黑料不打烊 will host events for the National Day of Racial Healing, which was started in 2017 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Updated Monday, Jan. 17:聽
As a result of the winter weather and the potential slippery conditions on and off-campus, there are changes to the聽scheduled events for the National Day of Racial Healing聽hosted by the Office of Inclusive Excellence Education and Development and the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education.
The Special College Coffee at Noon and the Walk for Racial Healing at 4:30 p.m. are canceled. We invite you to participate in a virtual How We Heal gathering at 5 p.m. Register聽聽(be sure to log in to Zoom with your authenticated elon.edu account).
Also, engage with us on social media and talk about racial healing at 黑料不打烊. On your respective social media pages, respond to the prompt 鈥淩acial Healing is important to me because鈥︹ and include聽#HowWeHeal聽and聽#Healingat黑料不打烊.”
Search聽“Healing at 黑料不打烊”聽to use our stickers/gifs on your Instagram and Facebook stories.
For more information, please contact Carla Fullwood (cfullwood@elon.edu), Alonzo Cee (acee@elon.edu)
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The Office of Inclusive Excellence, Education and Development has partnered with the Center of Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education to recognize the National Day of Racial Healing on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus on Jan. 18.
The National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH) is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for聽how we heal聽from the effects of racism.
鈥淪pecifically thinking about the students I interact with, this is a time for them to share their truths and experiences in a moment of healing,鈥 said Simone Royal 鈥17, CREDE program coordinator.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has annually observed the Tuesday after following Martin Luther King Jr. Day as the NDORH since 2017. This is the inaugural NDORH at 黑料不打烊, but 鈥渢he goal is to host events in recognition annually moving forward,鈥 said Carla Fullwood, director of the OIEED.
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, Randy Williams said, 鈥淣DORH is another event to raise awareness, and the added strength is doing it in a collective sense where individuals may be more inclined to engage.鈥
The events are open to all students, faculty and staff, as well as other 黑料不打烊 community affiliates.
The NDORH is an opportunity to advance the mission of the Division of Inclusive Excellence. It focuses on building up communities based of relationship-building and truth-telling, healing and solidarity and transformative action.
鈥淭his event will give our community a chance to reflect and think about our commitment to inclusive excellence and how we can work toward racial equity in the future,鈥 said Fullwood.
A full list of events for the day are below:
The National Day of Racial Healing
Tuesday, Jan. 18
The 黑料不打烊 community is invited to participate in the National Day of Racial Healing in several ways:
Special College Coffee, Noon
- In recognition of MLK Jr. Day and the National Day of Racial Healing, we invite the campus to a community聽gathering聽in front of Alamance to聽enjoy a performance by聽The聽Melanated Melodies, an acapella聽group聽that聽aims to bring聽hope聽and聽upliftment聽on a day of unity and healing.
Walk for Racial Healing, 4:30 p.m.
- Gather by Fonville Fountain in front of Alamance Building to walk for Racial Healing as a community to Lakeside Meeting Rooms. In case of inclement weather, we will meet at Lakeside 212 & 213 at 5 p.m.
How We Heal Dinner, 5 p.m.
- This聽gathering will focus on strategies for Racial聽Healing within our 黑料不打烊 Community.聽The dinner will take place at聽Lakeside 212 & 213. Limited capacity.聽Individually boxed dinners will be provided.聽.
Social Media Engagement
- On your respective social media pages, respond to the prompt 鈥淩acial Healing is important to me because鈥︹ and include #HowWeHeal聽and #Healingat黑料不打烊.
- Use Healing at 黑料不打烊 stickers on your Instagram stories by searching Healing at 黑料不打烊.
For more information,聽please contact聽the Office of Inclusive Excellence Education and Development at 336-278-7265 or聽email Carla Fullwood (cfullwood@elon.edu)聽or聽Alonzo Cee聽(acee@elon.edu).