9th National Day of Racial Healing!

by Paige Hammond on behalf of Health Equity Initiative

Join us in observing the 9th National Day of Racial Healing which takes place today (Jan 21st, 2024). Started by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKFF) and its community partners, the National Day of Racial Healing encourages all  to have conversations about racial healing, racial equity and justice. This day emphasizes the importance of “speak[ing] openly and hear[ing] the truth about past wrongs and the negative impacts created by individual and systemic racism” (1). Health Equity Initiative has been a proud participant since the Day’s inception in 2017.

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As you observe the National Day of Racial Healing, we encourage you to look into resources related to racial healing and equity, including some of those included below. 

Resources

• Visit https://dayofracialhealing.org/, where you will find a number of resources, including the link to the new book How We Heal by LaJune Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Visit HEI’s Community Leaders Forums page, where you can listen to or read two of our reports focused on racial healing: 
  • Racial Healing and Health Equity: A Look at Promising Policies and Community-Driven Interventions (Part 1)
  • Racial Healing and Health Equity: Promising Policies and Community-Driven Interventions (Part 2) 

More Books on Health, Racial and Social Inequities and Their Root Causes : 

• We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker. Published by The New Press, 2006.
• Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Published by Random House, 2020. 

​To commit to action: Click here to sign HEI’s Racism is a Health Equity Issue Pledge!

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References:

1. National Day of Racial Healing. https://dayofracialhealing.org/ 
2. Health Equity Initiative. Community Leaders Forums. https://www.healthequityinitiative.org/community-leaders-forums.html