Purpose and Goals of the Center for Healing Racism

With the avowed purpose of healing racism, the Center established the goals that would guide this achievement. These goals call for the creation of a safe and accepting environment in which people can explore issues of racism, recognize manifestations of racism, examine assumptions and beliefs about racism, understand the impact of racism on themselves and others, and receive the support and encouragement to begin the healing process. In addition, the Center recognizes the benefits derived from active coalition building with other groups and associations that share a commitment to racial justice.

1. To create for all people a safe environment in which to explore the Issues of racism and Its  
     social, emotional, and spiritual repercussions
2. To recognize racism in its various manifestations, including the most blatant forms of
     bigotry to  its most subtle, unaware, and sometimes passive forms
3. To examine attitudes, assumptions, feelings, and beliefs about people of color and their |
     cultures and to identify methods by which society has conditioned both whites and people
     of color with misinformation
4. To assist european americans to discover how racism has affected their lives, to become
     sensitized to the experiences of people of color, to unlearn racist patterns, and to empower
     themselves to interrupt racist remarks and attitudes
5. To provide an accepting and supportive atmosphere for people of color to heal the hurts
     they have suffered as a result of the oppression of racism
6. To make available educational opportunities for people of all ages to obtain accurate
     information about the history and rich heritage of people of color
7. To build coalitions and associations with other groups and individuals who share a
     commitment to racial justice

The Tenets of Healing Racism: 1. Racism, as a disease woven into the moral and spiritual      fiber of american society, obscures the possibility of     establishing the reality of that oneness 2. Racism violates the dignity of humankind, retards the     unfolding of the potentialities of its victims, corrupts its     perpetrators, and blights human progress 3. The patterns of thinking and behaving that constitute     racism have been learned and can be unlearned 4. Racism is iarked by an Imbalance in Eeonomic, political,     and social power in favor of some , ethnic, and cultural     groups at the expense of others 5. An increase in awareness of the development and     perpetuation of racism will lead to its elimination and the     development of a just and peaceful world 6. The struggle against racism must, first and foremost, be     waged in the heart
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