Advocacy For Societal Healing

OUR Programmes

Advocacy for Societal Healing

Using our voice and convening power to host conversations and dialogue on the key issues of global conflict, violence in South African society, and the work of the afterlife of South Africa’s transition to democracy.

Programmes

Courageous Conversations & Dialogues

We recognise that conversations and dialogues are essential to transformative justice. We aim to collectively examine the root causes of violence in our society, its impact today, and the collective work needed to bring about meaningful change for a just and equitable future. Through roundtable discussions, creative storytelling, panel discussions, and workshops, we explore various aspects of justice work, fostering dialogue and collaboration for collective action and progress.

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Solidarity Series

Reflecting on South Africa’s fight for freedom, we recognise our duty to stand in solidarity with others facing similar struggles around the world, in contemporary times. Our objective is to hold space for conversations that connect – while bringing awareness through knowledge sharing, inspiring action, and shared solidarity – for the sake of promoting peace-building and advancing initiatives that promote justice around the world.

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Re:Imagine Freedom

Sparking a national dialogue on issues of marginalisation, belonging, and identity. This documentary series, serves as a platform for the Foundation to have a broader discussion about South Africa’s progress 30 years into democracy through multiple perspectives. Launching in 2025.

Learning from Legacy

Through using the platform of the Truth to Power exhibition, we engage a wide range of audiences in learning about the story and impact of Archbishop Desmond and Mrs Leah Tutu.

Leading for Humanity

We bring together diverse groups of leaders from across society to do the
work of self-repair for societal repair – by exploring the values of compassion, ubuntu, forgiveness, courage, and justice.

Leading for Humanity

This programme builds a dynamic connection between the internal work we need to do as human beings and our contribution to reshaping our societies. We use in-person and online tools to grow diverse circles of courage around the world – a network committed to justice, equality, healing, and our shared humanity.

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At the heart of our work is the mission to extend Archbishop Tutu’s commitment to societal healing, so powerfully demonstrated through chairing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Advocacy for Societal Healing

Through this work we engage in:
• Reconciliation, through which we keep trying to find each other across divides;
• Reparation, through which we collectively take action against injustice and oppression; and
• Reimagination, through which we reimagine who we can be together as a society.
We do this through courageous conversations, healing methodologies, and deep dialogue work to strengthen democracy, tackle violence and conflict, and build our shared humanity.

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Learning from Legacy

Through using the platform of the Truth to Power exhibition, we engage a wide range of audiences in learning about the story and impact of Archbishop Desmond and Mrs Leah Tutu.

LEARNING FROM LEGACY

Learning from Legacy

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We serve thousands of school learners to engage with values of leadership, principles of democracy, and the healing work needed by our society. We engage young children with the imaginative stories inspired by Tutu’s own children’s books. And we reach the broader public in programmes and efforts to tell and share stories of hope and courage in South Africa, and the world.

Leading for Humanity

We bring together leaders from across society to do the work of self-repair for societal repair – through the exploration of the values of compassion, ubuntu, forgiveness, courage, and justice.

Leading for Humanity

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