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Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> has been invited to partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in a new initiative aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation<\/a> in the United States.<\/p>\n

The goal of the multi-year project, which has garnered significant pledges of financial and moral support from a number of prominent organizations, is \u201cto address and transform present inequities linked to historic and contemporary beliefs in racial hierarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n

More importantly, this movement \u2013 called the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) initiative \u2013 comes when polling data<\/a> demonstrates that for the first time, a majority of white citizens acknowledge that more needs to be done to eliminate racism and to elevate black Americans, and Americans of other races, to equal status with whites. The percentage of white Americans who think race relations are fairly good has dropped significantly since 2008, according to Gallup.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt CJP, we\u2019ve been working towards the goal of racial reconciliation and healing for many years,\u201d says Executive Director Daryl Byler<\/a>. \u201cSocial change movements are successful when they combine grass-roots ownership, effective leadership, adequate resources and the \u2018right moment\u2019 in history.\u00a0 The Kellogg-led effort appears to have all these ingredients. We are thrilled to be part of this enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coming To The Table<\/a>, a CJP affiliate focused on racial healing by bringing together descendants of slaves and slave owners, is also a partner. Another group with CJP connections among the partners is Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth<\/a> (RJOY), led by Fania Davis<\/a>, who will teach at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More than 70 partners have been named, only three of which are linked to institutions of higher education: CJP, the Northeastern School of Journalism<\/a> and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation<\/a> at University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n

The initiative \u201caligns well with EMU\u2019s mission and ethos,\u201d says Provost Fred Kniss<\/a>. \u201cWe have a number of faculty with scholarly and practical experience who will be able to contribute their expertise, and we have a critical mass of undergraduate and graduate students who will also be energized by these goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The initiative is currently collecting input through working groups. CJP staff and faculty involved in this first stage include Byler, Professor Johonna Turner<\/a> and Professor Carl Stauffer<\/a>, who is also co-director of the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cKellogg leadership are building consensus and collecting input in the design stage with working groups that address broad topics,\u201d says Byler. \u201cThe input will determine the shape and location of the healing events and the hearings that will enable voices and perspectives in local communities to be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jayne Docherty<\/a>, CJP program director, anticipates more of the center\u2019s faculty and staff will be involved as specific activities and conversations take shape. \u201cI anticipate that CJP will be involved on several levels, both locally but also in other work we\u2019re involved in with restorative justice and trauma resilience around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

CJP\u2019s connection to the Kellogg Foundation has deep roots. It began in 2006 with a successful grant application that aided in the formation of Coming To The Table. Lately, CJP has been working with Kellogg in a restorative justice project in urban schools, which again strengthened ties.<\/p>\n

\u201cKellogg is looking at the big picture and has found some significant partners to aid in their goal of long-term systemic change. They\u2019re also looking to engage with much of the ongoing truth and healing work that is going on already around the country,\u201d said Byler.<\/p>\n

One of those efforts, which pre-dates the Kellogg partnership, is being explored in February at a meeting which will bring together representatives from the three co-sponsors, RJOY, Coming To The Table and the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Davis, the founder of RJOY and an Alabama native, has been delving into the concept of a national truth and reconciliation process for years; in fact, she\u2019ll co-teach a course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute on the topic with Stauffer, who worked on the South African truth and reconciliation process after apartheid.<\/p>\n

The vice president of Kellogg\u2019s TRHT commission, Gail Christopher, is slated to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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