National Race Amity Institute

The National Race Amity Institute, scheduled to open in 2024, is envisioned as a center of research, education, training, youth outreach and the arts, to be housed in the Be on Edgewood community center in Atlanta’s historic Sweet Auburn district, only a block and a half from the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Permitting and other preparations are underway for the construction and renovation of the planned 8,000 square-foot facility, with 3,000 square feet dedicated for use by the National Race Amity Institute. The groundbreaking is scheduled for late April 2023. The National Race Amity Institute will be the anchor tenant of the facility, which will offer office space for local businesses and nonprofits, as well as flexible spaces for community gatherings and performances. Atlanta-based Yavari Development Corporation provided philanthropic support to the project, and the City of Atlanta provided a $1.45 million grant to assist with the renovation and construction at the historic preservation site.

Honorary Committee

Penn Badgley (Actor/Activist)
Liz Cheng (General Manager WGBH Television)
Dr. Johnetta Cole (Educator/CEO National Council of Negro Women)
Ben Cohen (Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream/Activist)
Janet Langhart -Cohen (Journalist, Author, Playwright)
Willam S. Cohen (Former Senator and US Secretary of Defense)
Celeste Headlee (NPR/CNN Journalist/Author)
Dolores Huerta (Civil Rights Icon)
Cornel West (Philosopher and former Professor at Harvard and Princeton)
Rainn Wilson (Actor/Activist)

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