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Learn how TRHT Campus Centers address historical & contemporary racism effects to bring sustainable changes for students & communities.

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  1. An increasing aversion to difference and rising racial incidents have left colleges and universities with the challenge of how to affect change and to heal from the legacies and harms of racism. This webinar will discuss the efforts of the first ten Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers in addressing the historical and contemporary effects of racism to bring about transformative and sustainable change for our students, in our communities, and across our country.

  2. Webinar Speakers Stephanie Hawley Associate Vice President, Office of Equity and Inclusion, Austin Community College shawley@austincc.edu Moderator Tia Brown McNairVice President for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success,AAC&U mcnair@aacu.org Kaiwipuni Lipe Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoakaiwipun@hawaii.edu David Everett Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, Hamline Universitydeverett01@hamline.edu Sharon Stroye Director of Public Engagement for the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University– Newarkshockada@newark.rutgers.edu

  3. Use Q&A for: Panel discussion Use Chat for: Technology support #TRHTCampusCenter Slides and recording will be posted online: www.aacu.org/webinar/trht19

  4. Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) • Launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2016, TRHT is a national and community based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

  5. The TRHT Campus Centers Effort • With initial funding support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation, AAC&U is working currently with ten higher education institutions to develop TRHT Campus Centers to prepare the next generation of strategic leaders and critical thinkers to break down racial hierarchies and dismantle the belief in the hierarchy of human value. • AAC&U’s goal is to partner with at least 150 higher education institutions to develop self-sustaining, community-integrated TRHT Campus Centers.

  6. The First Ten TRHT Campus Centers • Austin Community College • Brown University • Duke University • Hamline University • Millsaps College • Rutgers University – Newark • Spelman College • The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina • University of Hawai’i at Mānoa • University of Maryland – Baltimore County

  7. The TRHT Framework

  8. Racial Healing Circles • Racial healing circles are the centerpiece of the TRHT framework. The goal of a healing circle is to encourage empathy among a diverse group of participants through active listening and storytelling. • “Racial healing practitioners encourage (but do not force) participants to share stories in pairs, using tailored prompts and questions that elicit stories of empowerment and agency.”1 Dr. Gail Christopher, Founder of the Ntianu Center for Healing and Nature.

  9. Racial Healing Circles • Additional resource on Racial Healing Circles: “Restoring to Wholeness: Racial Healing for Ourselves, Our Relationships and Our Communities,”W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

  10. Goals & Objectives of the TRHT Campus Centers • Develop and implement visionary action plans: • To create a positive narrative about race in the community. • To promote racial healing activities on campus and in the community. • To erase structural barriers to equal treatment and opportunity within the economic, legal, educational, and residential components of the community.

  11. Goals & Objectives of the TRHT Campus Centers • To identify and examine current realities of race relations in their community and the local history that has led to those realities. • To envision what their community will look, feel, and be like when the belief in a racial hierarchy has been jettisoned. • To pinpoint key leverage points for change, key stakeholders, and others who must be engaged.

  12. 2019 TRHT Campus Centers Institute • The TRHT Campus Centers Institute will be held June 25–28, 2019 at Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. • The Institute will be followed by a Preparation Process for New Racial Healing Practitioners on June 28–29, 2019. • The deadline to apply is March 14, 2019. • For more information about the Institute and how to apply visit: https://www.aacu.org/events/summerinstitutes/trht/2019

  13. AAC&U TRHT Resources • Additional information and resources on the TRHT Campus Centers effort can be accessed on AAC&U’s website at https://www.aacu.org/trht-campus-centers, including: • The vision statements of the first ten TRHT Campus Centers. • An article in AAC&U’s publication Diversity & Democracy by Dr. Gail Christopher titled: “Racial Healing Circles: Empathy and Liberal Education.” • Videos documenting the TRHT project kickoff meeting and the inaugural TRHT Campus Centers Institute.

  14. Stephanie Hawley Associate Vice President, Office of Equity and Inclusion Austin Community College shawley@austincc.edu

  15. Austin Community College “Changing the Austin Community College and Central Texas Racial Narrative” Dr. Stephanie Hawley, Associate Vice President, Office of Equity and Inclusion

  16. Vision Austin Community College envisions a community where race ethnicity, and other human differences are no longer predictors of success and well-being in any sector of the community. This includes the elimination of barriers (policies, practices, attitudes, and cultural messages) that reinforce differential outcomes.

