What Is Our Purpose?


Our vision is to eliminate individual, institutional, and structural racism through aggressive, proactive strategies that encourage a strong sense of racial and social harmony in the communities of our nine counties region: Anderson, Blount, Grainger, Jefferson, Loudon, Knox, Roane, Sevier, and Union.

The Race Relations Center [RRC] mission is to promote justice and racial harmony.
Race Relations Center Values:
  • Fair and Equitable Processes
  • Community and Common Good
  • Participatory Democracy Guided by Empowerment and Self-Determination
  • Social and Economic Justice
  • Living Our Values
  • Undoing Racism
  • Open, Ethical Governance
  • Appreciation for Cultural Diversity
  • Collaborative when Appropriate and Adversarial when Necessary
  • Environmental Justice
  • Racial Equality