We change how the history of the past is told in order to change how the history of the future is lived.
OUR VISION
America, it is said in the current political environment, is more divided than ever before.
In fact, the United States has always been divided—divided by race, gender, class, education, ethnicity, religion, region, money, law; by the right to vote the situation otherwise. This is our reality, our truth, our history. This is the legacy numbing our sense of the past; threatening our future. How do we heal the damage done? How do we get past our past? That is the work of The Institute for History and Healing.
OUR MISSION
In fact, the United States has always been divided—divided by race, gender, class, education, ethnicity, religion, region, money, law; by the right to vote the situation otherwise. This is our reality, our truth, our history. This is the legacy numbing our sense of the past; threatening our future. How do we heal the damage done? How do we get past our past? That is the work of The Institute for History and Healing.
To change the world, we work to change our actions by changing our assumptions; to build communities of conscience on these pillars:
The Power of Place
To promote understanding by researching, exploring and reinterpreting traditionally-undervalued sites of memory.
The Power of Knowledge
To disseminate what we learn;
To model for replication new means for historic site preservation and placemaking.
The Power of Imagination
To partner with others to extend the impact of our work;
To develop IHH-branded protocol/rituals that memorializes our mission at sites of memory worldwide.