by Tom DeWolf | May 4, 2014 | Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table, Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
Visiting our son’s family in Maryland, including our new, 1-month-old grandson, I sat down on Sunday morning with the Washington Post. In it I read Jonathan Capehart’s opinion piece, “That honest conversation about race everyone wants? We can’t...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 19, 2013 | Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
This post was originally published at Gather at the Table November 19, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. PBS and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns launched a national effort to encourage people to video record themselves reciting...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 26, 2012 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
One week after Gather at the Table is released on October 9, another book will be published that I hope my readers will strongly consider picking up. Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves will be published on October 16. I first encountered author...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 26, 2012 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
Check out the new Gather at the Table website! My writing partner Sharon Morgan and I have been working for several weeks with James DeWolf Perry (Executive Director of The Tracing Center) to design and build the site. Thanks to James, our new website is now online...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2012 | Coming to the Table
I find myself back at Eastern Mennonite University this week for a class at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. I’m writing about my experiences this week at the Gather at the Table blog. For this reason, and for all the upcoming news regarding the publication...
by Tom DeWolf | Sep 6, 2011 | Coming to the Table, Trauma and Healing
Ten years ago terror struck New York City. From the ashes of horror was born the STAR program at Eastern Mennonite University. Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience has trained more than 7,000 people from more than 60 countries including Afghanistan, Burundi,...
