1. Do you understand systemic and historical underpinnings of racial inequities in our society today? You can study how racial inequity is showing up in your county through the website, www.racecounts.org.
  2. Consider what you can do. Transform your mindset that racial inequities are someone else’s problem or that there’s nothing you as an individual can do about it. Read Dr. King’s Nobel Prize Acceptance speech for some inspiration and motivation. The hierarchy of human value continues to undermine true racial equity for each of us. We all have a role in undoing it.  Also, read “How you can be an ally in the fight for racial justice” by DeRay McKesson.
  3. Take action to promote racial healing and racial equity in your family, your job, your place of worship, or anywhere else. Volunteer with an organization uplifting communities of color. Have a courageous conversation with someone important to you about racism. Visit an elected official and ask them to use their power to address contemporary manifestations of racism.

Read the full article on racial healing by Chris Punongbayan at Northern California Grantmakers.