To defy: to resist; to refuse to submit to; to challenge; to confront boldly and courageously; to work tirelessly to change

"Defy the Lie!" That is the theme of this year's Community Healing Days. With that rallying cry, we are calling all black people to confront boldly and courageously all the stereotypes that are limiting us and burdening us as a people. We must challenge the lies about Black people that are rooted in one big lie: the lie of Black inferiority--and work tirelessly to replace them with the truth. 

Click here to see our brand new "Defy the Lie" public service announcement, which we ask you to share with your family and friends, and click here to see our "Defy the Lie" flyer and brochure, which you can download, copy, and include in church bulletins and other community announcements. 

Defy the Lie

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Please be sure to put "time for healing" on your agenda and please help us spread the word.

Visit www.CommunityHealingNet.org to show your support for the movement for the emotional emancipation of Black people by saying "yes" to Dr. Maya Angelou's call to Wear Sky Blue during Community Healing Days, October 14, 15, and 16, 2011--and encouraging your family and friends to do the same. And for more on what you can do to join in the celebration of Community Healing Days and build the movement for emotional emancipation, please click here. 

Your commitment to Wear Sky Blue during Community Healing Days will tell the world that you are saying "yes" to healing, "yes" to complete freedom for black people everywhere, and "yes" to the movement to Defy the Lie! 

Thank you,

Enola Aird, Jill Snyder, Dottie Green, Natalie Roche, Tarice Gray, Wizdom Powell Hammond, Sheila Warren, Ric Jennings, Gretchen Vaughn, and all your friends at Community Healing Network, Inc.   

 

P.S. We need your help to make this the decade for the emotional emancipation of black people. CHN is a low-overhead, volunteer-run, 501(c) (3) grassroots organization. We are supported entirely by charitable donations. Your gift of any amount will help. Please donate today using the secure link below, or send a check to Community Healing Network, Inc., 111 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, Attention: Jill Snyder, Treasurer. Thanks again