by Tom DeWolf | May 10, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade
I met Belvie Rooks last year via e-mail and telephone. She’d read Inheriting the Trade and invited me to join her last August for one of her monthly teleseminars that she calls ConverZations That Matter. As a result of that successful experience we’ve been...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 15, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade, Trauma and Healing
The more time I spend in Denver the more impressed and inspired I am at all the resources that are available there to people who are committed to improving our world. Over the past several days I have participated in, and witnessed, successful models of education,...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 6, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
I received an e-mail from my friend Eric Manu this morning. He wrote from his home in Cape Coast to remind me that today is Independence Day in Ghana. On March 6, 1957 Ghana became free of British colonial rule. Ghana has a rich and troubled history; centuries of the...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 4, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade
It may seem a bit odd to some that I’d discuss baseball on my blog. But hang with me for a bit. It was announced about an hour ago that the Los Angeles Dodgers and Manny Ramirez have agreed to terms. Manny will be wearing Dodger Blue again this year. I’m...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 20, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade
Late last night the first ever “e-blast” went out on behalf of Inheriting the Trade. Approximately 2,200 people around the world received the e-mail (if anyone reading this post did not receive it please let me know and we’ll add you to the list). I...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 19, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
It stung in that hotel room in Cape Coast, Ghana when Juanita said (which you can see in the film of our journey, Traces of the Trade) “white people have been cowards.” It stung to hear the words. It stung because they were true; certainly in my case. I...
