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“The common ground and compassion I felt in that circle invited long-suppressed tears to flow” Sylvia Wong-Lewis and Karen Branan met for the first time at CTTT’s 2012 National Gathering in Richmond, VA. Sylvia: In March I attended the Coming to the Table National...Bridging the Gap
by Susan Hutchison In August of 2010 I traveled from relatively cool and mossy Seattle to the humid, cricket-buzzing heat of southeastern Mississippi for a family reunion I will never forget. I am white, and this was a black family reunion. No, I was not marrying into...Unexpected Cousins
By Dionne Ford When Sheila Reed Findlay used DNA testing to help her trace her family tree, she didn’t expect to learn that she was a biological match to a Virginia family that was white. Findlay, a 62 year-old teacher from Queens, N.Y. is African American. She has...It’s time to uproot racism where it began
Like most Virginians, I watched the racial media storm that engulfed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam earlier this year. Hopeful that this could be a watershed moment; I applauded news reports of his plans to focus his agenda on racial reconciliation. If Gov. Northam is...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
