Racial Justice and Unity Center - RJUC

01/27/2024

Perhaps you've heard about the Racial Justice and Unity Center (RJUC) and our assessment tools, but you still have questions about how it all works? Here's a short step by step guide:

1. Go to https://rjuc.org/assessment and click on Take the Assessments. The assessment tool was developed through a national research project in partnership with Barna, North Park University, The University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Lilly Endowment.

2. After completing the assessment, choose one of our RJUC coaches for a full report debrief. Each of our coaches have gone through a rigorous application process to ensure that they meet the requirements to provide coaching in racial justice and related topics in Christian contexts.

3. After the debrief, you’ll get a copy of your full report. The full report will show strengths and specific areas for growth, as well as biblical and theological passages to ground your knowledge and action regarding racial justice.

4. Continuing working with an RJUC coach to grow in your understanding and action. You can choose any of our RJUC coaches for an ongoing coaching relationship to help you continue to grow.

Have any questions? Feel free to reach out to timothyc at rjuc dot org or fill out our contact form at rjuc.org/contact

01/26/2024

Want to know more about our history, who we've worked with in the past, and what services we offer? Watch this short 5 min video.

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01/26/2024

Meet Nicholas Rowe, one of our RJUC coaches!

Nick has been a theoretician and practitioner of racial and ethnic conflict transformation and reconciliation for over 30 years. As a historian, he applies the study of the past to inculcate in students and clients the ability to situate themselves outside their own experience and conceptual frameworks to facilitate mutual respect and collaboration. In vocational ministry, he's also worked with clients to promote post-conflict healing and restoration from the effects of racism and ethnic-based identity conflict. His experiences have had him working in the U.S. and the African continent with educational institutions, churches, parachurch organizations, and non-profits to mature and restore communities seeking to model the diverse representation of the Kingdom of God.

Get to know Nick and our other RJUC coaches: https://rjuc.org/coaching/search

07/25/2023

Meet Tryce Prince, one of our RJUC coaches!

Tryce is currently a Ph.D. student in the department of sociology at the University of Illinois-Chicago. His areas of expertise include race and religion, organizations, and cultural sociology. He has been trained in both quantitative and qualitative research, and is currently conducting research on the ways race and religion interact in racially homogeneous religious organizations.

Get to know Tryce and our other RJUC coaches: https://rjuc.org/coaching/search

07/25/2023

Meet Joel Pérez, one of our RJUC coaches!

Dr. Joel Pérez is owner of Apoyo Coaching and Consulting, LLC and an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF). He specializes in career transitions, career coaching, identity-conscious leadership coaching and professionals that want to develop their cultural humility. He has a certification in the MBTI, Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Gallup Strengths Certified Coach and is a certified coach through the Academy of Creative Coaching. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education, serving in various key leadership roles.

Joel currently serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Coaching Federation, where is he leading inclusion efforts. He recently served as the Interim Executive Director for the Immigration Resource Center of San Gabriel Valley, which provides low-cost immigration legal services, educational events, and connection to local community resources.

Get to know Joel and our other RJUC coaches: https://rjuc.org/coaching/search

07/25/2023

Meet Natalie Moultrie, one of our RJUC coaches!

Natalie is the founder of a multi-ethnic reconciliation ministry, The Wall Project (now The Way of Unity), that guides people from various ethnicities on a journey into biblically based multiethnic awareness in the pursuit of racial righteousness.

In addition, upon earning her MA in Counseling in 2020, she began integrating counseling concepts with the ministry of racial healing with the development of PATH. The Positive Actions Toward Healing program integrates Scripture with counseling modalities such as cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, internal family systems, compassion and empathy building and re-evaluation counseling. Group coaching and individual coaching guides participants through self-discovery, perspective building, and forgiveness.

As a Christian Life Coach, Natalie also works one on one with clients facing interpersonal struggles due to racial dynamics in relationships, the church and workplace.

Get to know Natalie and our other RJUC coaches: https://rjuc.org/coaching/search

07/25/2023

Meet Aundre D. Washington, one of our RJUC coaches!

As a disciple of Jesus Christ, and as one who strives to be a catalyst for change, Aundre also seeks to disciple others in the area of racial justice.

Aundre views racial justice as a corrective and collective effort to undermine racism and restore both social and systemic harmony. Three foundational ideas give him a framework for serving others in this space: Recollection, Relationship, and Reformation.

As an Associate Pastor and advocate for racial justice, Aundre has the privilege to partner with Christian organizations (and a non-Christian organization) to work towards diversity, equity, and inclusion—while upholding biblical and gospel-centered standards. He has also had the opportunity to do racial justice work by way of civic engagement, in partnership with other community leaders.

Get to know Aundre and our other RJUC coaches: https://rjuc.org/coaching/search

04/06/2023

Meet Melissa Littlepage, one of our RJUC coaches!

Melissa has over a decade of experience working with a wide variety of organizations in the realm of racial justice. Melissa is also an IDI Qualified Administrator and has trained over 100 organizations and hundreds of individuals as they seek to grow in cultural intelligence.

03/16/2023

Meet Cliff Jenkins, one of our RJUC coaches!

Cliff has provided training and coaching in the area of multiethnic ministry and racial unity for multiple pastors and church planters. These trainings have been in small to medium groups and one-on-one settings. He has also provided racial unity discipleship training for churches and Christian cohorts.

03/10/2023

Meet Esther Jadhav, one of our RJUC coaches!

For over two decades, Esther's work within the Church and Higher Education have allowed her the opportunity to understand the urgency and the need to cultivate cultural competencies that enhance the witness and work of the Church and the importance of educational communities to empower and equip individuals and organizations. While many factors inform her experience and training regarding coaching organizations and individuals in the area of racial dynamics, primary is having lived, engaged with and served interculturally majority of her life in varied racial and ethnic communities both domestically and internationally.

Academically, Esther has pursued disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, and Theology. These academic disciplines have shaped her learning and informed her understanding of the richness and complexities of racial dynamics. In addition to being certified in Cultural Intelligence (CQ), Esther was most recently invited to serve as a member of the national research collaboration team, on Christians and racial justice and racial dynamics in U.S. Christian organizations conducted by Professor Glenn Bracey of Villanova, Barna Group, Renew Partnerships, and Michael Emerson.

03/07/2023

Meet Kevin Holland, one of our RJUC coaches!

As a pastor, Kevin has had opportunities to coach individuals and organizations in the area of racial dynamics for decades. He's also served as the lone African-American Regional Evangelist in the Los Angeles International Church of Christ for over a decade.

He has facilitated countless crucial conversations among members of various races, and conducted training in cultural competency and sensitivity. He has also worked extensively with the Social Cultural Unity and Diversity Task Force. In addition, he is a member of Christians Seeking Justice (CSJ), a national justice ministry.

03/03/2023

Meet Matthew Hale, one of our RJUC coaches!

For over 20 years Matthew has worked with groups and individuals as they grapple with racial dynamics in their organizations and everyday lives. He has designed and facilitated workshops, presentations, curriculums, discussion groups, short-term & long-term learning experiences, action plans for individuals and large-scale organizational change strategies. All of this is rooted in the reconciling work of The Gospel and flows from decades of personal study as well as from the experience of sharing life together in an in*******al intentional community.