Building a bigger table for celebrating milestones
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...Getting Under My Skin: Reckoning with My White Confederate Ancestor
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...A Way Forward (podcast on 1898 Wilmington Massacre)
A Way Forward (podcast on 1898 Wilmington Massacre) In November 1898, an armed White supremacist mob—supported by most White elites in North Carolina—murdered untold numbes of Black Wilmington residents and drove the city’s elected Fusionist government from power,...Building a bigger table to dispel false historical narratives
Building a bigger table to dispel false historical narratives Recently, GOP presidential nominee Nikki Haley has been making comments about race that promote false narratives about America’s racial history. According to Haley, “America has never been a racist...Southold Celebrates Dr. King’s Message Of Nonviolence
Southold Celebrates Dr. King’s Message Of Nonviolence “As a national poll by the Public Religion Research Institute in October of 2023 showed 25 percent of Americans believe “patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country,” a Beloved...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
