The Institute for
HISTORY & HEALING
What is the Institute for History and Healing?
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The Institute for History and Healing, Inc. (IHH is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization registered in New York State.
Led by passionate thinkers and doers, the IHH believes that the best time to honor our history and future is always the present. We facilitate healing from the impacts of enslavement, genocide, and other human rights violations through storytelling, educational outreach, special events, historic preservation, and film and media production. Our dedicated Board members come from diverse fields such as business, education, entertainment, health advocacy, law, and social justice.
Our mission is clear:
“We change how the history of the past is told to transform how the history of the future is lived.” We collaborate partner organizations to create culturally-inclusive rituals and projects that honor undervalued sites of memory while fostering community resilience through healing conversations and events. Where will contribution go?
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PROJECTS
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What Do We Tell Our Children?
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A transformative campaign for educational justice in America’s K-12 curriculum.
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We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
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On Dec. 3, 2024, in the wake of Kamala Harris’ historic vice presidency and presidential bid, IHH launched a national initiative to commemorate the Black women who founded the women’s movement Dec 3, 1831.
EVENTS What Do We Tell Our Children? A transformative campaign for educational justice in America’s K-12 curriculum
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Bench by the Road
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Toni Morrison famously recalled: “There is no place you or I can go, to think about or not think about the slaves. There is no suitable memorial, there's no small bench by the road.” IHH is partnering with The Toni Morrison Society’s “Bench by the Road” to honor the women’s movement’s unheralded founders.
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