The Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School of Public Service announces Rev. Alvin Herring, Executive Director of Faith in Action, as its 2023 Distinguished Scholar in Racial Healing Practice. Faith in Action is the largest grassroots, faith-based organizing network in the United States.
The Distinguished Scholar in Racial Healing Practice is a new class of scholars to the Center’s long-running, nationally-recognized Scholars in Residence program. The program was created to gather healing practitioners to utilize their wisdom and experience to inform the Center’s National Racial Healing Certification Program. During their residency, each scholar will spend time writing, interacting with our school and community, and will share their essay in a public program.
“We are looking forward to Rev. Herring joining us and sharing his wealth of wisdom and knowledge on racial healing with our community,” said Dr. Charlotte L. Williams, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Center on Community Philanthropy.
Rev. Herring’s leadership spans the nonprofit and academic arenas. He previously served as Director of Racial Equity and Community Engagement with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, as Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President for Student Life for the University of Louisville, as Executive Director of the Working Interfaith Network in Baton Rouge, La., and as Executive Director of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice in Louisville, Ky.
“The Clinton School is honored to welcome Rev. Herring as the Center on Community Philanthropy’s Distinguished Scholar in Racial Healing Practice,” said Dean Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto. “His expertise and experience will add to the incredible list of Scholars in Residence that Dr. Charlotte Williams has brought to Little Rock.”
Rev. Herring will conduct his residency in Little Rock, Ark., during the week of the National Day of Racial Healing, January 16 – 19, 2024. The National Day of Racial Healing, established by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is an opportunity for people, organizations, and communities across the country to call for racial healing, bring people together in their common humanity, and take collective action to create a more just and equitable world.
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This is great news! Several years ago I had the opportunity to participate in some Faith Based Community Organizing Training in KC with Rev. Herring and he is a shining light for all things good in a world clouded with doubt, discrimination and deception. I am ecstatic he will be in residence at the Clinton School.