Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice (TCCPJ) is a non-profit organization that creates collaborative education-based opportunities to center the experiences of People of the Global Majority. TCCPJ catalyzes education and action by encouraging dialogue and building community through conversations, projects, presentations, and art-based investigations
A group of like-minded individuals came together from being inspired by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) project and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Montgomery, Alabama). Members created a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting conversations about race and culture in Tarrant County, Texas. TCCPJ understands the importance of recognizing the victims of racial terror violence and including their stories as part of our nation’s historical continuum as a vital step toward healing and reconciliation.
TCCPJ is proud to steward EJI’s Community Remembrance Project in Tarrant County, Texas. Our desire is for our work to assist in healing our community, and hope that this will lead to better outcomes for all.
Tarrant County Coalition for Peace and Justice (TCCPJ) is a non-profit organization that creates collaborative education-based opportunities to center the experiences of People of the Global Majority.
TCCPJ catalyzes education and action by encouraging dialogue and building community through conversations, projects, presentations, and art-based investigations
A group of like-minded individuals came together from being inspired by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) project and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Montgomery, Alabama). Members created a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting conversations about race and culture in Tarrant County, Texas. TCCPJ understands the importance of recognizing the victims of racial terror violence and including their stories as part of our nation’s historical continuum as a vital step toward healing and reconciliation.
TCCPJ is proud to steward EJI’s Community Remembrance Project in Tarrant County, Texas. Our desire is for our work to assist in healing our community, and hope that this will lead to better outcomes for all.
Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is a widely- acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Mr. Stevenson has initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts that challenge inequality in America.
Mr. Stevenson led the creation of two highly acclaimed cultural sites which opened in 2018: the Legacy Museum and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice. These new national landmark institutions chronicle the legacy of slavery, lynching, racial segregation, and connections to mass incarceration and contemporary issues of racial bias. Mr. Stevenson is also a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law.
Ms. Opal Lee, 95, has gained international attention for her efforts to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Her efforts were rewarded this past June 17 when President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Watch a video about her Juneteenth victory here. And read more about the extraordinary work of Ms. Opal here.
TCCPJ is actively involved in a growing number of projects and activities that promote anti-racist education and mutual understanding within Tarrant County and surrounding communities. Since 2019, events have centered around the story of Mr. Fred Rouse, who was lynched in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1921. His story is featured on the website and can be found HERE.
As part of EJI’s Community Remembrance Project, TCCPJ led a Community Remembrance Soil Collection Ceremony on December 11, 2019. As part of the ceremony, TCCPJ gathered soil from the site of the racial terror lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse and placed the soil into two jars. One jar was sent to Montgomery, Alabama, to be included in the Legacy Museum’s archive of jars of soil from racial terror lynching sites from across the country. The other jar remains in Fort Worth and is used to promote education.
TCCPJ also participates in EJI’s Historical Marker Project. As part of this project, EJI installs historical narrative markers in public spaces describing the devastating violence that took place in each location. An EJI Historical Marker will be installed at The Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial on December 11, 2021, as part of the centenary events to memorialize Mr. Fred Rouse.
TCCPJ works closely with DNAWORKS whose “Fort Worth Lynching Tour: Honoring the Memory of Mr. Fred Rouse” takes groups on bike and car tours to the sites associated with the 1921 racial terror lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial: TCCPJ partnered with the Rainwater Charitable Foundation to purchase the site of of the racial terror lynching of Mr. Fred Rouse. TCCPJ is in the initial planning stages of The Mr. Fred Rouse Memorial. TCCPJ’s goal with the project is to reclaim this historical site of trauma and use the site as a foundation for community healing and memorization.
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