U.S. Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Funders' Briefing Program, January 19, 2021

[...]people hear “healing,” and what we know is “healing” is a very difficult word, but more importantly, it gets to system change work, and that is where the work really hits the ground, and that is where we see the transformation happening. From the very beginning, we reached out to local philanthropic associations, we reached out to community foundations, to private foundations, family foundations, because foundations should be critical catalysts for this work around the country. [...]building on those efforts, we have the opportunity and responsibility to strengthen a blossoming U.S. movement that is poised to really accelerate the journey to lasting racial justice, equity, and healing. [...]in the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decided on June 4 to introduce H.Con.Res. 100, which was a resolution calling for the formation of a U.S. Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission. When she was selected to become the vice-presidential nominee, she passed the baton to Senator Cory Booker, and he introduced a sister resolution in the Senate, S.Con.Res. 50, in early December, and within a short amount of time there were 13 Senators who had joined on before the session ended in the 116th Congress. Just yesterday, we released a video on Now This (Now This Politics' Instagram page) with Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige and many other top artists calling for the Biden–Harris Administration to launch a commission in their first 100 days.