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The Work of Generations, The Footsteps of Many
--by Melina Hill Walker, Program Director
It's an understatement to say that people are hungry for meaningful dialogue about race and equity. That hunger was evident three years ago when we held the Inaugural Symposium on Race and Equity in New Hampshire and had a waiting list of more than 100. Since then, the hunger for knowledge and understanding has grown exponentially. Our Symposium 2.0, held last April, grew to an attendee list of more than 400. The event featured the recommendations of six sector workgroups in service to the Race and Equity in New Hampshire Series' overarching goals:
- To build relationships so we can partner together effectively;
- To create shared understanding of current social, economic and political considerations impacting race and equity in New Hampshire; and
- To identify shared work for an inclusive and equitable New Hampshire.
This is not a new endeavor for the Endowment, nor for many of our community partners. We've been working on health, race and equity for more than a decade. But the broad base of allies is growing to include people from all walks of life, including those who identify as people of color as well as white. They tell us how much they appreciate the structured opportunity for deep and difficult conversations and the chance to co-create a vision and action plan for racial justice and equity in our state.
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