A Burial Site Reveals the Healing Power of Living Histories
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...Zehr Institute Webinar: Restorative Justice & Racial Healing
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...Linked Descendants Q&A
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...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...The 1898 racist massacre and coup still reverberates through Wilmington, N.C.
The 1898 racist massacre and coup still reverberates through Wilmington, N.C. Two activists with longtime ties to Wilmington reflect on its past and how it might move forward 125 years after a murderous insurrection led by white supremacists. “Nov. 10 marks 125...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
