Find a Healing Illinois Event Near You

*Special event notice: Thanks to all who joined in the National Day of Racial Healing event on Jan. 19. If you missed it, you can watch the program on YouTube: The National Day of Racial Healing 2021 Recording.

We invite you to continue your racial healing journey by signing up for a circle conversation with TRHT Chicago. Learn more on the TRHT website and register using the following link: TRHT Virtual Racial Healing Circles Registration.

Healing Illinois events are happening all across Illinois. Check here periodically to learn about upcoming grantee events and to find one occurring near you. All events listed below are being held virtually unless otherwise noted.

Not all events are captured on this page. You can find other activities and more details including photos and videos on the Healing Illinois Fluxx Updates Wall. 

Grantees: to have your event listed here, email details and registration link to: healingil@cct.org.

Upcoming Events

• 02/05, 03/05, 04/09, 05/07: DEI Training Series for Nonprofits
  Hosted by: Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence
  Audience: Nonprofit staff, board members and volunteers
• 04/21: Critical Conversations- Antiracism @ Work
  Hosted by: Chicago Poetry Center
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 04/22: Community Workshops towards Civic Justice
  Hosted by: IL Muslim Civic Coalition
  Audience: DuPage county residents
• 04/24, 05/12, 05/29, 06/12, 06/19, 06/26: Free Virtual Performances, Conversations and Art Show
  Hosted by: Legacy Training Inc.
  Audience: Illinois residents

