This was a question posed to representatives with Battle Creek Truth Racial Healing and Transformation (BCTRHT) and their colleagues from throughout the United States who traveled to different cities to learn about the work that coalesces around Collective Liberation. They were intentionally taken to different cities with Indigenous and Black populations to see the various efforts underway.
“Nobody was ready for that question,” says Elizabeth Garcia, Co-Executive Director of BCTRHT. “One of the representatives from Selma (Alabama) said the work ‘I’m doing is already illegal in my state.’ But legal or illegal does not determine whether it’s morally right. This work has always found a way to exist, and it always will — because communities continue to come together and push forward despite these barriers.”
Read the entire article about our National Day of Racial Healing event on Second Wave Media's website.
Jane Parikh
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