United to End Racism
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United to End Racism is an ongoing program of the Re-evaluation Counseling Communities
(RC), whose publicly stated aims are "dedicated to eliminating racism in the world" and "to illuminate the damage done to individuals by racism and to undo this damage on an individual basis, using the resources and process of Re-evaluation Counseling."
UER was founded by RC on 28 November 2000. Since then, it has attended international NGO conferences such as the 2001 Durban
World Conference against Racism
and more recently the World Social Forum
in Caracas
, the World Peace Forum 2006 in Vancouver
(where the organisation labelled itself "Healing from War, Working for Peace") and the White Privilege Conference 2006 in Pella, Iowa
. Barbara Love, the RC "International Liberation Reference Person for People of African Heritage", was a keynote speaker at this conference. A delegation from UER is attended the United States Social Forum
(USSF), which began on June 27, 2007. UER will also send a delegation to the fifth European Social Forum
in Malmo, Sweden, in 2008.
In addition to sending representatives to activist conferences, individual members of RC sometimes present small "UER" events or workshops, often in association with other anti-racism efforts in their local area.
United to End Racism is one of a number of non-profit organizations that represent RC in public forums. Harvey Jackins
, founder of the RC movement, encouraged members of RC to create such organizations to spread RC ideas and objectives along lines pre-planned by the RC leadership - previous well known examples of this tactic include Nuclear Freeze campaigns in the 1980s and the US-based National Coalition Building Institute , founded by RC'er Cherie Brown.. His son Tim Jackins
, the current world leader of RC is also the de-facto leader of UER. The organisation appears solely to exist to service activist conferences as an invited body, and only sporadically carries out other activities. It has no separate membership from RC and is managed from Personal Counselors, Inc (recently renamed "Re-evaluation Counseling Community Resources, Inc"), the office of RC in Seattle. Officers of UER are members of Re-evaluation Counseling and UER policies are determined by the RC leadership.
Re-evaluation Counseling
Re-evaluation Counseling or RC is an organization founded by Harvey Jackins in the 1950s and led by him until his death in 1999. It introduced a procedure called "co-counseling", which Jackins said was a new and effective method of helping people and bringing about social reform. RC teaches...
(RC), whose publicly stated aims are "dedicated to eliminating racism in the world" and "to illuminate the damage done to individuals by racism and to undo this damage on an individual basis, using the resources and process of Re-evaluation Counseling."
UER was founded by RC on 28 November 2000. Since then, it has attended international NGO conferences such as the 2001 Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
World Conference against Racism
World Conference against Racism
The World Conference against Racism are international events organised by the UNESCO to struggle against racism ideologies and behaviours. Four conferences have been held so far, in 1978, 1983, 2001 and 2009...
and more recently the World Social Forum
World Social Forum
The World Social Forum is an annual meeting of civil society organizations, first held in Brazil, which offers a self-conscious effort to develop an alternative future through the championing of counter-hegemonic globalization...
in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, the World Peace Forum 2006 in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
(where the organisation labelled itself "Healing from War, Working for Peace") and the White Privilege Conference 2006 in Pella, Iowa
Pella, Iowa
Pella is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 9,832 at the 2000 census. Pella is the home of Central College as well as several manufacturing companies, including Pella Corporation and Vermeer Manufacturing Company.- History :...
. Barbara Love, the RC "International Liberation Reference Person for People of African Heritage", was a keynote speaker at this conference. A delegation from UER is attended the United States Social Forum
US Social Forum
The United States Social Forum is a gathering of social justice activists in the United States which grew out of the World Social Forum process, bringing together activists, organizers, people of color, working people, poor people, and indigenous people from across the United States...
(USSF), which began on June 27, 2007. UER will also send a delegation to the fifth European Social Forum
European Social Forum
The European Social Forum is a recurring conference held by members of the alter-globalization movement . In the first few years after it started in 2002 the conference was held every year, but later it became biannual due to difficulties with finding host countries...
in Malmo, Sweden, in 2008.
In addition to sending representatives to activist conferences, individual members of RC sometimes present small "UER" events or workshops, often in association with other anti-racism efforts in their local area.
United to End Racism is one of a number of non-profit organizations that represent RC in public forums. Harvey Jackins
Harvey Jackins
Carl Harvey Jackins was the founder, leader and principal theorist of Re-evaluation Counseling .-Early life:Jackins was born in Northern Idaho on June 28, 1916....
, founder of the RC movement, encouraged members of RC to create such organizations to spread RC ideas and objectives along lines pre-planned by the RC leadership - previous well known examples of this tactic include Nuclear Freeze campaigns in the 1980s and the US-based National Coalition Building Institute , founded by RC'er Cherie Brown.. His son Tim Jackins
Tim Jackins
Tim Hugh Jackins is the International Reference Person of Re-evaluation Counseling , known officially as the "International Re-evaluation Counseling Communities". Formerly a math teacher and union negotiator at the Mission College, Santa Clara, California, he succeeded his father Harvey Jackins...
, the current world leader of RC is also the de-facto leader of UER. The organisation appears solely to exist to service activist conferences as an invited body, and only sporadically carries out other activities. It has no separate membership from RC and is managed from Personal Counselors, Inc (recently renamed "Re-evaluation Counseling Community Resources, Inc"), the office of RC in Seattle. Officers of UER are members of Re-evaluation Counseling and UER policies are determined by the RC leadership.