the RACIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE LEADING CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS
By ANN HARRINGTON
Dr. Yohuru Williams Educates Organizations on the Value of ‘Historical Recovery’
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transformational policymaking and leading the RJI MasterClass series, Williams teaches: lean into history to better understand racial justice and engage in the critical conversations needed to reconstruct communities free of racial disparities. When Rod Young, CEO of Delta Dental of Minnesota, heard Dr. Yohuru Williams speak in the summer of 2020 about launching the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas, he felt an instant connection. It
hen the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) was founded at the University of
St. Thomas in summer 2020, a new lane for powerful and engaging work toward racial justice emerged in the Twin Cities. With a clear and unique vision, its founder, Dr. Yohuru Williams, champions historical recovery as the foundation for revealing the “six degrees of segregation” and uses education as the fuel for meaningful and lasting changes in organizations and the community. From national news media appearances as the expert historian on racial justice to influencing
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