Hopeful Honest Initiative on Race and Understanding

12/12/2025

If you value truth-telling at the intersection of faith, history, and justice, I want to tell you more about how I plan to use the tools of multimedia to raise the volume on this type of content.

Join me on Sunday (12/7) at 4 PM ET on Zoom. Register here to receive the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JpTjtodWQ4-0AULQjebESQ

12/12/2025

The Holidays are a time for family & friends. It’s a rejoicing for the season and the connections that life brings. We met last evening for our Annual Holiday Dinner sharing the love and joy of the season.

The Trustees of Hopeful Honest Initiative on Race & Understanding send you Holiday Greetings and Joy for this season. We extend you love and well wishes.

12/05/2025

Join us 12noon Friday, December 5th for a dynamic virtual conversation with Rev. Nontombi Tutu for a dynamic conversation!

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12/03/2025

Rev. Tutu’s perspective on BELONGING …

The challenges of growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa have been the foundation of the Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu’s life as a motivational spe...

12/02/2025

Hopeful Honest Initiative presents Rev. Nontombi Tutu, Development Consultant, Educator, Social & Racial Activist and daughter of South Africa’s Bishop Desmond Tutu, is our special guest for our last monthly zoom call of the year.

10/21/2025

is a movement of civil disobedience which aims to hold leaders accountable to the needs of the poor and address systematic injustices.

“King said in 1963 when he was in the Birmingham jail, that the greatest enemy of the Civil Rights Movement are the moderates who are more interested in peace and order than they are in justice and change.” - Bishop Barber.

On Wednesday, July 30th, Bishop Barber discussed King’s words as well as the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation/denial of healthcare, the war economy/militarization of our communities, and the false moral narrative of religious nationalism.

10/18/2025

🔥 Don’t miss this month’s Racial Reconciliation Forum featuring Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and one of the leading voices for justice in America today.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to fight for racial equity, dismantle systemic injustice, and pursue a moral movement rooted in love and truth.

🗓️ Friday, October 24th
🕒 12 noon
📍 Zoom Meeting ID: 897 5295 1715
Passcode: 707979

This is a night you won’t want to miss.

09/25/2025

Hopeful Honest Initiative is gearing up for THIS FRIDAY’S guest, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum. Having served as the 9th President of Spelman College, recently recognized as US News & World Report’s #1 HBCU for the 19th year in a row, she was awarded the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award in 2013 during her 2002-2015 presidency.

“Higher education stands at a crossroads—facing both peril and promise.” – Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

Don’t miss your chance to hear directly from Dr. Tatum as she discusses her new book, Perils & Promise, and explores how race, equity, and education shape our future.

📅 Friday, September 25, 2025| ⏰ 12 noon| 💻 Zoom Meeting ID: 897 5295 1715
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09/23/2025

📚✨ Join us for a powerful conversation with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum—renowned scholar, author, and thought leader—as she unpacks the intersections of higher education, race, and DEI.

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum is the author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race as well as Can We Talk About Race? and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation

Dr. Tatum's next book has just been released!! We will have the honor to discuss Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times.

🗓 Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
🕒 Time: 12:00 noon
📍 Virtual on Zoom

👉 Zoom Meeting ID: 897 5295 1715
Passcode: 707979

08/23/2025

Hopeful Honest Initiative on Race and Understanding are proud supporters of the ahmaudarberyfoundation and today’s Run with Ahmad 5k event. Members of our Board of Trustees and may others friends participated and shared our signage at the 3K mark.

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08/14/2025

The trustees of Hopeful Honest Initiative on Race and Understanding supported today’s Change the Story Conference sponsored by oneracemovement. Inspired, they all left with a rejuvenated sense of purpose and strength.

One day at a time, one step at a time Brave Conversations continue.

08/14/2025

Join Hopeful Honest on Friday, August 22nd for a live conversation with Wanda Cooper Jones. Details and zoom link can be found at www.hopefulhonest.org