BBI4RR Board of Directors and Fellows, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox,
and Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama CEO Jim Page
Left to right: BBI4RR Secretary Tresha McClain, Andrea Dobynes-Wagner, Dr. Jessy Ohl, BBI4RR Founder and President Carol Caffee, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, BBI4RR Treasurer Estella Hare, Quin Kelly, Jr., Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton, Katherine Waldon, Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Page
Not pictured: Shayla Smith and Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner
and Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama CEO Jim Page
Left to right: BBI4RR Secretary Tresha McClain, Andrea Dobynes-Wagner, Dr. Jessy Ohl, BBI4RR Founder and President Carol Caffee, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, BBI4RR Treasurer Estella Hare, Quin Kelly, Jr., Dr. Stephanie Anne Shelton, Katherine Waldon, Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Page
Not pictured: Shayla Smith and Rev. Dr. Tyshawn Gardner
BBI4RR's Definition of Racial Reconciliation
“A community-centered process of acknowledging and reckoning with the historical and ongoing consequences of racial injustice to promote reflection and healing, restore human connection, and transform systems of oppression."
How do we work to achieve racial reconciliation?
- Assert accurate history to understand how systemic racism has been embedded in our culture and acknowledge the need for change.
- Enabling reflection and interpersonal communication that will advance individual and communal changes.
- Actively eliminate the barriers, structures and policies that sustain systemic racism. Create equity, and justice, as well as reconcile past wrongs.
