KIMT News Three’s Sananda McCall shares how the Rochester Area Foundation partnered with Olmsted County to create the change.
ROCHESTER, Minn.–. The National Day of Racial Healing will be formally recognized in the Med City thanks to the Rochester Area Foundation in partnership with Olmsted County.
Introduced in 2017 by a Michigan nonprofit as part of its ‘Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation’ Initiative the holiday takes place the Tuesday following Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
In Rochester– it’s a day that will be committed to having conversations, and participating in activities that identify and at times challenge the impacts of racism on people in the community. In a nutshell– it’s taking the steps toward dr. king’s vision of an equitable society. According to a 2024 quote on the National Day Of Racial Healing’s website made by Jerry Tello– “If we don’t transform our trauma, we will transfer it”. As translated …