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The National Center for Race Amity (NCRA) is seeking interested allies to serve on the NCRA National Advisory Committee. We are particularly interested in those in the 25-55 age range. The focus of the Advisory Committee’s work will be to provide strategic advice and support to the following areas:
Read moreStudents from Ensworth Academy Nashville, Tennessee posed for group picture. The Tearing Down The Walls Conference Organizers Annouced Expansion In Wake Of Successful Second Annual Conference In Nashville. The Tearing Down The Walls (TDTW) South Eastern Conference on Race and Leadership becomes mode
Read moreOn June 1, 2018, the 130 years of service to the education of families and children by Wheelock College as an independent private college ended. It has transitioned to become the Wheelock College of Education at Boston University. In this transition, the Wheelock College of Education is wholly under
Read moreNCRA has engaged the strategic planning organization, Changing Our World, to assist in developing short- and long-term plans for the Center. Changing Our World is a leading philanthropy and management consulting firm whose team of impact consultants works toward positive transformative change on the
Read moreWell over 100 Race Amity Day celebrations were held around the country in 2024. Some included state, city or county proclamations, some involved local government or community leaders from many backgrounds. Some people focused on families and communities and held fairs or picnics, some focused on ser
Read moreXernona Clayton and Calvin Craig In 1968, Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Calvin Craig publicly disavowed the Klan, crediting his unlikely friendship with civil rights icon Xernona Clayton for his change of heart. Xernona Clayton moved to Atlanta in 1965 and worked side-by-side with Coretta Scott King and
Read moreThe National Center for Race Amity has announced the four recipients of the 2023 Race Amity Medal of Honor: John Calipari, University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach and advisor/mentor to NBA players of color; Debby Irving, best-selling author of Waking up White; Fortune 500 diversity consultant
Read more2025 Race Amity Symposium and Medal of Honor Dinner The 2025 Race Amity Medal of Honor Symposium and Dinner was held on November 12 in the Boston Museum of Science’s spectacular Skyline Room. The Race Amity Medal of Honor is presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional comm
Read moreOn June 13, 2021, groups all over the country celebrated Race Amity Day to spread the word about a movement they are passionate about. Activities were held in communities from California to Massachusetts and from Alabama to Wisconsin. Events were diverse, including art exhibits and luncheons. Below
Read moreThe National Center for Race Amity is proud to welcome four new members to its national board of directors: Djuana C. Beaman, George Halvorson, Herb Landsman, and Joe Voica. The addition of these four individuals brings the current board membership to 11 (View full board here). With their tremendous
Read moreHundreds of visitors streamed through the BE on Edgewood Complex during a public open house held from January 17 to 20, starting with the opening of the One Contemporary Art Gallery on Friday evening and culminating with the annual MLK Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 20. BE on Edgewood is a historic pres
Read moreThe June 14th Race Amity Day Celebration has attracted over 10,000 viewers and continues to climb as the program is recommended by viewers to others. The program featured an effort to help raise money for Navajo Nation COVID-19 an important fund raiser to help a population hit especially hard by the
Read moreRace Amity Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in June, which falls on June 14 in 2026. How do you plan to celebrate? Share your plans and ideas with us! We may share some of the submissions through our website, newsletter and social media to help inspire others. Looking for ideas? Check out our
Read moreIn celebration of Earth Month, we offer this guest article by Hugh Locke, President of the Haiti Smallholder Farmer’s Alliance: Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889 – 1982) was a renowned forester who is recognized as the first global conservationist. He founded the Men of the Trees in 1922 in Kenya, and t
Read moreWell over 100 Race Amity Day celebrations were held around the country in 2023. Some included city or county proclamations, some involved local government or community leaders from many backgrounds. Some people focused on leaders and held symposiums, some focused on families and held picnics, some f
Read moreThe Stevens Memorial Library and the North Andover School District have teamed up to create the North Andover Reads initiative, aimed at bringing the community together through literature. Each year they aim to provide the citizens of North Andover with a celebration of literature based around a par
Read moreNew shipments of Breaking It Down Towards E Pluribus Unum ® board game have arrived (with versions for middle/high school or college/adulthood)! Breaking It Down is an excellent resource to support your Race Amity work through productive dialogue. Breaking It Down Towards E Pluribus Unum brings adde
Read more2022 National Race Amity Conference November 17-19, 2022 Experiencing the Power of Race Amity in Individual and Organizational Partnerships On-Demand Conference Replays Available Until January 3, 2023! If you registered for the 2022 Race Amity Conference you probably enjoyed a variety of vibrant, ex
Read moreNCRA held two workshops on May 7th to encourage allies from sixteen states across the United States to pursue state level proclamations declaring June 14th, 2020 Race Amity Day. A major tool to help this expansion is a newly established and easily used link to the office of governors in all fifty st
Read moreMartha Elliott The National Center for Race Amity (NCRA) has appointed Martha Elliott as the organization’s Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO). “We are very happy to make this announcement “ said William H. “Smitty” Smith NCRA Founding Executive Director. “Martha’s years of service to NCRA as a v
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