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Black History In The Making

Honoring an Impact Hero: Denisha PorterBlack history isn’t just about the past—it’s about the leaders shaping the future right now. That’s why we’re celebrating Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub’s inaugural Impact Hero—our Executive Director, Denisha Porter!

Denisha’s leadership in health, housing, education, economic mobility, and justice continues to drive transformation in our community. She was recently recognized as one of The Top 50 Women Leaders of Ohio for 2024 (for the second year in a row!).

Denisha’s work is more than impact—its legacy in motion. We honor her commitment to building a Hamilton County where everyone belongs, collaborates, and thrives.

🌍 All Means All: A Framework by PolicyLink
Keep the Momentum Going & Watch the CNDORH Recap!

At All-In Cincinnati, we know that when we uplift overlooked communities, the entire community thrives. This isn’t new work for us—it’s who we are. Since 2019, we’ve mirrored PolicyLink’s vision, knowing that true progress happens when systems work for everyone.

That’s why we’re spotlighting the All Means All framework—a bold strategy from PolicyLink, designed to create communities where everyone has access to opportunity, resources, and justice. This framework reinforces what we’ve long believed: when we center those most impacted, we build a stronger Hamilton County for all.

The Cincinnati 5th Annual National Day of Racial Healing was a powerful reminder of the work we continue to do—work that is more critical now than ever. Relive the impact. Watch the recap now! From powerful speakers to deeply moving Activation Rooms, we witnessed the community come together to heal, engage, and move forward.  ✨ Let’s carry this energy forward—all year long.

Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcPJ5-v5XCI

#CNDORH | #RacialHealing | #HowWeHeal | #AllMeansAll | #AllInCincinnat

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Have You Registered Yet?!

The stage is set! Cincinnati’s 5th Annual National Day of Racial Healing is your opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired. Hosted by All-In Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation, this event will bring together changemakers, advocates, and community leaders.

Tuesday, January 21  |  5PM – 8PM

This year’s National Day of Racial Healing will be an unforgettable evening dedicated to building a thriving multiracial democracy. Hear directly from PolicyLink leaders, Ashleigh Gardere and Lenace Edwards!

👉🏾Register Here: www./bit.ly/cndorh2025

What to Expect:

• Introduction to the All Means All Framework from PolicyLink.
• A WSTR Star 64 Television Special: Tune in with us at 6 PM to see a powerful presentation.
• A Powerful Panel Discussion: Insightful conversations led by top community leaders and changemakers.
• Artistic Expressions: Inspiring performances from local creatives.
• All-In Activation Rooms: Soul-nourishing experiences to recharge and refocus.

Powerful Panel Discussion

Moderated by WKRC News Anchor Kyle Inskeep, the panel features leaders making an impact in Greater Cincinnati, including Shakila Ahmad of Empowering Spaces, Teresa Gonzalez of Design Impact, Shawn Jeffers of Youth at the Center, and Christie Kuhns of Urban League of Greater SW Ohio. Together, they’ll explore actionable solutions for creating a thriving community.

Artistic Expressions & Activation Rooms

Immerse yourself in transformative performances by Taylor Curtis, Yalie Saweda Kamara, Ph.D., and Black Art Speaks. These artists will bring stories to life and inspire meaningful reflection. Experience hands-on, soul-replenishing activities focused on “filling your cup” so you can lead and serve with renewed purpose.

🗓️ Mark Your Calendar:  Tuesday, January 21, 2025

🌐 Register Today: www./bit.ly/cndorh2025

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The Tri-State region will celebrate Cincinnati’s 5th Annual National Day of Racial Healing with changemakers, advocates and community leaders. Hosted by All-In Cincinnati and the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing will be held on January 21 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Greater Cincinnati Foundation (720 E Pete Rose Way #120, Cincinnati, 45202). This free and public session allows everyone to delve into their healing and learn about building a more just region through collaboration, advocacy and policy change.  

