News Flash

CARRBORO, NC -- Mayor Barbara Foushee has proclaimed Jan. 21, 2025, the Tuesday following Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as the National Day of Racial Healing in Carrboro and encourages all residents to share ideas, knowledge, and points of view related to truth, racial healing, transformation, and racial equity.

Members of the Town’s Youth Advisory Board, the Carrboro Youth Council, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Youth Council held a special celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday, January 18, 2025. View a recap of the celebration here: https://youtu.be/kkZRPlTENks?si=sj8CNOGM3IKN5fuE .

The National Day of Racial Healing is an annual observance initiated as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation program and is promoted by the program’s many community partners across the United States. It is a way to promote relationship-building, truth telling, and racial equity; healing and solidarity; and transformative action.

The Town of Carrboro understands and recognizes that we all must work earnestly and intentionally to heal the wounds created by racial, ethnic, and religious bias and build an equitable and just society in which all people can thrive and in which children have the opportunity to learn and grow in nurturing environments that safeguard their safety, dignity and humanity.

• Read the proclamation at https://www.carrboronc.gov/2630/Proclamations-and-Resolutions The proclamation lists several actions that the Town of Carrboro has taken in its commitment to advancing racial equity.
• Learn more about Town of Carrboro efforts to center, elevate and honor the voices and experiences of Black people and other people of color at https://www.carrboronc.gov/2535/Race-and-Equity
• The Town of Carrboro has provided a platform for community members to share their thoughts about racial healing. It is available now at https://engage.carrboronc.gov/racial-healing  A phone line is also available for community members to respond at 919-913-3182.

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