Truth, Trust, and Transformation: The Path to Racial Healing

This interactive session will feature speaker, consultant, and workshop facilitator, Lakweshia Ewing, who will highlight the critical importance of racial healing in fostering equity and inclusion. Drawing on the frameworks of the Racial Equity Institute, research on vulnerability, and Dr. Anneliese Singh’s transformative racial healing process (from The Racial Healing Handbook), participants will explore how addressing systemic inequities and personal biases paves the way for authentic connections. Through truth-telling, reconciliation, and repair, this session empowers individuals and organizations to embrace the work of racial healing as an ongoing commitment to justice and belonging.

After attending this session participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of racial healing in addressing systemic inequities.
• Harness vulnerability as a leadership tool to build trust and inclusion.
• Utilize truth-telling and reconciliation as pathways to equity and transformation.

Ewing's presentation will run 11am-11:45am. From 11:45am-12pm interested participants will get a preview of the 10-week Racial Healing book club, which will use Anneliese Singh's The Racial Healing Handbook and begin on Jan. 31st. The book club is open to anyone in the Ohio State University community and the first 30 registrants will receive a free copy of the book. During the preview, attendees will meet the facilitators and receive information about meeting logistics, including free book distribution. 

If you are interested in the book club but are unable to attend this session or have other questions please reach out to Leo Taylor (taylor.3408@osu.edu) to receive instructions for getting your book and the Zoom link for the series.

About the facilitator:

Lakweshia Ewing is a dynamic force in education, leadership development, and racial equity. With over 20 years of experience, she has become a catalyst for change in diverse sectors. As a trainer for the Racial Equity Institute and CEO of Unlearn Everything and Live, LLC, a social impact consulting firm, Ewing drives social change through innovative consulting and speaking. Ewing’s commitment to excellence has earned her numerous accolades, including the Harvard Business School Young American Leader Award and recognition as one of the "Top 20 Under 40" leaders by the city of Chattanooga, TN, where she resides. As an Internationally certified Human Rights Consultant, David Kessler Grief educator trainer, and Brene Brown Dare to Lead educator, Ewing facilitates social change by empowering individuals and organizations to break barriers, build bridges, and embrace a future of bold possibilities. 

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NOTE: The above link registers you for the preview session only. You must register for the book club separately by clicking here.