Hear what course participants have to about these programs:

• "A must for those leaders who understand
   the strength of diversity and the height to
   which it can take us."
• "Changes the way we think and feel
   about the humanity of this world."
• "Builds and enhances interpersonal
   communication and working relationships."

David Campt, Ph.D, The President's Initiative on Race:
I was most impressed with your approach and your mastery of the dynamics and subtleties of racial dialogue....it was clear that your method of combining large group discussions with intensive one-on-one listening and sharing has a powerful effect on people....

My impression about the transformative potential of your work was further strengthened when I reviewed your curriculum for Course 101. The perspective it adopts is quite sophisticated, and at the same time very accessible. I would hope that everyone in the race dialogue field finds ways to so powerfully connect personal experience to efforts to foster institutional change.

Gayle Sears, Rockford Illinois School District, teacher:
The Healing Our Nation programs have been powerful instruments for change for me, both personally and professionally. They have given me a heightened awareness and a deeper understanding of the nature and effects of prejudice and discrimination in our country, in my community, in my school district, and in my classroom. They are simple, clear, direct, and personal in their impact.

Cindy Rauch, Public Library Administrator:
I highly recommend this program to any professional who is striving to eliminate racism within their facility. Completion of the program provides a background for understanding the complexities of racism and suggests corrective measures. It is an exciting, hands-on, not-to-be-forgotten set of activities designed to change avenues of thinking. This course is a must for those leaders who understand the strength of diversity and the height to which it can take us.

Steve Schutte, Division Manager, Lucent Technologies:
What I found most effective was the way in which the material was delivered, specifically building concepts upon one another to prepare participants for the next significant "teachable moment."

Kevin McKone, Teacher, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO:
For people to truly benefit, they must be motivated to explore what is in our culture and what is in their personal makeup and seek to make some connections as to how they have been shaped by all these variables. This is where Rita Starr's expertise comes in and why her programs are so successful.

Tony Franklin, Associate Dean of Students, Knox College, IL:
Healing Our Nation programs provided me with life-changing insights and understanding about my personal biases, prejudices, emotions and feelings as they relate to discrimination and racism . . . The curriculum empowers the non-dominant culture while creating an empathic and caring paradigm shift for the dominant culture. A delicate blend of audiovisuals, literature, facilitated exercises and discussion groups appeal to both auditory and visual learners.

Irene Atkinson, Kalamazoo, MI:
I have taken training in a number of well-reputed national programs addressing prejudice as well as a number of local programs. Healing Our Nation's programs are by far the best.