“You have to feel,
to heal, to deal.”
-Dennie Butler-Mackay
LICSW, SJPHC
supporting youth ages 16-18 in
their racial justice & liberation work
Is a project, in its tenth year, bringing together youth and faculty-in-training to expose, discuss, and address structural racism and inequities, with a particular focus on health. It is designed to be a tool for lifelong engagement in the work of racial justice and liberation.
Racial Reconciliation
and Healing
Feel
“Being able to develop those deep relationships and really do racial justice work with individuals is a skill I hope to take with me for the rest of my life.”
—Nathan Metz-Lerman, Alum ’17
Heal
“We talk a lot about youth, perhaps, having a ‘moment’ which is when all of those emotions may converge. We can help through a healing or a reconciliation process.”
—Dennie Butler-MacKay, LICSW, SJPHC
Deal
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But, if you have come here to help because your liberation is bound up with mine, then we can work together.”
—Lila Watson, Aboriginal Artist and Organizer
