TRU Colors, based in Wilmington, North Carolina, is providing a national platform for dialogue between the African American community and local law enforcement to change the narrative and promote understanding and unity.

Since 2017, TRU Colors has been bringing people from across racial and economic divides together by hosting in-person events where people from different backgrounds meet-up and talk to each other over a beer.

“We wanted to take this same concept and create a “blueprint” to be a catalyst for peaceful conversations and do our part to help ease the tension between the African American community and local law enforcement,” stated Khalilah Olokunola, EVP of Human Resources.

The video shows a conversation between retired Missouri State Trooper, Ron Johnson, with Olokunola and her colleague Spree, TRU Colors’ Digital Marketing Specialist.

Due to the restrictions limiting in-person group interactions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, TRU Colors is creating a virtual “gathering around the table” by inviting people after they watch the video to post a :30 video response to this conversation ice-breaker, imagining you are gathered with others for a sit-down discussion:

“I would like others sitting around the table to know this one thing about me…”

The “blueprint” provides the ability for everyone to be seen and heard.