Organization Details:

The Center For The Healing Of Racism

The Center for the Healing of Racism serves as a catalyst for the healing of racism through the education and empowerment of individuals.

Description:
The Center has established the following goals:

-To create for all people a safe environment in which to explore the issues of racism and its social, emotional and spiritual repercussions.
-To recognize racism in its various manifestations, including the most blatant forms of bigotry to its most subtle, unaware and sometimes passive forms.
-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.
-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.
-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.
-To make available educational opportunities for people of all ages to obtain accurate information about the history and rich heritage of people of color.
-To build coalitions and associations with other groups and individuals who share a commitment to racial justice.

History:
The Center for the Healing of Racism is a grassroots organization. In the early summer of 1989, an ethnically diverse group of individuals began to meet together around the topic of racism to examine the role it had played in their lives, and the pain they had suffered and witnessed. The emphasis was on personal growth and healing, and finding ways to work proactively to eliminate racism by spreading understanding of the principle that it violates—the oneness of humanity. Other persons joined the group, and members became involved in studying and equipping themselves with the knowledge and skills necessary to reach out to the wider community. To this end weekend workshops were sponsored.

As a consequence of these early efforts the Center for the Healing of Racism was established. The Center's Articles of Incorporation were approved by the State of Texas on November 17, 1992. The organization is governed by a board of directors and its program is managed by an experienced directors.

Contact people:

Cherry Steinwender, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Sandy Boyd, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Michael Ingram, Employee, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (713) 520-8226

Address:

P.O. Box 27327 Houston, TX 77227

Web Site: http://www.centerhealingracism.org/about_us.html

Directions:

The Center's offices are located inside the Houston Community College SIS Building (physical address: 3821 Caroline St. Houston, TX 77004). Ours is the first door on the left, once one enters the front door.

Last updated on February 4, 2009