ERACCE, Eliminating Racism and Creating/Celebrating Equity

05/06/2026

Please join ERACCE staff over coffee to connect with our community.
First round of coffee is on us!

We are excited to see you May 29th from 10am-1pm at the Flap-Jacks Pancake House off of Grand River in Lansing.

05/05/2026

Partner Event:

Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership invites you to Building Community & Coalitions, a two-hour workshop featuring Stephanie Hicks, PhD that will be Friday, May 8, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Arcus Center.

Stephanie Hicks is a lecturer in the Program on Intergroup Relations and a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. Her recent work includes co-editing Facilitating Transformational Dialogues: Creating Socially Just Communities.

During the workshop, we will discuss how our social identities and related systems of oppression impact our ability to build community and coalitions. And we'll learn tools to support our efforts to work across differences towards justice.

This will be an impactful community gathering, and we hope you'll join us. Lunch will be provided, and there is no cost to participate. Please RSVP here.

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05/05/2026

04/26/2026

Unfortunately, we have to cancel the FlapJack Friday scheduled for this Friday, but we will resume with the event next month. We hope to see you in May!

04/16/2026

"I Look at the World" is a poem by Langston Hughes that was written in 1930, but it wasn't published until 2009, when it was discovered penciled in the back of one of Hughes's books.

What we poem reminds us is that despite the constraints of our current reality, we can still build a better tomorrow, especially if we build it together!

04/14/2026

Partner Event:

Sandra will discuss her book, Tough Mind, Tender Heart: Reflections on a Black Woman’s Activist Journey, from 2–4 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Black Arts and Cultural Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 102.

She will also deliver a keynote address at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Room 103 of Dewing Hall, 1219 Academy St. Both events, which will feature cultural curator LJ Hollingsworth, and will explore what it means to find one’s voice in a complex world.
Advance registration is encouraged for the April 18 event to help plan for attendance. Guests may register online and walk-ins are welcome.

Sandra has long-standing ties to Kalamazoo College. As a founding visiting fellow at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in 2011, she conducted research on intergenerational mentoring and social justice leadership in activist communities. She also co-facilitated a course titled Social Justice Leadership Fundamentals, sparking the creation of the College’s first Diva Brunch, an empowerment-focused gathering for women of color students.

04/14/2026

Please join ERACCE staff over coffee to connect with our community.
First round of coffee is on us!

We are excited to see you April 24th from 10am-1pm at the Flap-Jacks Pancake House off of Grand River in Lansing.