The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation serves the University of Mississippi and the larger academic community by fostering reconciliation and civic renewal wherever people suffer as a result of racial discrimination or alienation, and by promoting scholarly research, study and teaching on race and the impact of race and racism.
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The Winter Institute engages in interracial dialogues, community improvement projects and mentoring/tutoring. It helps communities with grant writing, communications and community building strategies, for which it charges no fees. It trains community leaders to collect oral histories on racial issues in order to lift up issues and build political will. It offers retreats to share tools on having open and honest dialogue in a safe space.
The Winter Institute’s Summer Youth InstituteThe Winter Institute’s Summer Youth Institute is a nine-day experiential learning program, where rising high school sophomores and juniors learn about civil rights, advocacy, critical thinking and more. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Professional Development, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Education, Advocacy & Organizing, Workshops/Convenings |
We Are the People We Have Been Waiting For: Equipping Communities to Heal Themselves—A Product of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of MississippiThis community dialogue handbook includes brief case studies of three communities with which the Winter Institute is involved. These towns have begun to successfully transform their communities and have made steps toward the goal of racial reconciliation. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Professional Development, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Dialogue Guides & Resources, Media and Commuications Guides |
Opening Doors/Forging New Paths – A Oral History project of The Winter InstituteOpening Doors/Forging New Paths is an oral history project about Mississippi's first African American Medical resident and first African American law school graduate. Tagged with: Racial Healing, Addressing Laws, Policy and Justice, Advocacy & Organizing, Articles, Videos |
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