This year’s theme is inspired by the powerful vision of the All Means All Framework from PolicyLink – Moving from Education to Policy Change and Impact.    Two esteemed leaders, PolicyLink President Ashleigh Gardere and Lenace Edwards, community engagement and field director, will share how driving equity through innovation, collaboration and institution-building will lead to a bold vision for a thriving multiracial democracy.  

WSTR Star 64 will also air a 30-minute television program at 6 p.m. highlighting the racial healing journey throughout Greater Cincinnati’s history and what our region is doing to address the needs of all residents.  

Yalie Saweda Kamara, Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, Revolution Dance, Black Art Speaks creative designers, and Taylor Curtis, YWCA Greater Cincinnati Director of Racial Justice and Equity, will offer artistic expressions of their experiences with race, racial healing and advocating for equity in marginalized communities. Attendees will also experience mindfulness sessions, lite fare and a swag shop. 

The celebration will also conclude a panel discussion moderated by WKRC News Anchor Kyle Inskeep to understand how the All Means All Framework can be successfully implemented in Greater Cincinnati. 

The panelists are as follows: 

• Teresa Gonzalez, Executive Director of Design Impact 
• Shakila Ahmad, Founding Chair of ICGC’s Muslim Mothers Against Violence Initiative 
• Christie Kuhns, CEO of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio 
• Shawn Jeffers, CEO of Youth at the Center 

Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing sponsors include All-In Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati Taft Center, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Interact for Health, bi3, and Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce. 

For more information, to register, or to donate, visit www.racialhealingcincinnati.com. All are welcome to attend. 

All-In Cincinnati is a racial equity coalition working to dismantle racial inequities in health, housing, education, economic mobility, and justice. The Center for Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation at the University of Cincinnati uses research, learning, and action to provide space for healing the harm caused by the matrices of oppression, including racial injustice. 

Feature Image: Scene from the 2024 Day of Racial Healing in Cincinnati. Provided 

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Michael K. Frisby

President 

Frisby & Associates

WASHINGTON – The National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) celebrated the 8^th Annual National Day of Racial Healing with groundbreaking activities, such as releasing a series of scholarly articles amplifying the value of connecting across racial, ethnic, and other perceived differences to embrace a shared humanity. And, working with publisher Mary Ann Libert Inc., NCHE also released a roundtable discussion on research showing that many Americans seek unity and want to embrace racial healing.

On January 16, an extraordinary day when more than 200 communities across the United States held National Day of Racial Healing events, NCHE continued its pursuit of health equity by emphasizing the need to eliminate racism.

“We recognize that health inequities and health disparities will only end when we end racism,” said Dr. Gail C. Christopher, NCHE’s executive director. “NCHE is expanding our mission to do just that, to work on ending racism in America. We recognize it requires comprehensive strategies that include healing from past injustices.”

While serving as vice president and senior advisor at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Dr. Christopher and others were catalysts for launching the National Day of Racial Healing, which has blossomed into a national event that unites people of all races, ethnicities, and religions in communities nationwide.

In October, NCHE released the results of its first annual Heart of America Annual Survey. As described by Dr. Christopher, “We looked at the major polls used to take the pulse of our country and realized that far too many are merely capturing and amplifying a dominant narrative about division and polarization. Yet our elections continue to show the general electorate is not so extreme or polarized. NCHE developed a survey to take the pulse of America’s readiness to do the hard work of healing, overcoming our legacy of racial division, and actualizing our core democratic ideals and tenets.”

The survey, conducted by The Benenson Strategy Group, a premier strategic market research firm, found that almost a third (31%) of Americans want our nation to do the relational work that will enable us to see ourselves through a lens of shared humanity. Eight out of 10 respondents recognize that diversity in the workplace is an important requirement for us to overcome our differences, and they believe that teaching our nation’s history of racism in our school system is a necessary step in our healing and overcoming our historical divides. And more than 80% of the respondents want a leader that unites rather than divides.

“There is really a readiness in this country for us to put polarization and division behind us so that we can solve our collective and common challenges and problems,” Dr. Christopher said.

