by Tom DeWolf | Jun 14, 2024 | News
Building a bigger table for Juneteenth “As I write today’s column, I am excited about both the upcoming Juneteenth festivities and about this column being published on June 14, my birthday! Recently I learned that I share a birthday with 19th century...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 2, 2024 | News
How a family discovery connected two strangers — and opened their eyes to New Hampshire’s history of slavery Genealogy can reveal surprises in our family tree. A few years ago, a collection of old family letters led to a discovery that connected two strangers...
by Tom DeWolf | May 21, 2024 | News
A look at the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, featuring Betty Kilby Baldwin In the spring of 1958, Betty Ann Kilby was 13 years old and finishing up her seventh-grade year — her last year in elementary school. With the sole high school in Warren...
by Tom DeWolf | May 20, 2024 | News
North Fork’s first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport Greenport’s Clinton Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, along with the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force and the Northfork local chapter of Coming to the Table, an Oakland, Calif.-based anti-racist organization, will...
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...