What is CORE?
CORE works to deconstruct systemic inequities and achieve equitable outcomes for all people in Chatham County through education, organizing, and reconciliation.
current events
Juneteenth
Saturday, June 19, 2021
CORE and other partners co-host a free, public event using education, music, storytelling, and performance to deepen our understanding of slavery and the efforts to abolish it, and to connect slavery to modern day human rights issues.
Chatham Organizing for Racial Equity
Organizing
Our community organizing project builds and strengthens relationships with individuals, community groups, and nonprofits interested in race equity issues. Contact us to start a conversation.
Reconciliation
We use a model of racial identity caucusing to broaden and deepen awareness gained after taking part in racial equity workshops. Contact us to learn more.
“The first thing you can do is to understand the problem. When we look at how we got here, 80 percent of our history has been spent in a racialized, segregated, or enslaved way of life and culture.”
“When you’re uncomfortable and you’re so uncomfortable that your skin is itching, that’s when the work starts, that’s when the change happens. Lean into that feeling and explore it more.”
“The first thing you can do is to understand the problem. When we look at how we got here, 80 percent of our history has been spent in a racialized, segregated, or enslaved way of life and culture.”
Email Us
info@corenc.org