Do Something

Do Something


1. Attend a Healing Racism Seminar

	What is a Healing Racism Seminar?
		This two-day workshop is an essential part of the Healing Racism experience. For most participants, it is their first experience, the beginning of their racial healing. It is designed to generate hope and optimism that the disease of racism can be healed. At its end, most participants find themselves at the threshold of hope, peering at the pathway to healing and wanting to make the journey.



		The workshops intentionally include participants of diverse ethnic groups. Part of the healing therapy involves sensing the true feelings of other participants who have been infected or wounded by racism. When that happens over an extended period of time, compassion replaces suspicion, contentment replaces insecurity, knowledge replaces ignorance, anger dissipates, and bonding occurs between people who once distrusted one another.



		The two seminar facilitators have experienced the same transformation that participants are experiencing. They share their emotions with participants and ensure a non-confrontational atmosphere. They also guide the discussion, providing information about the oneness of humankind and revealing truths about our culture of which most are unaware. Participants share their feelings, experiences, and respond to what they are learning with one another in a non-confrontational way. All comments, opinions, and ideas are respected. Through this combination of learning and dialogue, and sharing and listening with open hearts and minds in a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere, trust and understanding emerge.



		The National Resource Center sponsors these seminars throughout the year. To learn more about Healing Racism Seminars, contact NRCHR at 1-269-963-9450.


2. Examine and identify prejudice in advertising

	Are you aware of the stereotypes often present in advertising and the media?
		To learn about stereotypes and prejudice, take this 'Slide Tour of Prejudice.' The tour consists of a series of advertisements. For each advertisement, your job is to identify whether prejudice is involved, and if it is, to explain why. To maintain privacy, your answers will be stored in a password protected format. In no case will your answers be shared with others. When completing the Slide Tour, answer as honestly as possible. When you're finished, take some time to learn more about stereotypes by checking out the websites and on-line documents in our Stereotypes ResourcesStereotypes Section, then retake the tour to see how your thinking has changed (after the second tour, you will be given a side-by-side comparison).



		The Slide Tour usually takes about 20 minutes to complete. To take the slide tour, Click Here.


3. Take Action to Make America more Inclusive

	Do you want to create a more inclusive community?
		An action guide from the National Conference for Community and Justice's Faith Leaders Initiative suggests ten important ways to make America a more inclusive and just society - on a personal level, a community level, and a state and national level.

4. Support The NRCHR

You can support the National Resource Center for the Healing of Racism by making a financial contribution and/or by volunteering with the NRCHR. For more information contact: Program Director Tom Renton at trenton@nrchr.org.