Past Events

• 04/17: Art Racial Reconciliation Project Virtual Screening
  Hosted by: A Gift of Love Charity, Inc.
  Audience: Southern Illinois residents
• 04/13: Book Discussion on "Black Faces, White Spaces & Farming While Black"
  Hosted by: Faith in Place
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 04/10: Her Stories, Our Songs Gallery Event
  Hosted by: UCAN Chicago
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 04/10: Premiere Art Racial Reconciliation Project
  Hosted by: A Gift of Love Charity, Inc.
  Audience: Southern Illinois residents
• 03/31: Governors State Southland Health and Wellness Hour
  Hosted by: Governors State University
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 03/30: Engaging Faith Communities with a Message of Justice
  Hosted by: Be the Bridge of Macon County
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 03/26: Casa Central & Two-Thirds United Healing Circle
  Hosted by: Casa Central
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 03/23: The Black Tuesday Business Group
  Hosted by: The Women's Center
  Audience: Carbondale residents
• 03/19: Courageous Conversations Facilitator Training for Nonprofits
  Hosted by: Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence
  Audience: Nonprofit professionals
• 03/18: Virtual Open Mic Poetry Night
  Hosted by: Carbondale United
  Audience: Carbondale residents
• 03/15 & 03/17: The Undiscussable
  Hosted by: Carbondale Public Library
  Audience: 5th Grade and up
• 03/13: Righteous Rage- Challenges of COVID-19: How the Pandemic Has Affected the Most Marginalized
  Hosted by: Hope Center Foundation
  Audience: Youth ages 16-21
• 03/13: March for Justice- One Year Later and Still No Justice No Peace
  Hosted by: Southern Illinois Unity Coalition
  Audience: Carbondale residents
• 02/06, 02/13, 02/20, 02/27, 03/06: Art Racial Reconciliation: A Call for the Voiceless Victims, Bystanders, and Perpetrators of Racial Systems
  Hosted by: A Gift of Love Charity, Inc
  Audience: Southern Illinois residents who have experienced, observed, been a bystander to, or perpetrated racism
• 03/08: The Truth About HB 3653 Illinois' Criminal Justice Reform Bill
  Hosted by: Carbondale Public Library
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 03/06: Free to Be Me Day Drive Through Event
  Hosted by: Boys & Girls Club of Elgin
  Audience: Local residents
• 03/06: Trust Your Gut: The Stories You Were Born to Tell
  Hosted by: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
  Audience: Central Illinois residents
• 03/06: Center for Conflict Resolution On the Table
  Hosted by: Center for Conflict Resolution
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 03/01 and 03/04: Sacred Conversations- Moving toward Racial Healing
  Hosted by: Faith Coalition for the Common Good
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 02/27: Righteous Rage- Riots and Reparations
  Hosted by: Hope Center Foundation
  Audience: Youth ages 16-21
• 02/27: Seeds for Story, Pamela Sherrod Anderson
  Hosted by: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
  Audience: Central Illinois residents
• 02/25: Becoming a Phenomenal Woman
  Hosted by: Carbondale Public Library
  Audience: Carbondale residents
• 02/25: Film Screening and Discussion "Born in the Struggle"
  Hosted by: Oakton Community College
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 02/24: Center for Conflict Resolution On the Table
  Hosted by: Center for Conflict Resolution
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 02/22, 02/23: Reparations, Truth and Reconciliation
  Hosted by: Endeleo Institute
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 02/20: The People in My Films: Portrayal and Relationships, Steve James
  Hosted by: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
  Audience: Central Illinois residents
• 02/18: Anti-Racism, Allyship and Action with Rev. Dr. William J Barber, II
  Hosted by: Lewis University
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 02/13: Directing: The Storyteller, Rita Coburn
  Hosted by: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
  Audience: Central Illinois residents
• 02/06: The Roots of Black Music in America with Karlus Trapp
  Hosted by: Carbondale Public Library
  Audience: Southern Illinois/Carbondale residents
• 02/06: Creating Your Own Content, Troy Pryor
  Hosted by: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation
  Audience: Central Illinois residents
• 02/02: Community Conversations towards Civic Justice!
  Hosted by: IL Muslim Civic Coalition
  Audience: DuPage County residents
• 01/29: Black & Brown Community Healing Symposium
  Hosted by: Southwest Organizing Project
  Audience: Southwest Chicago residents
• 01/28: Racial Unity Dialogue "The African American Experience: Anti-Black Racism"
  Hosted by: Working Family Solidarity
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 01/27: Best Seat in the House Zoom Discussion Series
  Hosted by: Chicago Media Project
  Audience: Illinois Residents
• 01/26: Virtual Book Discussion "Black History Saved My Life"
  Hosted by: University of St. Francis
  Audience: Will and Joliet County residents
• 01/20: Theatre of the Oppressed
  Hosted by: United Congregations of Metro-East
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 01/19: 5th Annual National Day of Racial Healing
  Hosted by: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Chicago
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 01/19: Racial Healing and Reparations: Two Steps Towards Transformation
  Hosted by: YWCA Evanston/North Shore
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 01/18: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
  Hosted by: Augustana College
  Audience: Students, staff, faculty and alumni of Augustana College
• 01/18: Healing Conversations
  Hosted by: United Congregations of Metro-East
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 01/16: MLK Love Train Caravan
  Hosted by: The Women's Center, Southern Illinois Unity Coalition
  Audience: Harrisburg, Marion, Murphysboro and Carbondale residents
• 01/15: Providers Listening Session on Equitable Breastfeeding Support
  Hosted by: HealthConnect One
  Audience: Healthcare and lactation support providers who work with birthing families of color; serve families that identify as people of color in Cook County or the Tri-County region
• 01/13: Family Listening Session on Equitable Breastfeeding Support
  Hosted by: HealthConnect One
  Audience: Those who have given birth in the last 3 years; identify as a person of color and/or eligible for Medicaid/SNAP/WIC or housing assistance; live in Cook County or the Tri-County Region
• 12/21: "The Reunited States" Screening and Discussion
  Hosted by: Quad Cities Interfaith
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 12/19: Sounds of Healing
  Hosted by: Genesis at the Crossroads
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 12/17: "The Reunited States" Screening and Discussion
  Hosted by: Faith Coalition for the Common Good
  Audience: Springfield residents
• 12/12, 12/22, 01/09 & 01/19: UIUC Hosting "Bold Conversations"
  Hosted by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work and Illinois Extension
  Audience: Illinois parents
• 12/10: December Racial Unity Dialogue
  Hosted by: Working Family Solidarity
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 12/09: Best Seat in the House Zoom Discussion Series
  Hosted by: Chicago Media Project
  Audience: Illinois residents
• 12/04 and 12/05: Virtual Racial Healing Circle Practitioner Statewide Training
  Hosted by: TRHT
  Audience: Residents outside of Cook County
• 10/06: Healing Illinois Panel Discussion
  Hosted by: Healing Illinois, IDHS

Grantees: to have your event listed here, email details and registration link to: healingil@cct.org.