by Tom DeWolf | Jun 25, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Two years ago a powerful book was published about modern-day slavery: A Crime So Monstrous. It’s a harrowing, eye-opening book. A couple of related stories caught my attention recently. One is about a black family in Mississippi that was enslaved until the...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 30, 2010 | Trauma and Healing
It isn’t often that I become excited enough with a magazine that I want to tell all my friends about it. Today is one of those days. The latest issue of Peacebuilder (Spring/Summer 2010), from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 20, 2010 | History, Genealogy, Trauma and Healing
A few days ago I received an e-mail from Carla Bluntschli, who lives in Haiti. Carla is one of the co-founders of the N a Sonje Foundation; 25 years in the making, focused on transforming experiences in this sacred country. From the website: “N a Sonje” is...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 21, 2010 | Coming to the Table, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
I’ll be at historic Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday, January 30 for this Coming to the Table event. If you have friends in the Jackson area, or if you know folks in the media, please pass along this information. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 17, 2010 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, Trauma and Healing
I review books on my blog that are relevant to the issues at the core of my work: social justice, undoing racism, healing from trauma, and so on. I’ll get to today’s book review in a second. First, a little background is in order… Prior to January...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 19, 2009 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Dr. Joy DeGruy (formerly Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary), author of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, is a member of the Bahá’í faith community. Understanding this context breathes deeper meaning into Dr. DeGruy’s...
