Rx racial healing : a guide to embracing our humanity
Publication Information
Washington, DC : Association of American Colleges and Universities, [2022]
Physical Description
xvii, 134 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
In this guidebook, Gail C. Christopher, the architect of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) framework, details how racial healing workshops and experiences contribute to the creation and dissemination of more nuanced and comprehensive narratives while healing wounds from the past and building mutually respectful relationships across racial and ethnic lines. The Rx Racial Healing approach she outlines posits story as an action, foregrounding its capacity to generate powerful change by breaking down biases and engaging the heart as well as the mind. Simultaneously affirming that racial healing entails acknowledging the common humanity of all people, Christopher points to the fact that "unlearning" can be just as important to the process of racial healing as learning.
Contents
- Foreword / by Lynn Pasquerella
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part one : the Rx racial healing circle approach. Ol' man river
- Answers to commonly asked questions
- Four decades of social change efforts
- Principles, core concepts, and ABCs of Rx racial healing circles
- The Rx racial healing circle experience
- Part two : the art and science of cofacilitating Rx racial healing circles
- Core skills and capacities for cofacilitators
- The power of belief
- Seeing ourselves in the face of the other
- Key elements of the process
- Conclusion
- Appendix A : cofacilitating a virtual Rx racial healing circle
- Appendix B : technology resources for virtual Rx racial healing circles.