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Racial Equity NOW

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BACKGROUND

Awarded in 2017 as a Kellogg Foundation place-based program, Dallas TRHT is a community-based organization focused on planning for and bringing about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism. Dallas TRHT’s mission is to create a radically inclusive city by addressing race and racism through narrative change, relationship building and equitable policies and practices with a vision of a Dallas where no North and South divisions exist in terms of race, wealth, arts, culture, health, safety, education and opportunity, and communities actively, honestly and openly acknowledge, repair and heal from its past and present racial inequities.

A hierarchy of human value is embedded in the policies and practices of organizations who have not engaged in racial equity work. This lack of awareness in organizations can contribute to already overwhelming racial disparities marginalized communities face daily. This problem is heightened within the nonprofit sector and is a necessity for organizations that serve or want to serve communities of color facing racial inequities and disparities. To move towards equity, organizations must address the unacknowledged historical oppression/inequities, and develop a common understanding in relation to current conditions, and works towards developing equitable strategies.

RACIAL EQUITY NOW COHORT

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Partnering with the W. W. Caruth, Jr. Fund, to support, educate and build capacity for the community on the necessity of racial equity and policy implementation, Dallas TRHT will be hosting the Racial Equity NOW Cohort for 2019-2020. The Cohort is designed to provide organizations and their leadership with training/information sharing, case study presentations, policy review and development, outcomes development and site visit.

2019-2020 Racial Equity NOW Organizations

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A New Year

Copyright © 2021 · Dallas Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation. Website Powered by SD Media.

Please join us in welcoming our newest #DallasTRHT Please join us in welcoming our newest #DallasTRHT team members, Imani Daniel and Marta Torres! 

Imani Daniel, Racial Justice Administrative Manager, comes to DTRHT with 20+ years experience as an administrative professional. She is a creative conceptor with a left-brain balance that can (and will) finesse the details. With deep experience as the executive and personal assistant to C-level executives, professional athletes and Creatives she knows what it takes to keep projects on track, seamlessly bringing them across the finish line. Her passions and convictions are paramount to her life pursuits; faith, justice and creating community are chief among them.

Marta Torres, Manager of Partnerships and Transformation, comes to Dallas TRHT with a multidisciplinary background in Education. She received a Master of Arts in Art Education, from Caribbean University in 2016, and a Bachelors of Art in History from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey in 2014. In the last five years, she has created educational content for all ages as a Museum Educator and Coordinator in various esteemed institutions in the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. Marta is particularly focused in creating interactive and engaging educational content, as well as establishing open lines of communication between our Racial Equity NOW cohorts, administration and community partners. She has experience in management, team building, public speaking, community outreach, professional development, and company collaboration. Marta is currently pursuing her Doctorates Degree in Education with Baylor University. Three fun facts about Marta: She can sing, is very much into Musical Theatre and loves karaoke.
Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation is Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation is proud to announce the inaugural Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership Cohort. Supported by community partners of Dallas, the Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership Cohort was developed to support Black women who are recognized as top leaders within the nonprofit sector offering innovative strategies and leadership making great impact for the communities they serve, but often times passed over for new jobs or promotions in favor of others—including men of color, white women, and white men—with comparable or even lower credentials.

These challenges require a call to action where Black women can come to develop professionally and personally, build network with one another and within the sector, and have a safe healing space that provides opportunity for courageous conversations and the ability to turn-off the code switch often required to be successful in the nonprofit sector.

Beginning January 21st, our Black women leaders will be participating in a 12-month cohort that provides training, education and support on issues related to mental health and Black women navigating the nonprofit sector.

Welcome to these amazing women leaders. #DallasTRHT #HowWeHeal #BWNP2021
In 2020, we all experienced one of the most impact In 2020, we all experienced one of the most impactful years of our lifetimes. Our collective loss during this pandemic has only been exacerbated by the racial disparities in COVID-19 infection rates, hospitalizations, recovery, testing, deaths and now vaccinations.

2020's Presidential election has further exposed the racism that continues to divide the United States, complete with racist policies and statements directly from the White House.

We also have had to repeatedly reckon with racism and violence from institutions, particularly policing, as we all witnessed the traumatic events that took George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and so many others away from us.

The common theme in all these events is racism. The questions I challenge myself with are "what will I do about it?" and "what will we do about it?"

2020 has made clear the work we have to recommit to in 2021. We have seen statues come down and names be changed, but we have so much more to do. In 2021, Dallas TRHT is growing our staff, expanding our work and reach, and we are fervently committed to the radically inclusive work of racial equity and racial healing. Join Dallas TRHT and recommit to learning and creating more expansive narratives, building relationships and community healing, and creating the world we all need through racially equitable policies and practices!

This work is for all of us to do.

Jerry Hawkins (@jerryleehawkins)
Executive Director
#DallasTRHT #HowWeHeal
Join #DallasTRHT on January 19th, 2021 for the Nat Join #DallasTRHT on January 19th, 2021 for the National Day of Racial Healing as we explore what the City of Dallas can do as a community to heal from historical and contemporary racist policies and practices.

Featuring Nikole-Hannah Jones, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of The 1619 Project, New York Times Magazine Staff Writer, MacArthur Genius, and Winner of the National Magazine Award.

The link to register for this free virtual event is in our bio. #howweheal #ndorh2021
#flashbackfriday to our very first Racial Equity N #flashbackfriday to our very first Racial Equity NOW 2019 cohort session. To support and educate the community on the necessity of racial equity training, understanding and policy implementation, Dallas TRHT will be hosting TWO Racial Equity NOW Cohorts for 2020-2021, including a new one for businesses/corporations. Learn more at the link in our bio. #howweheal #dallastrht #renow2021