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(EMPIRE NEWS NETWORK—ENN)— MORENO VALLEY, CA—- As overt and deadly racism continues to rise all over the world, local civil rights leaders, community leaders, and social workers launch the Center Against Racism & Trauma (CART) in the Inland Empire. The mission of CART is to eliminate racism in all of its forms and provide healing for all suffering from its trauma.
“This is not a research or documentation center, this is an action center,” said Corey Jackson, Director of CART and civil rights leader.
CART is designed to actively fight against racism by offering counter narratives to the racist propaganda of the day and training a new generation of youth in anti-racism ideology and strategies.
CART is also dedicated to initiating conversations of racism, oppression, and marginalization, while providing opportunities for affected people to heal from the ravages of historical and intergenerational trauma that racism causes.
This first strategy that CART will be providing is a public blog t hat will focus on current racist actions all over the world, and anti-racist videos to further educate the public and help prevent the spread of racism.
“We chose the anniversary of Emmett Till’s lynching, to ensure that everyone can see how dangerous and evil racism is. Emmett Till laying in that coffin is exactly what racism looks like in our nation and in our souls,” said Jernine Williams, Director of Research.
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store.
Cause of death?: ?Lynching
Resting place?: ?Burr Oak Cemetery?; ?Alsip, Illinois
Died?: ?August 28, 1955 (aged 14); ?Money, Mississippi
Born?: ?Emmett Louis Till; July 25, 1941; ?Chicago, IL
To access CART content, please go to: www.DestroyRacism.org
