Program areas at National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Ncchr: operates the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (ncchr), a museum in atlanta, Georgia, that provides attractions and exhibits that connect the american Civil Rights movement to today's global Human Rights movements. It is most renowned for its exhibit of personal papers and items of dr. martin luther king, jr. from the morehouse college martin luther king, jr. collection.
The Center's k-12 education program is at the heart of our mission drive work and vision for the future. By 2025, the Center seeks to be the place students and educators turn for the learning and understanding of u.s. Civil Rights history. The Center is developing and will launch a learning portal which is an online hub that makes our curricular materials and resources available to educators and students across the country.
Truth and transformation: the truth and transformation initiative is dedicated to teaching a more complete and inclusive account of the past, one that helps communities understand how we reached the present-with its conflicts, opportunities and urgent needs. The focus of the initiative is to create opportunities for atlanta to engage with its past in ways that prove transformative. Truth and transformation will address people and events in atlanta that have not been recognized or memorialized, with a focus on two glaring omissions: the 1906 atlanta race massacre and forced labor at the chattahoochee brick company and bellwood quarry.
Campaign for equal dignity (public programs): the campaign for equal dignity is galvanizing people who believe in Human Rights to demand dignity for all. The campaign provides resources and education to our communities and amplifies the work of advocates working to protect Rights.
Diversity, equity and inclusion training: the Center's dei conversations and experiences help workplaces explore issues related to race and diversity with conversations and experiences that encourage change and growth for individuals and organizations.
Law enforcement: redefining policing to affirm and instill Human Rights: repair is an online education program that helps police build trust in communities they serve and teaches best practices to protect Civil and Human Rights.
Lgbtq institute: the lgbt institute convenes and celebrates the minds of the movement while fostering intelligent dialogue about the state of Civil and Human Rights for lgbt communities. The Center supports the institute by providing programming partnership, grant preparation and oversight and logistical / facilities access.
Affiliate partner program: the affiliate partner program is a sponsorship by private and parochial schools in neighboring counties to provide diverse and cultural educational programming to students.