Announcements
Gov. William Winter honored at Kennedy Library
Read the acceptance speech
Winter Institute sponsors new Civil Rights reader (link opens PDF file)
View a 10-minute video on the work
of the Winter Institute
Join the Welcome Table: A Year of Dialogue on Race
"...We have a special opportunity and responsibility to demonstrate what a truly model multiracial society ought to be like....But it will take a commitment that is expressed in actual deeds and not just in good intentions. It will mean reaching out beyond the old boundaries of race and class and seeking to achieve together what we cannot do separately."
William Winter, from a speech delivered at the 40th anniversary memorial to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, Philadelphia, MS, June 20, 2004.
In 2005, a gathering of groups based in the Deep South met to talk about helping communities confront issues of racial violence and reconciliation. Representatives of The Birmingham Pledge, Southern Truth and Reconciliation, and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation were present. Out of this meeting grew the desire to form a regional alliance, creating a network of organizations dedicated to similar ideals, who could serve local community needs throughout the South. This led to the March 2006 Southern Exposure conference, hosted by the three original groups at the University of Mississippi.
Click here to go to the Alliance for Truth and Racial Reconciliation website