Partners for a Racism-Free Community is a movement of committed citizens and organizations working to move Greater Grand Rapids from “that’s the way it is” to “racism-free” through personal commitments, institutional efforts, social advocacy, and persistent intolerance of racist attitudes, words and behaviors.

With a rich history of working together to advance the cause of racial justice, the PRFC promotes a color-rich presence in all sectors of the community. It builds on a decade of successful Summits on Racism, public forums, and promotion of racial justice. Core supporters are businesses, groups and individuals.

As a community catalyst, the partnership seeks to enhance dozens of initiatives already working to overcome the racial divide in the greater Grand Rapids area and to support their efforts to create a racism-free community.

As committed people, we aspire to achieve a standard of excellence in racial equality, choosing to become identified with others of a like mind in order to create the critical mass necessary for community transformation.

As a coalition, we encourage each other to expect equality, because no one can truly experience equality until everyone does.