by Tom DeWolf | May 15, 2024 | News
A Burial Site Reveals the Healing Power of Living Histories Deep in the brush of Seneca Creek State Park in Maryland, a group gathered on a small field to clear overgrown trees and shrubs. They stood together in a circle and read the names of deceased loved ones. Some...
by Tom DeWolf | May 15, 2024 | News
Zehr Institute Webinar: Restorative Justice & Racial Healing Jodie Geddes and Tom DeWolf serve as co-managers of Coming to the Table, which was founded in 2006 on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University utilizing principles highlighted in the teachings through...
by Tom DeWolf | May 1, 2024 | News
Linked Descendants Q&A In the Spring Issue of Furman Magazine (published by Furman University in South Carolina), two linked descendants discuss their connection and friendship. Goldie Owens is a medical assistant living in Winnsboro, SC. Her husband, Veshawn...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 5, 2024 | News
Building a bigger table for celebrating milestones “I still remember that fateful day when I received a letter from Coming to the Table’s national office that said my application for a Historic Triangle chapter was approved. It wasn’t until I read the letter for...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 1, 2024 | News
Getting Under My Skin: Reckoning with My White Confederate Ancestor My essay seeks to move discussions of race, both past and present, away from partisan and ideological frameworks and toward the living dynamics of a particular family. Tracing my own efforts to...