The Red Door Project

About the Red Door Project

The Red Door Project’s mission is to leverage the power of stories to change racial ecology. Through storytelling, we gain appreciation of our differences and an awareness of our fundamental interconnectedness. We envision a society where our differences catalyze listening, learning, and thoughtful action. We believe that embracing our social, cultural and racial differences leads to wholeness, and the way to change our ecology is to bring more difference into the spotlight.

About Our Work

Our current focus is The Evolve Experience, an innovative arts-based program that provides a framework for engaging in potentially divisive conversations, promotes empathy and trust, and helps participants build strategies for systemic change. Evolve centers around filmed monologues that present perspectives from both police officers and African American community members describing their lived experiences with race and policing. By using the arts as a springboard, Evolve seeks to stimulate conversation in a new way and help us to bridge a seemingly intractable divide. Facilitated discussion focuses on building skills that are crucial for successfully navigating change such as self-awareness, flexibility, curiosity and a willingness to grapple with complexity. We have worked with more than 30 partners in law enforcement, the judiciary, and community-based organizations that can foster connections with affected communities and other stakeholders.