WHAT IS THE WHO WE ARE PROJECT?

The Who We Are Project was founded by Jeffery Robinson. The organization is an outgrowth of a talk that Robinson has been giving for the past 10 years on the history of anti-Black racism and white supremacy in the United States. This talk forms the basis of the feature-length documentary film, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America.

OUR MISSION

The Who We Are Project will be one of the central voices that will correct the narrative on our shared history of anti-Black racism in the United States.

The current narrative about the impact of anti-Black racism and white supremacy on the social, legal, political, and economic aspects of our culture in the United States is based on a “re-telling” of history that is incomplete, inaccurate, and misleading. The Who We Are Project will correct this false narrative about U.S. history and provide an objectively true account that exposes the role of white supremacy and anti-Black racism throughout history up to the present. This mission is crucial because reckoning with our true history is the only way for our country to move forward on a path toward racial equity and justice.

The Who We Are Project will correct the narrative by providing compelling, meticulously researched, factually accurate descriptions of our history that will be presented in multiple educational materials across written, visual, audio, and digital platforms. We will partner with organizations to produce educational materials that are age appropriate, starting with middle school. We will make presentations to corporate, public, and governmental entities about our true history and its impact on numerous areas of American life. We will partner with other professionals to provide education and internal evaluation to corporations attempting to provide its officers and employees with the truth about our history as their organization considers what role it has in moving the United States to address racial inequity.

The Who We Are Project is a non-profit corporation incorporated in the State of Washington.