The wide-ranging discussion, included Dr. Brian Smedley, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute; former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring; Dr. Susan Eaton, Professor of Practice & Director, The Sillerman Center, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University; Michael Winger, is a Senior Fellow with the American Association of Colleges & Universities; and Heather McGhee, a renowned thought leader and author of an award-winning, New York Times Bestselling book, “The Sum of Us—What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.”

“The Heart of America Survey truly shows that a counternarrative exists to the dominant media attention on our political divisions,” said McGhee. “Yes, the Heart of America Survey says that four out of five Americans believe that the country is more divided now than ever before, but in that same survey, more than four out of five Americans are united on some of the most hot-button issues around race and our democracy, where there have been shocking decisions by state legislatures and by this conservative Supreme Court in the area of diversity policies and in the areas of book banning and censorship around our children’s freedoms to learn.”

Further, McGhee cites the “unprecedented last decade of movement building” among Whites and people of color since the summer of 2020 in support of Black lives, women’s rights, and reproductive freedom.

“These movements speak to an enduring and, in fact, a growing understanding that our freedoms as Americans are secured by collective action, by people standing up for one another, by the kinds of forward progress that we can never take for granted, and there are demonstrable, quantifiable health outcomes for each of those movements’ successes,” McGhee said, noting the need for democracy to protect “our hard-won freedoms” that affect our health as well as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

As part of its commemoration of the National Day of Racial Healing, NCHE also released five scholarly articles on race and racial healing, which are important resources for leaders working to end racism and achieve health equity.

• 21st-Century Narrative Change with Focus on Social Media, written by Amy Sprecher and Aaliytha Stevens, Co-founders Building CommUnity LLC
• Facilitating Social Transformation Through Self and Collective Healing: A Collection of Insights, Resources, and Practices, written by Colette Rausch, Director, Neuroscience and Peacebuilding, Think Peace, and Laura Webber, Convener, Think Peace Learning and Support Hub
• Toward Transformative Reparations, written by Rob Corcoran, Program Design & Training Consultant, Initiatives of Change International, and Mike Wenger, Senior Fellow, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
• Segregation Yesterday and Today: Exploring Possibilities for Systemic Change, written by Susan Eaton, Professor of Practice & Director, The Sillerman Center, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
• The Economic Wellbeing of Black Americans and the Implications for Health Equity, written by Darrell J. Gaskins, Ph.D., MS, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson, Professor in Health Policy and Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Management and Public Health. 

“Every major social transformational era in our nation’s history has been associated with major innovations in mass media and communication,” said Dr. Christopher.  “The abolition of slavery emerged as newspapers and telegraphic communication became available. The Civil Rights Movement reached the hearts of millions through television. This current era of information technology, social media, and AI significantly impacts mass communication and subsequent understanding and perception of our country and humanity…

 “At NCHE, we believe those who are committed to healing, unifying, and sustaining our democracy must become a counterweight to existing irresponsible, divisive, dominant media narratives. While the Heart of America Annual Survey is national in scope, we encourage local and elected leaders to use a similar strategy at local and state levels, and we’d welcome the opportunity to partner on such endeavors.“

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Activist Angela Davis to join in the conversation

By Crystal Kendrick

The Voice of Your Customer   

The Tri-state region will celebrate Cincinnati’s 3^rd annual National Day of Racial Healing with nationally recognized change agents, social justice advocates, public health experts and community activists. Hosted by All-In Cincinnati and the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing will be held on January 17 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST. This free and public event offers all an opportunity to delve into their healing and learn about building a more just region through collaboration, advocacy and policy change.

The theme for the 2023 event is From Ally to Action – moving from being educated to encouraging people to act. For the first time, Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing will be a hybrid event with virtual presentations during the business day and in-person activities at Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Angela Davis, an outspoken powerhouse at the vanguard of the Black Power movement, feminist scholarship, and prison reform, will join a virtual fireside chat. She provides something most other scholars cannot – a firsthand account of the most powerful social movements in the latter half of the twentieth century.

