About the Center for Truth, Community Healing & Transformation at UC
The Center for Truth, Community Healing and Transformation (CTCHT) was established in 2020 as the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation under Dr. Tia Sheree Gaynor for the purpose of addressing social injustice through research and community dialogue. We remain committed to this central objective and believe that a strong society is one of that honestly confronts its challenges and intentionally builds towards the collective and shared benefit of all.
CTCHT is part of the University of Cincinnati (UC) School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the UC College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) Action Collaborative. It is supported by Discovery Amplified, a research catalyst initiative of UC A&S.
To activate a network of courageous community and institutional leaders willing to leverage their collective resources, lived experiences, expertise and innovative capacities for the generation of public solutions that make abundant lives possible for all.
CTCHT seeks to:
1. Foster organizational and community capacity building among non-governmental organizations working to meet pressing public needs.
2. Co-produce applied research and evaluation with community and institutional partners that advance democratic principles and evidence-based decision-making.
3. Repair social division and self-defeating cycles through counter-cultural practices and programming that create spaces of healing, connection, and resilience.