  17. Mission The Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center focuses on eliminating system-inflicted trauma and its long-term deleterious impacts.

  18. Excavating Our Racial Past • History Subcommittee (College faculty, staff, and community members) conducted research • Developed timeline of racial history of the college service area for the 11 campuses in Central Texas • Focus on education, law, and separation • Relevant information will be used to inform and promote culturally responsive instruction at ACC and integrated in the TRHT Campus Center’s workshops, training sessions, and seminars

  19. Racial Healing Story Interviews • Discovering ACC and the Central Texas baseline narrative • 140 student, staff, faculty, and community members • Black, Brown, and White, ages 18–89 • Identifying themes and patterns in stories • Selected audio recordings will be available in the TRHT Campus Center and on the website

  20. Racial Healing Circles and Relationship-Building • 26 Circles • 11 trained facilitators • Building cross-racial relationships • Students connecting with the staff and community • Formerly incarcerated students organized a student support and community service organization • Partners will begin scheduling healing circles in their organizations and agencies in late spring and fall

  21. Sharon Stroye Director of Public Engagement for the School of Public Affairs and Administration Rutgers University– Newarkshockada@newark.rutgers.edu

  22. Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Center @ Rutgers University – Newark Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders to Confront Racism by Leveraging Resources of all Communities

  23. Rutgers University – NewarkVision Statement The TRHT Campus Center at Rutgers University – Newark (RU-N) will foster and strengthen the collective knowledge and wisdom of the diverse communities in and of the City of Newark. Drawing on the methodologies and strategies of the humanities and the arts within a social justice framework, RU-N and our community partners will engage in an arc of interactive programming designed to change the narrative about race and race relations in Newark and beyond. The Center will also leverage and support new and existing RU-N and city-wide initiatives to effectively respond to economic and social disparities in our communities and promote equitable growth.

  24. Rutgers Newark: An Anchor Institution“not just In Newark, but Of Newark” Rutgers University – Newark is a diverse, urban public research university part of the Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey system and located in the city of Newark, the state’s largest city and cultural capital of New Jersey. Anchor Institution Strategic Priorities: • Building Strong Educational Pathways for Increased Postsecondary Attainment • Strong Healthy and Safe Neighborhoods • Promoting and Leveraging the Arts & Culture • Science and the Urban Environment • Entrepreneurship and Economic Development • Honors Living-Learning Community

  25. TRHT Center & RU-N Goalswww.trhtcenterinnewark.org Implementation Narrative Change Narrative Change Economy & Separation Racial Healing & Relationship Building Law Sustainability

  26. TRHT Center @ RU-N Timeline: • August 2017 – Received 30K Planning Grant from AAC&U and 30K Matching Grant from Office of the Chancellor, Nancy Cantor • Sept – Dec 2017 - Established TRHT Advisory Committee (Executive Administration, RU-N Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community Partners) • Feb. 2018 – City-wide Announcement of TRHT Center @ RU-N • November 2018 – TRHT Centers Open in Newark Public Library Branch Locations • 25 TRHT@RU-N Sponsored Events since January 2018 • 10 Racial Healing Circles since July 2018 • 3TRHT@RU-N Interns established Racial Healing Programming for Students (i.e ImVisible Program for Undocumented HS and College Students

  27. TRHT Center @ RU-N Action Plan: TRHT Partners: • Newark Public Library • New Jersey Institute for Social Justice • Mayor’s Office, City of Newark • Newark Public School District • New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) • Leadership Newark, • Rutgers University – Newark Departments (Office of Chancellor, School of Public Affairs & Administration, Office of Student Life & Leadership, LGBTQ Diversity & Resource Center, Honors Living-Learning Community, Office of University & Community Partnerships, Newark City Learning Collaborative) Implementation Steps for Partners: • TRHT@ RU-N Presentations & Workshops • Hired Social Media Coordinator • Weekly Meetings  Monthly Updates • Coordinate Academic & Event Calendars to Reduce “Silo” Operations • Assign Projects to RU-N Departments or Community Partners • Understand and Leverage Resources to Support TRHT Framework

