(WNY News Now) – PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The SUNY Plattsburgh Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center will host a celebration of the 2024 National Day of Racial Healing Tuesday, Jan. 16 beginning with a keynote address at 10 a.m. in the Warren Ballrooms, Angell College Center.
The National Day of Racial Healing is an annual observance hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and was created with and builds on the work and learnings of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation community partners, including SUNY Plattsburgh.
It is hailed as a time to contemplate shared values, bringing all people together in a common humanity, inspiring a collective action to create a just and equitable world.
Held the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, SUNY Plattsburgh’s commemoration of the National Day of Racial Healing will include refreshments from 9:30 to 10 a.m. in the ballrooms followed by the opening address. Concurrent morning sessions run from 11 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 2 p.m. Topics include “Deconstructing Racial Narratives through Storytelling” and “Literature of Witness,” with healing circles being held during the afternoon session.
From noon to 1 p.m. will be lunch, networking and roundtable discussions on topics such as “Finding Common Ground,” “Eliminating Implicit Bias and Strengthening Principled Policing,” and “Breathwork, Centering Practices and Guided Meditation.”
A closing presentation, “Healing Soul Wounds,” will be held at 2 p.m. with final remarks beginning at 3 p.m.
A full schedule can be found here.
SUNY Plattsburgh’s celebration of the National Day of Racial Healing is free and open to the public. For more information, email diversity@plattsburgh.edu.
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