Racial Harmony – A third party neutral organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and communication among all races and groups.

View our latest newsletter here – The Accord – April 2024

Dear Members & Friends

Racial Harmony is a third party neutral organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and communication among all races and ethnic groups. Racial Harmony partners with other community organizations that share a similar mission, vision, and goals. The organization also co–sponsors annual events with several partners.

Information about Racial Harmony’s mission can be found in this downloadable flyer .

Our Goals:

• To communicate effectively the meaning and benefits of ethnic and racial harmony
• To promote and initiate strategies for increasing racial and ethnic understanding

Our Services:

• Mediation and Conflict Resolution
• Instruction and Training Workshops
• Cooperative Learning Programs
• Youth Development Seminars and Activities
• Guest Speaking

Our Partners:

Racial Harmony works in partnership with community leaders, area schools, churches and neighborhood associations in an effort to continue to provide the above programs and continuously work to develop additional programs that will promote understanding, cooperation and communication among all races and ethnic groups

YOUR Pledge:

“To assist Racial Harmony to provide services and programs to promote the understanding, cooperation and communication among all races and ethnic groups for the betterment of our community, our children and our future.”

Racial Harmony is a not–for–profit 501(C) dedicated to making a difference through mediation, teaching, training, and cooperative learning.

Join our organization as a member for as little as $15* annually

Get involved with our many local events benefitting racial harmony.

Racial Harmony Expanding Its Board of Directors

Is DEI your passion? It’s our mission. Racial Harmony is a 501c3 third party neutral organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and communication among all races and ethnic groups. We seek to build more inclusive communities that welcome all people to learn and grow together via positive interaction and respectful dialogue. We are expanding our Board of Directors. If our mission is your passion, we’d love to know more about you. Please visit https://bit.ly/RacialHarmonyBoardLOI to tell us about yourself and how you can contribute to Racial Harmony’s missions and vision.

Racial Harmony 2024 Scholarship Application Period Now Closed

The 2024 Racial Harmony Scholarship application period has closed. Please check back for information regarding the 2025 scholarship. The 2025 Racial Harmony Scholarship application period will open February 23, 2025, and close on April 15, 2025.

2023 RACIAL HARMONY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

The Center for Racial Harmony proudly announces Myles McGee as the winner of its $1000 2023 scholarship award.

Myles is a 2023 graduate of Althoff Catholic High School in Belleville, Illinois and will be attending McKendree University this Fall majoring in Psychology. Myles is also a two-time Racial Harmony Award Nominee having received the award in 2019 from Our Lady Queen of Peace School and Church and in 2020 from Althoff.

When asked how he saw himself promoting our diversity mission, Myles responded in essay, “I’ve many times heard the quote “To whom much is given, much is required”. When you look at that quote and quantify “given”, to many youth like myself whose family is not the most affluent, there may seem to be a disconnect. However, when the context of “given” is redefined as a quality, each of us has a responsibility to require more of ourselves.

The Gathering 2024

Each year, Racial Harmony, an organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and communication among all races and ethnic groups, holds an annual Gathering in February. The primary function of the Racial Harmony Gathering is to honor students who have promoted goodwill and respect and have sought peaceful ways to resolve differences.

Area K-12 Educators were invited to nominate one (1) student from their school to be recognized at our annual awards celebration, The Gathering.

On Sunday, February 25, 2024, Center for Racial Harmony recognized 60 area student as this year’s honorees.