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Mourners gather to place flowers at a makeshift memorial for George Floyd at the corner of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis.

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What Does Racial Healing Look Like?

By  Jenn White
   

In the wake of unrest, people are asking what comes next. How do we move to a place of racial healing in this country? The hard and sobering truth is that it won’t come easily. 

Reset digs in with folks who are doing that work in Chicago.

GUESTS: Jose Rico, director of Truth Racial Healing & Transformation Greater Chicago

Pilar Audain-Reed, associate director of Truth Racial Healing & Transformation Greater Chicago

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