Third Annual Seton Hall National Day of Racial Healing

The University cordially invites members of the Seton Hall community to its 3rd Annual Seton Hall National Day of Racial Healing event on Thursday, January 25, 2024, from 3-4:30 p.m. in Bethany Hall, Room A.

The event is sponsored by the Office of EEO and Title IX Compliance, Division of Student Services, Center for Faculty Development, University DEI Committee, and Campus Inclusion Center. The keynote speaker is Reverend Leslie Copeland-Tune, D.Min., MTS, MBA, Chief Operating Officer for the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Known as "a tireless advocate for justice," Copeland-Tune is a member of the Faith-Based Security Advisory Council for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and also the author of 24/7 Embodying Christ-like Leadership.

Named one of "22 Faith Leaders to Watch" in 2022 by the Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, D.C., Copeland-Tune is the Chair of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment and serves on the board of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the One America Movement, an organization which seeks to end the toxic polarization in our nation.

Born and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York, Copeland-Tune earned a bachelor’s degree from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, an MBA from the University of Maryland with a concentration in marketing, and a Master of Theological Studies from The Divinity School at Duke University. In addition, she has a doctorate in metro-urban ministry from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and attended the Summer Theology Programme at Oxford University in 2013 and 2023.

National Day of Racial Healing

The National Day of Racial Healing was created with and builds on the work and learnings of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) community partners. Launched by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, TRHT emerged in 2017 as an approach to racial equity work that connects healing with systemic transformation.

Racial healing, building relationships and transformation is an individual, collective, and societal process of learning and understanding that we have a shared humanity.  It is the recognition that we have more in common with each other rather than our differences. Racial healing allows us to bring our biases to the surface, recognize our own shared and lived experiences, and connect with people to reaffirm the humanity in all of us.

Nationally, the day of observance is Tuesday, January 16, 2024. The following link to the National Day of Racial Healing, offers additional opportunities to engage such as:

• Hold a racial healing conversation around your dinner table or in a community space. Download the conversation guide.

• Watch Changing The Narrative, a 14-part digital series on the subject of advancing racial equity through the experience of racial healing, produced by NBCUniversal News Group, and sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

• Host an event that brings people together, cultivates trust, builds relationships, or tells true stories about your community’s or organization’s racial past.

We look forward to seeing you at the 3rd Annual Seton Hall National Day of Racial Healing.

Categories: Faith and Service