{"id":45170,"date":"2018-01-12T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45170"},"modified":"2018-01-23T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:33:34","slug":"acc-hosts-national-day-of-racial-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/01\/12\/acc-hosts-national-day-of-racial-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC hosts National Day of Racial Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Austin Community College (ACC) hosts a series of events Tuesday, January 16, at Eastview Campus (3401 Webberville Rd.) in observance of National Day of Racial Healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45171\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer.jpg 1190w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/01\/2018-NTRH-Day-final-flyer-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organized by the college\u2019s Office of Equity and Inclusion, events include Storycorps interviews with students, faculty, staff, and community members from 8 to 11 a.m. in Building 2000, Room 2140. There also will be a viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, with discussion led by History Professor Roland Hayes, in the newly renovated African American Cultural Center in Room 2133 beginning at 1 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cACC is one of 10 nationally appointed institutions to serve as a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center. The college is committed to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">developing opportunities for people, organizations, and communities to call for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">racial<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">healing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, bringing people together, and taking action to create a more just and equitable world,\u201d says Dr. Molly Beth Malcolm, ACC executive vice president of campus operations and public affairs. \u201cThese conversations will guide our progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the National Day of Racial Healing events, ACC\u2019s Teaching &amp; Learning Excellence staff will visit campus districtwide throughout the semester to gather input to inform the development of the TRHT Campus Center at ACC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the events, contact Dr. Stephanie Hawley, associate vice president of equity and inclusion, at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shawley@austincc.edu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) hosts a series of events Tuesday, January 16, at Eastview Campus (3401 Webberville Rd.) in observance of National Day of Racial Healing. 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