Coming to the Table, Eastern Mennonite University – Booth 130
Coming to the Table is inspired by the call of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that "one day...the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." It is a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, which is internationally acclaimed for its work in conflict transformation and restorative justice. Our group was launched by descendants of people linked by ancestral slave / slaveholder relationships. Several members are descendants of America's Founding Fathers, including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Coming to the Table healing model teaches people how to overcome the continuing trauma of slavery and achieve positive interracial relationships.
Genealogy is an important part of our work. Several of our members have been able to make connections across the centuries to inform relationships that thrive in today's world. Our exhibit booth will be manned by amateur genealogists David Pettee and Sharon Morgan.
David's family has connections to slavery in New England, beginning in 1638. His journey of reckoning took him to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana to follow in the footsteps of an ancestor who sailed in the transatlantic slave trade. He has used genealogical research to connect with a family in Queens, New York whose ancestor was enslaved by David's ancestor in Newport, Rhode Island. More recently, DNA testing revealed that he has multiracial heritage. David is a minister and works for the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Sharon's ancestors were enslaved in Alabama and Mississippi. She has spent much of her life trying to reconstruct her family history. Her genealogical research led to the discovery of several living people who were totally unaware of their multicultural heritage beginning in the era of slavery. Her work inspired her to create a website to help others undertake their own research and to become involved with Coming to the Table.
Visit booth #130 to learn about the work of Coming to the Table through a visual display, videos and conversation.
Visit http://www.comingtothetable.org/ for more information about our organization and www.emu.edu/peacebuilder to learn more about the peacebuilding programs of Eastern Mennonite University.
JustaJoy.com – Booth 510
JustaJoy.com is a matching service for "orphaned artifacts, antiques and heirlooms" in the possession of thousands of antique dealers around the world. Each listing on the site is an original, one-of-a kind item associated with at least one identifiable surname. Items include such things as Civil War letters, yearbooks, newspapers, advertising pieces, engraved trophies and silver, funeral cards, uniforms and other clothing, furniture, art, identified pictures and other images, slave documents, Civil War US Colored troops items, ceramics, weapons, vintage signs, Bibles and other religious articles, books, wanted posters, WWI and WWII commemoratives and medals, and much more.
So often it seems that executors of estates don't value family items and often these items end up in the hands of collectors or antique dealers. JustaJoy.com attempts to reunite these precious items to the people who would cherish them the most.
Coming to the Table is inspired by the call of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that "one day...the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood." It is a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, which is internationally acclaimed for its work in conflict transformation and restorative justice. Our group was launched by descendants of people linked by ancestral slave / slaveholder relationships. Several members are descendants of America's Founding Fathers, including Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Coming to the Table healing model teaches people how to overcome the continuing trauma of slavery and achieve positive interracial relationships.
Genealogy is an important part of our work. Several of our members have been able to make connections across the centuries to inform relationships that thrive in today's world. Our exhibit booth will be manned by amateur genealogists David Pettee and Sharon Morgan.
David's family has connections to slavery in New England, beginning in 1638. His journey of reckoning took him to Cape Coast Castle in Ghana to follow in the footsteps of an ancestor who sailed in the transatlantic slave trade. He has used genealogical research to connect with a family in Queens, New York whose ancestor was enslaved by David's ancestor in Newport, Rhode Island. More recently, DNA testing revealed that he has multiracial heritage. David is a minister and works for the Unitarian Universalist Association.
Sharon's ancestors were enslaved in Alabama and Mississippi. She has spent much of her life trying to reconstruct her family history. Her genealogical research led to the discovery of several living people who were totally unaware of their multicultural heritage beginning in the era of slavery. Her work inspired her to create a website to help others undertake their own research and to become involved with Coming to the Table.
Visit booth #130 to learn about the work of Coming to the Table through a visual display, videos and conversation.
Visit http://www.comingtothetable.org/ for more information about our organization and www.emu.edu/peacebuilder to learn more about the peacebuilding programs of Eastern Mennonite University.
JustaJoy.com – Booth 510
JustaJoy.com is a matching service for "orphaned artifacts, antiques and heirlooms" in the possession of thousands of antique dealers around the world. Each listing on the site is an original, one-of-a kind item associated with at least one identifiable surname. Items include such things as Civil War letters, yearbooks, newspapers, advertising pieces, engraved trophies and silver, funeral cards, uniforms and other clothing, furniture, art, identified pictures and other images, slave documents, Civil War US Colored troops items, ceramics, weapons, vintage signs, Bibles and other religious articles, books, wanted posters, WWI and WWII commemoratives and medals, and much more.
So often it seems that executors of estates don't value family items and often these items end up in the hands of collectors or antique dealers. JustaJoy.com attempts to reunite these precious items to the people who would cherish them the most.
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