by Tom DeWolf | Dec 3, 2014 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
So let me see if I understand what just happened… Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City police officer in July The NYC Police Department prohibits the use of choke holds Garner’s death was ruled a homicide and the grand jury will not indict...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 13, 2014 | Other Musings, Trauma and Healing
I’ve been thinking a lot about Robin Williams this week. Reading stories and blog posts and opinion pieces as people who were impacted by his art, his humor, and his life come to grips with his death. And an image keeps popping up in my head; a very pleasant...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 31, 2014 | Peacebuilding, Trauma and Healing
Yesterday I received an email from Daryl Byler, Executive Director of the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University. EMU is a place I have studied and will continue to study issues of trauma, restorative justice, conflict resolution,...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 22, 2013 | History, Genealogy, Other Musings, Politics, Trauma and Healing
Fifty years ago I sat in my 4th grade classroom at San Jose Elementary School when Mr. Monteith, the 5th grade teacher from the room across the grassy space between our buildings was suddenly banging on the window of our room and shouting something unintelligible...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 10, 2013 | Movies, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
My wife Lindi and I went to see 12 Years a Slave yesterday. It wasn’t a film I wanted to see. It was a film I needed to see. It is harsh and searing and honest in its depiction of the institution of slavery in the United States. I hope (and encourage in...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 19, 2013 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
In the aftermath of the “not guilty” verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman over the death of Trayvon Martin, I’ve been astounded at the lengths to which some white folks have gone to defend the jury’s decision in terms of issues of race....
