North Carolina Reconciliation Project
Non-Profit - Roanoke Rapids, NC, us
North Carolina Reconciliation Project Employees
North Carolina Reconciliation Project Details
With the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other black and brown individuals, the global spotlight has settled on the United States and her racial history. This spotlight, made all the brighter by protests and calls to action, has begun forcing our national conscious to consider the institutions, policies, and lamented actions that have long cemented white supremacy in the fabric of American society. From housing policy to healthcare, economic power to environmental impact, police brutality to political disenfranchisement, the many evils of America's institutional racism are coming to light more than ever before, leaving people to ask how we move forward, and progress, as a nation. While policy changes and sweeping reforms to our most powerful institutions are desperately needed for our progression, the American citizenry cannot forget that there is also a need for reconciliation. Our history is one built on four-hundred years of systemic degradation, continuously using black and brown communities to construct our national wealth and prestige while ensuring they could never enjoy the benefits of their labor. Such a legacy does not evaporate with the signing of a legislative pen or the transformation of a racialized entity, no matter how revolutionary. Thus, we need more than just reformation, we need a reckoning. As a country, we must recognize the origination of our institutions, acknowledge their damaging legacies, and educate ourselves and our children on their perpetual ramifications on communities of color. In short, we must reconcile with our past so that we can move forward into the future. It is with that mission in mind that the North Carolina Reconciliation Project was founded.
