TRHT Sessions

Pre-registration is required, space in limited! FREE

This workshop provides a high-level overview of the steps and components for being an effective Racial Healing Circle facilitator and is targeted to those practitioners who have participated in a training at the TRHT Institute and/or facilitated circles at their institutions. Racial Healing Circle practitioners will deepen their knowledge of the methodology to strengthen their facilitation skills in the practice. The learning objectives include a review of the core components of the Racial Healing Circle methodology, unpacking the intentions for each of the core components, and sharing ways to facilitate meaningful manifestations of these intentions in the circle space.

This discussion session will feature members of the SUNY Plattsburgh Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) staff, along with one or more members of the SUNY Plattsburgh TRHT Student Team. The focus will be on the implementation and benefits of a student-centered TRHT team. By involving students in a well-organized program that provides opportunities for them to have a voice in the development of healing circle prompts, locations, marketing, participation, and co-facilitation, the TRHT aims to broaden its impact and influence. Raising awareness and increasing participation among campus and community members in racial healing circles remain vital elements of the TRHT Campus Center.

This discussion session will utilize the TRHT framework to provide a platform for African American men working across student affairs, enrollment management, student support, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to share their experiences. The panelists will discuss the importance of mentoring, direct connection and support from leadership, and the impact of their work on issues related to diversity, equity, and student success. They will also share their recommendations for increasing the participation and retention of African American men in the profession. The discussion will be framed by a generational perspective defined by their tenure in the field.

We are bearing witness to, and directly experiencing, pervasive challenges to our collective racial healing and racial justice work in and around Texas. With stringent laws and institutional measures in place, Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) practitioners and leaders are working to ensure our impact remains, our institutional missions are achieved, and our communities experience the fullness of radical hope for a better future. Join three Texas higher education institutions as they discuss their truth, racial healing, and narrative change work and how they pivot in these challenging times.

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa's TRHT program aims to heal disconnects caused by racism and settler colonialism. Two faculty members from the NHIH program participated and will share their insights on the intersections between TRHT and NHIH. The program emphasizes exploring personal narratives and genealogy of truth, racial health, and transformation while looking to Hawaiian values and principles to guide academic work in public health.