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 | Feb 14, 2009 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews, Trauma and Healing
I miss reading novels. AND, I no longer have time to read novels. That’s what I’ve convinced myself of over the past few years. Silly me. Since embarking on the journey that resulted in my writing Inheriting the Trade I’ve focused my reading,...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 9, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
One of the most painful aspects of confronting the legacy of slavery through outreach with the film Traces of the Trade and the book Inheriting the Trade is the fact that it isn’t just history we’re exposing. Slavery continues today. A question I often ask...
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 | May 15, 2008 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
When I ran across this story today I was filled with both pain and hope. Christiane Amanpour, the international correspondent for CNN, interviewed Iphigenia Mukantabana, a woman whose husband and five children were slaughtered during the 100-day genocide in Rwanda in...
