Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley to launch hybrid programming as a result of COVID
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12/22/2020 - Vanessa Otero is the interim director of Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD One of the most impactful aspects of the Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley’s programming is the opportunity for people from different socioeconomic levels to come together to address their racial biases.
While the program is traditionally done in person, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way the two-day immersive program will be taught in the future.
“Assuming that restrictions are lifted we are going to be debuting a hybrid model in July,” said Vanessa Otero, a co-founder and interim director of the institute.
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Healing Racism Institute’s mission is to dismantling racism (Guest viewpoint)
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 15, 2021 Vanessa Otero is the interim director of Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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By Vanessa Otero | Healing Racism Institute of the Pioneer Valley
In 2011 my then CEO, Herbie Flores signed us up to join a group of Springfield leaders on a City to City trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan. He stated that it was going to be a teachable moment in my budding career.
As the trip progressed, those teachable moments were evident in the exchange of ideas but also in the small talk that occurred among our fellow travelers. I heard things like, “The best way to fix the Springfield Public Schools is to annex Longmeadow” and other suggestions that sounded a lot like gentrification. If Herbie was also within earshot, we exchanged a look which we would continue to exchange throughout my tenure at his organizatio
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Updated Jan 18, 2021;
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Gov. Charlie Baker used his remarks to highlight the state’s recent police reform legislation which he called a “big step forward” for racial justice while other speakers called for continued advocacy for racial and social justice in the aftermath of the recent riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald J. Trump.