  28. TRHT Center @ RU-N: Importance of Institutional Support • Rutgers University – Newark partners with educational, political, cultural, and business leaders for a coordinated anchor institution approach • 30K Matching Grant for TRHT Center • Received 25K Grant from Lumina Foundation Fund for Racial Justice and Equity (Leverage non-traditional pedagogical practices to increase student learning) • Established Institutional Funding Opportunities: • Initiative for Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Business Research Teams (IHASSRT) – (TRHT Center working with Dept. of Social Work research on implicit bias interaction with students of color) • Express Newark, RU-N arts incubator space awarded 16K grant to Newark filmmaker to complete production of short film. TRHT Center will host theme-based community screenings • Monthly Strategic Initiative Meetings w/Chancellor & Executive Leadership Team

  29. Kaiwipuni Lipe Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoakaiwipun@hawaii.edu

  30. In the not so distant past...

  31. 2019 Over 90% of our food is imported

  32. Why the drastic change in our ability to feed ourselves as a community and in our ability to care for our island home? Racism

  33. Our Vision Statement The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) envisions a Hawai‘i in which each individual, family, and community—irrespective of race— can recognize their collective and interdependent kuleana—as right, responsibility, and privilege—to properly care for our environments.

  34. “Pledge allegiance to our earth”

  35. Our Current Approach

  36. Seize the Opportunities • Strategic Plan • Accreditation document (Design by Kaimana Chock & Allyson Franco)

  37. Campus Tours Researching and sharing the untold stories of: —People —Places —Communities

  38. Healing & Transforming Together • Student & Community • (Spring 2019) • Staff/Faculty & Community (Summer 2019) • Administration & Community (Fall 2019) Kū Makani Cohorts

  39. Community Learning Exchange 2020 (Guajardo, Guajardo, Janson, & Militello, 2016) • Sub-set of Kū Makani cohort members • Long-term TRHT plan for UH Mānoa

  40. Jettison racism, pledge allegiance to the earth

  41. David Everett Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Hamline Universitydeverett01@hamline.edu

  42. TRHT Vision Statement Hamline University’s vision for a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center is to create inclusive convening spaces for intergroup conversation, dialogue, and learning that incorporates conversation into individual and institutional action to create sustainable change for racial understanding and equity.

  43. Components of Framework

  44. What We DID • Kick-Off event took place during the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration • Day-long Campus Center Circle Facilitation training in collaboration with the YWCA Minneapolis • Campus Center sponsored an event as part of Social Justice Week to view the documentary “Mankiller” which tells the story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee nation • Held a ‘TRHT Circle’ event that featured an opportunity for Hamline community members to actively listen to two women, one White and one Afro-Latina, in conversation with one another about racial difference • Partnership with a TRHT place in St. Paul

  45. What We DISCOVERED • Different understanding/perspective of “truth” • Campus need for healing, understanding & dialogue • Lack of opportunities for collective gathering • Sense of anxiety & lack of capacity • Counter & oppositional to higher education culture—narrative of competition for scarcity of resources

  46. What We’re DOING • Breaking down “silos” & “silo thinking” • Expanding internal/external Campus Center constituencies • Building awareness & visibility of TRHT Campus Center • Furthering partnerships w/Hamline Elementary, Hamline Midway Library & Hamline United Methodist Church • 3 Healing Circles – “What Does Healing Look Like?” (campus, community, nation) • Issued mini-grants across campus inviting multiple areas to connect current work with TRHT initiative • Hosting “Changing Racial Narratives in Social Media” conference (6 organizations)

  47. Questions?

  48. Webinar Speakers Stephanie Hawley Associate Vice President, Office of Equity and Inclusion, Austin Community College shawley@austincc.edu Moderator Tia Brown McNairVice President for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success,AAC&U mcnair@aacu.org Kaiwipuni Lipe Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoakaiwipun@hawaii.edu David Everett Associate Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, Hamline Universitydeverett01@hamline.edu Sharon Stroye Director of Public Engagement for the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University– Newarkshockada@newark.rutgers.edu

  49. Use Q&A for: Panel discussion Use Chat for: Technology support #TRHTCampusCenter Slides and recording will be posted online: www.aacu.org/webinar/trht19

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