In a moderated conversation with Naimah Bilal and illustrated by Brandon Black, Angela will explore a nuanced and passionate look at America’s problems with racism and injustice. Angela will offer a forecast of the current state of equality and what we can do to improve rights for everyone.

Cincinnati’s 3^rd Annual National Day of Racial Healing also includes virtual panel discussions about financial empowerment, universal basic income, maternal health disparities, and championing equity led by local and national experts. The celebration also includes a meditation midday break with yoga and musical performances.

A happy hour, hosted by DJ Vader of 100.3FM R&B and Old School, will be held at 5 p.m. EST at Greater Cincinnati Foundation at 720 Pete Rose Way. At 6 p.m. EST, guests will be invited to participate in lived experience circles. These facilitated small-group encounters, rooted in Dr. Gail Christopher’s holistic approach to social change, bring a deeper appreciation of our shared human identity through intentional mutual engagement.

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, co-founder of the nonprofit The Sadie Collective and our featured speaker at our in-person session, will take the stage at 7 p.m. EST in a moderated conversation with Taylor Curtis. The brilliant young researcher and activist will illustrate how her work lies at the intersection of social justice and qualitative analysis.

For more information, to register or to donate, visit www.racialhealingcincinnati.com. All are welcome to attend any or all sessions of the one-day event at no cost.

Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing is sponsored by the bi3 Foundation, Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati, Fifth Third Foundation, Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, HealthPath Foundation of Ohio, Interact for Health, The Kroger Company and the United Way of Greater Cincinnati.

Thanks to generous support from Learning Grove, The Children’s Home of Cincinnati and Joining Forces for Children, attendees can participate in facilitated lived experience discussions.

All-In Cincinnati is a racial equity coalition working to dismantle racial inequities in health, housing, education, economic mobility, and justice by uplifting Black women in Hamilton County. The Center for Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation at the University of Cincinnati uses research, learning, and action to provide space for healing the harm caused by the matrices of oppression, including racial injustice.

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January 18, 2022 – 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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The tri-state region will celebrate Cincinnati’s 2^nd Annual National Day of Racial Healing with nationally recognized change agents, social justice advocates, public health experts and community activists. Hosted by All-In Cincinnati and the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing will be held on January 18 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This free and public event offers all an opportunity to delve into their own healing and learn about building a more just region. 

Heather McGhee, a renowned expert in the American economy, headlines Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing. In a moderated conversation with Naimah Bilal of the Urban Consulate, the best-selling author of The Sum of Us will discuss how U.S. society has arrived where it is today: divided and self-destructing, materially rich but spiritually starved and vastly unequal. 

Cincinnati’s 2^nd Annual National Day of Racial Healing will also include numerous racial healing circles, sessions focused on continuing one’s racial healing journey, the role of advocacy and policy transformation, and a documentary premier exploring how structural racism, in the form of historical policies and practices, has harmed four Black communities in the Greater Cincinnati region. The celebration also includes a yoga and meditation midday break and performances by soulful vocalist and artist, Chaya. DJ Vader of 100.3FM R&B and Old School will host the event’s closing party. 

For more information, to register, or to donate, visit www.racialhealingcincinnati.com. All are welcome to attend any or all sessions of the one-day event at no cost.

Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing is sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, HealthPath Foundation of Ohio, Interact for Health, Kroger, Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Charles Phelps Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati, and the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to generous support from Learning Grove, The Children’s Home of Cincinnati and Joining Forces for Children, attendees can participate in facilitated racial healing circles – safe spaces for listening and understanding.

About Cincinnati’s National Day of Racial Healing Hosts:

All-In Cincinnati is a racial equity coalition working to dismantle racial inequities in health, housing, education, economic mobility, and justice by uplifting Black women in Hamilton County. The Center for Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation at the University of Cincinnati uses research, learning, and action to provide space for healing the harm caused by the matrices of oppression, including racial injustice.

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