by Tom DeWolf | Feb 15, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Movies, Reviews, Trauma and Healing
Throughout history, when the battle has been between Liberty and Enterprise, Enterprise has usually won… Three items of note caught my attention this week… all caught up for centuries in this historic battle. Brown University thoroughly investigated its...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 15, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day, January 15, in 1929. To commemorate the occasion I read his Letter from Birmingham Jail that was written in response to a published statement by eight Alabama clergymen in which they claimed his actions...
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,...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 8, 2011 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
I received notice through the Coming to the Table network that on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, an historical marker will be unveiled in Front Royal, Virginia marking a significant event in school desegregation. The father of my CTTT friend Betty Kilby Baldwin won a...
by Tom DeWolf | May 16, 2011 | Trauma and Healing
I recently made a new Facebook friend when a woman I’ve never met sent me a brief story and a video. With her permission, I share them with you here. I’m a lesbian activist living in Oakland, California. I’m a house painter and sometimes, a...
by Tom DeWolf | May 3, 2011 | Peacebuilding, Trauma and Healing
When Belvie told me over the phone about her experience with “healing constellations” at a conference she recently attended in Boston I didn’t really get it. “It’s hard to explain” she said. Then she told me she invited the man who...
