View our latest newsletter here – The Accord – March 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 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 Opening Soon
Racial Harmony is excited to open its application for the $1,000 Racial Harmony Scholarship. The application opend on Sunday, February 25, 2024, and it will close on April 15, 2024. The Racial Harmony Scholarship application can be completed online at https://bit.ly/RacialHarmonyScholarship.
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.
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.
Racial Harmony Events & Happenings
Interested in collaborating with Center for Racial Harmony?
Contact us by email at centerforracialharmony@gmail.com.
Virtual Forum:
Reparations – Pros & Cons Part III
June 17, 2021 Recording
Board of Directors
Donna M. Moody
President
Johnnie Anthony
Jeff Bair
Zach Bair
Jerril Jones
Vice President/Secretary
Jeffry Couch
Pamela Dorsey
Gary Gaston
Paula Badger
Treasurer
Cheryl Gray
Janet Greenlee
Cheryl Hillman
Curtis Louise Paradise
Parliamentarian
Kenneth Johnson
Alaysia Mitchell
Raymond Paradise
Robert E. Wells Jr.
Ambassador
Yolandea Wood
* Student rep