Participate in Racial Healing
The National Day of Racial Healing is held each year on the Tuesday following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Communities, businesses, organizations and schools across the country honor the day in a variety of creative ways – all to bring people together in deeper connection.
The action kits below can help you bring racial healing into your community year-round and begin planning your National Day of Racial Healing 2023 event.
Bring racial healing to your community
Start the dialogue on racial healing in your community by using our conversation guide and additional resources.
Learn how to create and engage in racial healing conversations
Inspire your peers and community to take meaningful action.
Spark conversation and change with your students
Inspire your students to stand up for racial equity and speak out against racism.
Get the word out in your community and invest in racial healing
Engage your community and peer funders and support racial healing.
Be a hub for conversations about racial healing
Create space for conversations about racial healing, equity and transformation in your community.
Illuminate a path for racial healing in your organization
Find ideas to connect the spirit of faith to the heart of racial equity.
Lead your organization down the path of racial healing
Advocate for racial healing within your organization and sector and engage colleagues and co-workers in conversations about racial equity and transformation.
Build community power through art
Explore how artists, culture-bearers, media-makers and journalists support racial healing, change narratives and influence perspectives.
Learn about the ways that racism impacts health
Break down barriers to health equity and build a more equitable workforce in the field.
For Everyone
Bring racial healing to your community.
Start the dialogue on racial healing in your community by using our conversation guide and additional resources.
Students
Educators
Inspire your students to stand up for racial equity and speak out against racism.
Philanthropy
Get the word out in your community and invest in racial healing
Engage your community and peer funders and support racial healing.
libraries
Faith & Spiritual ambassadors
Business Leaders
Advocate for racial healing within your organization and sector and engage colleagues and co-workers in conversations about racial equity and transformation.
Arts, Culture and Media
Health Equity
Break down barriers to health equity and to build a more equitable workforce in the field.
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