The Disease of Racism

About Rev. Kenneth L. Radcliffe, Deacon

 Deacon Ken Radcliffe, as he is affectionately known in the Central Harlem Community, is a Permanent Deacon serving in the Archdiocese of New York for 47 years. He retired from the New York City Department of Correction as an Administrative Chaplain after 20 years of service. His assignments included Rikers Island, detention centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and the Manhattan Detention Complex, MDC, also known as “The Tombs.”

Since Retiring from the New York City Department of Corrections he designed the award-winning Dream Makers program that he brings to the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision for the past fourteen years.

Deacon Ken Radcliffe is a trained alcohol substance abuse counselor,  a trained New York State Certified Recovery Coach (ACASAC), and certified to train Recovery Coaches.  He is a relapse prevention specialist, co-occurring counselor. He has worked as a case manager for Volunteers of America (VOA) in White Plains, New York. He has conducted relapse prevention programs for other licensed In and Outpatient alcohol/drug treatment programs for Project Create, in Harlem in New York City, and Reality House in Queens in the past. He has also been a volunteer in St. Mother Theresa’s Missionary of Charities homeless shelter, in the Bronx.

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He is a writer, the author of APPLYING ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS PRINCIPLES TO THE DISEASE OF RACISM and two reports, The Crisis of the Poor in Black Urban America, A Challenge for The Roman Catholic Church. The other, The Crisis of the Poor in Black Urban America, The Challenge for a President, and Corporate America. He has recently created a sight and sound power point presentation, “If Your Brother Sins…” (A Catholic Visual Commentary on Race & Racism). The printed report was taken to Rome by a Cardinal, who presented it to a Cardinal in the Dicastery in Vatican City, Integral Human Development, who referred it to the Reginal Coordinator for North America for review and study. It can be viewed on zoom by appointment only, when 5 or more people express interest. It Is a must viewing for Catholic Church members, Parishes and other Catholic organizations advocating for Social Justice, struggling to understand the disease of racism, are most welcomed.