Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrating Community

February 04, 2025

Welcome to the Alamance Racial Equity Alliance newsletter! As we walk alongside one another in 2025, it is so very important that time is spent building relationships. A key focus of our work this year will be just that: getting to know one another and deepening those connections. We are a community of anti-racist people that encourages the transformation of thought through collective learning, meaningful relationships, and community events.

Our purpose is to end racism.

Thank you to the African-American Cultural Arts & History Center for partnering with us to host a local event in observance of The National Day of Racial Healing. And an extra special thank you to Mr. James Shields, Jr. for sharing wisdom and insight! The event centered three exhibits for conversation points: The murder of 15 year old Leon Mebane during the Williams High School Riot of 1969, Black Bottom Business District in downtown Burlington, and documented acts of racial terror in Alamance County where three Black men were murdered by public lynching.

To learn more about Alamance County’s history and participation in systems of White Supremacy, email [email protected] to schedule a tour or visit the Center during their public hours.

To learn more about the work happening to memorialize documented victims of racial terror in Alamance County, visit https://www.alamanceremembrancecoalition.com.

Legacies of Lynching: An Inaugural Gathering

Join us as we honor the memories of those lost to lynching, foster collaboration, and build a statewide network committed to truth.

FREE EVENT ON MARCH 1ST IN CHAPEL HILL

Additional Alamance County Black History Month Events

Workshop and Training Opportunities

We trust that folks are taking care of themselves and each other as we grapple with threatening executive orders, record-breaking cold and fire, and attacks on constitutional rights. We are staying focused on analyzing power, continuing to build our base, and strengthening our relationships.

On Saturday, February 8th, we will be hosting Regaining Ground: Racial Justice in an Era of Retrenchment & Climate Change.

This conversation is critically important as we collectively grieve, support, and organize to rebuild in the wake of the California fires and other human-made natural disasters. Not only is environmental racism a persistent threat to communities of color, but did you know it also drives climate change? 

We invite you to join us virtually on 2/8 at 11:30am PT | 1:30pm CT | 2:30pm ET. During this virtual conversation Ms. Monique Harden will lead us in analyzing environmental racism and climate change.

Public Trainings - Racial Equity Institute (REI)

A calendar of upcoming REI trainings that are open for public registration. Find one that you would benefit from.

racialequityinstitute.org/public-trainings

Learn More About the Work of Our Community Partners

AACAH | African-American Cultural Arts & History Center

Collecting and preserving Alamance county's rich African American legacy, the AACAHC is a cultural site and museum in Burlington, NC.

www.aacahcenter.org

Home | Alamance County Community Remembrance Coalition

The Alamance County Community Remembrance Coalition was formed in November 2019 as a result of a few coalition members journeying to the Equal Justice Initiative’s (EJI) Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. These members returned with a renewed passion to bring EJI projects to their community to recognize the tragic history of local racial terror lynchings. Coalition members contacted other community leaders who could bring valuable knowledge of history, families, events, and community work.

https://www.alamanceremembrancecoalition.com

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