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Creative Outlets Exhibition: Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium (CRJC)

This collaborative display showcases the efforts and achievements of Central Piedmont students and employees in the realms of art and advocacy over the course of six decades.

Advocacy Efforts of The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium

Founded in 2020, The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium (CRJC) is a partnership between Central Piedmont Community College, Johnson C. Smith University, Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte Campus, Queens University of Charlotte, and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. In 2020, the CRJC was selected by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) as a Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center.

CRJC’S GOALS

  1. Understand, recognize, and work towards healing the separation in Charlotte’s segregated past and present.
  2. Embrace a more comprehensive narrative on race.
  3. Build respectful and trusting relationships among diverse members of our university and Charlotte communities.
  4. Develop student, staff, and faculty leaders who facilitate truth-telling, racial healing, and transformation.
  5. Transform the language and culture of race and racism on our campuses and in the Charlotte community.

CRJC Historical Items

The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium 2021-2022 cohort from left to right: RaeDeja Sawyer, Fernanda Tovar, Jesse Bennett (advisor), Dev Patel, and Dallas Pike.

The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium 2021-2022 cohort from left to right: RaeDeja Sawyer, Fernanda Tovar, Jesse Bennett (advisor), Dev Patel, and Dallas Pike.

The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium 2020-2021 cohort from left to right: Dr. David Mahatha (advisor), Charles Stone, Justin Knoll (former advisor), Diya Patel, Emma Hoff, Olivia Sawyer, and Diante Solano. Not pictured - Jennifer Colindres.

The Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium 2020-2021 cohort from left to right: Dr. David Mahatha (advisor), Charles Stone, Justin Knoll (former advisor), Diya Patel, Emma Hoff, Olivia Sawyer, and Diante Solano. Not pictured - Jennifer Colindres.

The “CRJC - Central Piedmont Racial Justice Fellows” plaque.

The “CRJC - Central Piedmont Racial Justice Fellows” plaque.

CRJC 2021-2022 cohort sweatshirt with Central Piedmont on the front; the CRJC logo on the left sleeve and 1963 (the year CPCC was established) on the right sleeve. CRJC 2020-2021 cohort t-shirt with the words “Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation” on the front.

Left: CRJC 2021-2022 cohort sweatshirt with Central Piedmont on the front; the CRJC logo on the left sleeve and 1963 (the year CPCC was established) on the right sleeve.

Right: CRJC 2020-2021 cohort t-shirt with the words “Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation” on the front.