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{{Short description|Organization in New Orleans}}
{{Other uses|Erace (disambiguation){{!}}Erace}}
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| founded_date      = 1993
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| founder           = Brenda Thompson and Rhoda Faust
| location          = [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
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| focus             = [[Racism]]
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| homepage          = http://www.eracismneworleans.org/
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'''ERACE''', also known as the '''Eracism Foundation''', is an anti-[[racism]] organization created in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in 1993 by Brenda Thompson and Rhoda Faust (respectively [[Black people|Black]] and [[White people|White]]) in response to racist statements in letters to the editors of the ''[[Times-Picayune]]'' series "Together Apart/The Myth of Race". They created the ERACISM bumper sticker and started free, facilitated biracial discussions.
The organization seeks "ways, through person to person communication, to show that we are committed to treating fellow human beings of all colors with love and respect". Over 150,000 stickers have been distributed all over the world and over 1,200 free discussions have been held. The organization still has its home base in New Orleans and now has a chapter in [[Atlanta]], Georgia. It does not endorse political candidates or engage in partisan politics. It is solely supported by donations and is run entirely by volunteers. Its slogan is  "All colors with love and respect."
In the 1990s, the Christian music group [[dc Talk]] coincidentally founded an anti-racism foundation with a nearly identical title: the E.R.A.C.E. Foundation (Eliminating Racism and Creating Equality). Its title doubles as an [[acronym]] and a pun.
== References ==
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* {{cite news | first = Leslie | last = Williams | title = Cultivating Tolerance - N.O. Play Group Combats Racism | date = 1995-01-30 | url = http://www.eracismneworleans.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52:qcultivating-toleranceq&catid=35:local-attention&Itemid=58 | work = [[The Times-Picayune]] | accessdate = 2011-01-27}}
* {{cite news | first = Rhoda | last = Faust | title = Inventors, Visionaries & Other Problem Solvers | date = April 1997 | url = http://www.eracismneworleans.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87:inventors-visionaries-a-other-problem-solvers&catid=36:national-attention&Itemid=59 | work = [[George (magazine)|George]] | accessdate = 2011-01-27}}
* {{cite news | first = Ruth | last = Laney | title = Bringing People Together | date = 1997-08-05 | url = http://www.eracismneworleans.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:bringing-people-together&catid=36:national-attention&Itemid=59 | work = [[Family Circle]] | accessdate = 2011-01-27}}
==External links==
* [http://www.eracismneworleans.org Official website]
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