National Day of Racial Healing Letter Writing Campaign

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:57:52 -0500

UMBC leaders and community support Congressional resolution for national racial healing work.

OEI would like to promote this Shriver Center event happening today at 12pm. For more details and information, please consult the original event post shared by the Shriver Center.

"The National Day of Racial Healing is on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021. This annual observance was first introduced by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on January 17th, 2017 and has been celebrated every year since. The goal of the day is to promote racial healing and equity through collective action. To learn more, visit https://healourcommunities.org/about/

As a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center, we are honoring the day by welcoming you to join our letter writing campaign regarding the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Congressional Resolution, also known as S. Con. Res. 50. Introduced by Senator Cory Booker, this concurrent resolution calls for the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT).

Through our letter writing campaign, we encourage you to voice your thoughts on the TRHT resolution by writing letters to your senators. During the first hour of the event, you will have the chance to learn more about the resolution as well as the TRHT work that is happening on campus and in the surrounding community. The last 30 minutes will be an optional space for you to work through the thoughts and experiences that you would like to include in your letter with the facilitators.

We hope to see you there!

National Day of Racial Healing

Letter Writing Campaign

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

12:30-2pm

via Webex

To join the event, please use the Webex link below:

Join Webex meeting

ID: 1203608224

Password: vErMW6MP

(US) +1 202-860-2110 (toll)

Access code: 120 360 822 4

1203608224@umbc.webex.com

For more info, contact or Briscoe Turner at bris2@umbc.edu or Frank Anderson at afrank3@umbc.edu. See the attached flyer!

In 2017, the Shriver Center received funding from American Association of Colleges and Universities to create a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center. Under the leadership of the Shriver Center’s Choice Program, the Shriver Center is working to become an anti-racist organization."