by Tom DeWolf | Jan 28, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade
Last April I attended the 9th annual White Privilege Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was one of the most powerful experiences I had all year… in a year filled with powerful experiences. Roughly 600 people gathered together for four days with one...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 13, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege
My “Traces of the Trade” cousins and I have been busy talking with people all over the country about the legacy of slavery, racism today, and what we can do to overcome those things that continue to divide us. I’ll be joining Juanita Brown this...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 5, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade
Publisher’s Weekly announced today their “Listen Up Awards”–the best audio books for 2008. The four books named the best audio releases of 2008 were The Chopin Manuscript, Lush Life, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and When You Are Engulfed in...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 1, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics
Fifty years ago today Fidel Castro declared victory in his rebellion against Fulgencio Baptista-who fled Cuba the day before-and has since survived ten U.S. presidential administrations, assassination attempts, the Bay of Pigs invasion, a missile crisis that brought...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 21, 2008 | Inheriting the Trade
I first met Eric Manu on our second day in Ghana in July 2001 when we attended the opening ceremony for the Panafest Pan-African Festival at Elmina Castle in Cape Coast. Eric befriended our family–Keila and me in particular–and accompanied us throughout...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 15, 2008 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
When I was in Illinois speaking at the Redemption of Reason Conference at the University of Chicago last month I was interviewed by Paul Butler for Moody Radio’s Prime Time America. Moody Radio is part of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. According to Paul...
