National Day of Racial Healing

SELF-AWARENESS

• Acknowledge that racial healing is a process that is unique to individuals.
• Understand that building self-awareness about race and racism will produce discomfort, and that discomfort is fundamental to achieving racial equity.

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION & EXPLORATION

• Recognize that racism impacts all people adversely, but not equally.
• Understand that racism operates both systemically and interpersonally, psychologically and physiologically, as well as materially.

APPLICATION & INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION OF KNOWLEDGE

• Feel empowered to continue to interrogate racism and practice collective racial healing, both within and beyond the WSU community.
• Communicate self-awareness and knowledge of systemic racism to encourage conversation, accountability, and communal learning in relation to those around them.