In partnership with the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), the Center for Community Resilience (CCR) launched a new pilot project in 2020 to implement a process of Truth and Reconciliation with families and communities in Cincinnati, Ohio Partnering with community stakeholders, parents and youth, the project will create a shared understanding of the region’s history of racial oppression, foster racial healing, and develop a community-driven policy and advocacy platform aimed at dismantling structural racism and producing a more just and equitable Greater Cincinnati region The Call to Action We envision a nation of resilient, equitable communities where the experience and expertise of all families are included and empowered at decisionmaking tables across sectors, driving practice and policy change that heals trauma and ends disparities across generations Our multi-sector, multi-racial networks aim to inspire, support and sustain a national movement of communities that can address the root causes of childhood trauma, foster equity and build community resilience by dismantling structural racism and the systems that maintain a hierarchy of White supremacy The pathway to racial healing – essential in the work to reach equity and resilience – begins with truth Our nation must reconcile with the complex truth of our past, and our present-day upholding of White supremacy in the form of structural racism The apparatus of White supremacy has produced and maintains a racial hierarchy that most benefits White people socially and economically White supremacy persists as a vicious feedback loop intended to structurally and systematically hold back African-Americans and People of Color, thereby reinforcing a belief in White supremacy The Approach The Truth and Reconciliation process builds upon the ground-breaking work of the Building Community Resilience (BCR) process, first introduced at The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, and the Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Framework BCR is an approach to system readiness, establishing cross-sector linkages and building capacity and collaborative relationships with community partners BCR introduced the Pair of ACEs as an innovative frame to align multi-sectoral efforts and establish linkages between clinicians and community assets to address the social determinants that are the root cause of ACEs The TRHT Framework consists of narrative change and racial healing and relationship building as foundational pillars to bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism The CCR Truth and Reconciliation process will work to create shared understanding of the region’s history of structural racism through a series of community conversations Using tools such as the Pair of ACEs tree and Fostering Equity Toolkit, the initiative will equip community members and stakeholders to understand the history of policy, the drivers of adversity, and how to hold courageous conversations on race, racism, and racial trauma that foster healing and build political will to address structural racism ACM’s expertise will be deployed to develop child and family programming on critical issues and collaborate with local partners to share this history with the community By creating a community-driven platform for dialogue to promote racial healing, this project will build relationships across multiple sectors and diverse populations to create a shared vision for change The CCR Policy Lab will work with community members to develop an Agenda for Change aimed at removing race-based barriers to economic mobility and providing equitable access to supports for children and families The Coalition The Truth and Reconciliation community partners include: Joining Forces for Children, Cincinnati Public Schools, All- In Cincinnati at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, as well as innovative community-based arts initiatives such as Elementz and Learning Through Art, Inc This project will also involve scholarly support from the national team at George Washington University, as well as coordination and joint research with the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation to facilitate critical examination and analysis of structural racism, it's role in historical policy and practice, and the present-day impacts and outcomes The Truth and Reconciliation project is funded through the Ascend Impact Fund at the Aspen Institute Contact Us Wendy Ellis, DrPH, MPH Center for Community Resilience wendye@gwu.edu Laura Huerta Migus Association of Children's Museums laura.huertamigus@childrensmuseums.org ... analysis of structural racism, it's role in historical policy and practice, and the present-day impacts and outcomes The Truth and Reconciliation project is funded through the Ascend Impact Fund... removing race-based barriers to economic mobility and providing equitable access to supports for children and families The Coalition The Truth and Reconciliation community partners include: Joining... racism, and racial trauma that foster healing and build political will to address structural racism ACM’s expertise will be deployed to develop child and family programming on critical issues and