Welcome back to midday.
You guys 1113 on the clock
here with us this morning.
Next Monday we celebrate the memory
of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior.
He is an icon of the American Civil
rights movement and envision a
world with equal justice for all.
His contributions are undeniable.
We all know that,
but there's still so much work to be done.
That's why every year the day after MLK Day,
we come together for the National Day
of Racial Healing to build on his dream,
joining us now to talk about
how you can mark the day is the
executive director of Dallas.
Truth, racial healing and transformation.
Good morning. The Mr Jerry Hawkins.
How you doing today?
Doing well happy Founders Day to you as well.
Thank you very much. Hey Jerry
again I appreciate you coming on.
Let's talk about #1 what this day means.
The National Day of Racial Healing
is a day created by Doctor GAIL
Christopher and many other folks
who were working at the WK Kellogg
Foundation in efforts to set a day
aside for us to acknowledge the deep
racial divisions we have in our country,
but to focus on our common humanity.
People in the United States are
still dealing with what we call
the hierarchy of human value,
where people are treated different
and placed in different places
in society based on who they are
and what they look like and where
they live and their zip code.
And we celebrate the National Day of
Racial Healing by setting aside a day
saying that we're going to commit to
our individual and community healing,
particularly when it comes to
issues of race and racism.
And that we're going to focus on what
is common in all of us as human beings.
And I love that you guys obviously
are paying tribute with this day,
but you do this work year round.
Talk about your organization and that
work that you guys are always doing.
That's right, so Dallas truth,
racial healing and transformation is an
initiative that focuses on radical inclusion
of the city of Dallas and now Fort Worth.
But we want our communities to
focus on issues of race and racism,
and dismantling that hierarchy of human
value through the TRHE framework,
which includes narrative change,
relationship building and
equitable policies and practices.
We have our program,
our flagship program called
Racial Equity Now,
which is in its third year.
We have served over 30 organizations
and giving out $300,000 in grants for
organizations like United Way and Leadership,
ISD and so many others to work
on issues of race and racism
in our community and to create
program and projects that live far
beyond their space in the cohort.
We also have a black women in nonprofit
program that focuses very directly
on the issues of black women face
in the nonprofit sector in Dallas,
Fort Worth and so many more
other initiatives.
Yeah, and I know folks who will be
anxious to learn more about those.
So Dallas thrt.org is where
they can find that information.
But you have two virtual
events coming up on Tuesday.
How can people get involved in those?
Yeah, so they can go to our website
at Dallas TR ht.org we are featuring
a keynote from Mariam Kaba who is
a order or organizer and author of
a New York Times bestselling book
about Hope. As a practice.
We are also featuring the mahogany seat,
which is a great new experiential
podcast about workplace racial trauma,
featuring Jerry Bradley and Christina Dove,
and that is one of the.
Great initiatives of our Community
Innovation Lab which we just started,
and so I'm really excited about that.
Please go to our website or check
out our social media.
You're gonna have to hook me up
with the girls for the mahogany.
See 'cause I'm looking forward to that.
I saw you guys post about it.
I was like this is my area.
Let's talk about it Jerry.
So please make sure we make that connection.
You heard Jerry mentioned at their website.
Dallastrht.org.
That's where you can find more information.
Jerry Hawkins.
Thank you so much for
joining us this morning.