Racial Healing : The Institutes for the Healing of Racism

Ever since 1988, the grassroots movement called the Institutes for the Healing fo Racism has been spreading from community to community, quietly and steadily working to heal human hearts of the scourge of racism.

Until now, there has been no standard text to set forth the philosophy, psychology, and format on which the Institutes are based. Racial Healing

Shares the writers' personal experiences with the racial healing process from racially different perspectives
Defines racism as a psychological, emotional, and spiritual disorder
Outlines the Institutes' two goals and the five steps to achieving them
Examines why the Institutes are so effective - and so different from other programs that try to combat racism
Tells how to set up and facilitate an Institute for the Healing of Racism
Offers guidance for existing Institutes that want to sharpen their focus

A must-read for those who are tired of platitudes and placation, who want to find a real and lasting solution to the problem of racism.

Reginald Newkirk is among Canada's top human rights and race relations experts. He has served on federal, provincial, and territorial human rights commissions and worked in the areas of native rights, labor relations, and family violence prevention. A skilled trainer and group facilitator, he now works as a private consultant.

Nathan Rutstein has been involved in the formation of Institutes for the Healing of Racism in the United States and Europe since 1988. A former network journalist and college educator, he lectures widely on defining, understanding, and healing the disease of racism. He is the author of sixteen books, including five on race-relations issues.