by Tom DeWolf | Oct 31, 2008 | Coming to the Table, Trauma and Healing
Eastern Mennonite University has become the destination of choice for my continuing education in Peace Building. I first came to Harrisonburg, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in January 2006 for the first Coming to the Table (CTTT) gathering. I returned this...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 24, 2008 | Coming to the Table, Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
Did you see Douglas Blackmon’s (author of the powerful book I’m currently reading, Slavery by Another Name) October 17 article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Two Families Named McCain?” This is exactly the kind of history–John...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 14, 2008 | Coming to the Table
The Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University–including the Coming to the Table class I attended–has come to an end. I’ll return my focus to upcoming events in support of the P.O.V. broadcast of Traces of the Trade on PBS later...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2008 | Coming to the Table, Race, Oppression, Privilege
A key focus of study this week in the Coming to the Table course I’m participating in at Eastern Mennonite University is the impact of trauma–defined as a deep wound that happens when something abnormally shocking, painful, or harmful occurs and leaves us...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 9, 2008 | Coming to the Table
Though I’ve been to Eastern Mennonite University before–for the first Coming to the Table retreat in January 2006–this is the first time I’ve been here for the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. In addition to our class focused on healing from the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 9, 2008 | Coming to the Table
What better way to begin a week at Coming to the Table–which will bring together descendants of the enslaved, the enslavers, and the slave traders for a week of study and reflection on our unique connection to our shared history and what we can do to contribute...
