Descendants touched by slavery come to the table
Eighty people attended the bi-annual National Gathering of Coming to the Table at Eastern Mennonite University, where CTTT was founded in 2006.
Dwelling in the past, but not dwelling on it
Joseph McGill has slept in slave dwellings from Connecticut to the Deep South, in urban centers and rural plantations, helping people identify with places.
Gather at the Table on C-Span
C-SPAN’s “2014 Cities Tour” visited Bend, Oregon to feature the community’s literary life, including an interview with author and CTTT E. D. Tom DeWolf.
My Family Tree in Black and White
The descendant of a master-slave union faces an unexpected challenge: how to relate to the people whose ancestors once owned hers.
Gather at the Table authors interviewed on MSNBC
Gather at the Table Authors Thomas Norman DeWolf and Sharon Leslie Morgan interviewed about racial healing on MSNBC by Melissa Harris-Perry.
Experiencing a touch of slave life at Bush-Holley House
A program officer with the National Trust for Historic Properties, Joseph McGill raises awareness of importance to save and restore former slave dwellings.
Descendants of Norwich slave, owner meet
White descendant of enslavers meets with descendants of people his ancestor enslaved. Connecting with the past to build a better future.
Free to form a new bond
CTTT members Bernadine Anderson and Jeff Fracher, descendants of slave and slaveholder from a Louisiana plantation, built a friendship by sharing family stories.
When kin of slaves and owner meet
Descendants of people who were enslaved and those who were enslavers work for truth, justice, healing and transformation using Coming to the Table Approach