The National Day of Racial Healing 2026

Special thanks to Naturally 7 and The Maccabeats. Watch their full music video " Shed A Little Light" below.

Naturally 7 is an American music group with a distinct a cappella style they call "vocal play," which, according to group leader Roger Thomas, is "the art of becoming an instrument using the human voice to create the sound." Naturally 7 is known around the world

The Maccabeats are an American Orthodox Jewish all-male a cappella group. Founded in 2007 at Yeshiva University, Manhattan, New York, the 14+ member group specializes in covers and parodies of contemporary hits using Jewish-themed lyrics.

The performance is so compelling not only with their singing, but the fact that 7 Black men and 14 Orthodox Jewish men sang together, proving one thing, we can all get along! Please watch STOMP Out Bullying’s video on Martin Luther King’s Birthday on January 19th and on the January 20th, the National Day of Racial Healing.

This collaboration is a collective action against racism. Let’s talk about it and share our values!

Communities across the country will observe the National Day of Racial Healing in unique and meaningful ways by taking action that supports the National Day of Racial Healing. Everyone can bring racial healing into their homes, communities and institutions.

Through racial healing, we can all forge deep, meaningful relationships, lay the groundwork to transform broken systems, and create a world in which, together, we are a new force for positive change.

Engage Your Inner Circle - Friends, Family, Neighbors and Colleagues

• Are there people in your life with whom you’ve been wanting to discuss race or racism, but haven’t known how? Check out these resources to help you host a conversation or racial healing circle from your home or in a virtual setting. Whenever possible, invite people from different backgrounds and cultures to join your conversation.
• Watch "Changing The Narrative" a digital series documenting powerful stories from communities across the country where people are working together to create lasting change.
• Hang up poster boards with headings like “‘My Racial Healing Looks Like _______________.”
  And ask people to fill in their ideas.
• Use this conversation guide to create an open, non-adversarial environment.

Spark Conversation Among Friends! Get your school and town talking!

• Read books and watch movies that affirm the identities and backgrounds of all people. Learn about your own culture and history; and the cultures and histories of other people in your area. 
• Plan a service project that gets people of diverse backgrounds working together.
• Visit a local museum that features the history of cultural groups in your local community.
• Look for local and national organizations that help you learn to talk about racism and take action locally.

See if there’s a program at your children’s school that’s trying to stop racism. There might also be organizations set up to support Black students, Latinx students, AAPI students and Native students in your school. If you’re white, see if there are opportunities to improve your ability to be an ally/accomplice. Learn about being an active upstander.                                                          
GET YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY TALKING!

• Ask your school and elected officials about issuing a local proclamation naming  the day after Martin Luther King Jr's birthday the National Day of Racial Healing in your community.