This project is affiliated with the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, the Fetzer Institute, and the Kellogg Foundation, and collaborates closely with the Mississippi Truth Project.

I'm gonna sit at the welcome table,
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
one of these days, Hallelujah!
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table,
I'm gonna sit at the welcome table
one of these days.

News & Updates

Group’s retreat focuses on unity The Greenwood Commonwealth, February 2, 2010

The youth Media Literacy Project issue The Jackson Free Press, October 8, 2008

When did you become aware of race? The Commercial Dispatch, October 18, 2007

West Point may be next stop in racial-reconciliation tour The Clarion Ledger, August 5, 2007

Past prompts call for racial reconciliation The Clarion Ledger, June 22, 2007

Past Events

The Media Literacy Project
Summer 2008
The Jackson Free Press, the Jim Hill Civil Rights/Civil Liberties (CRCL) club, and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation

“Opening Doors: Opening Minds” 4th Annual Fair Housing Conference (pdf link on external site)
April 21, 2008
Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center

Secret History: Oxford, MS, documentary theatre production (pdf link)
April 17-20, 2008
Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
Oxford, MS

7th Anniversary Celebration and Education Seminar (pdf link)
April 18-19, 2008
International Museum of Muslim Culture, Jackson, MS

Southern Roots Collective concert (pdf link)
March 30, 2008
Seven Studioz

The Philadelphia Coalition press conference
March 29, 2008
sponsored by The Philadelphia Coalition

Mississippi Civil Rights Veterans Conference (pdf link)
March 27-29, 2008
Jackson State University

“Conscience and Creativity” Congressional Pilgrimage to Mississippi
March 27-30, 2008
sponsored by Faith & Politics Institute

Celebrating Black History Month in Webster County (pdf link)
February 22, 2008
sponsored by Eupora Arts, Inc.

The Welcome Table—A Seasonal Concert
November 30, 2007, 6pm and 8pm
Academic Complex Recital Hall, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
sponsored by Millsaps College and the University Rehab Center

Alliance for Truth and Racial Reconciliation planning meeting
November 9, 10, 11 , 2007
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

sponsored by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation

BSSA Conversation Circle: “What role should the Center for Black Studies play at the University of Southern Mississippi?”
Thad Cochran Center Room 226,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 6pm
sponsored by USM Black Studies Student Association

State of the Nation Art and Performance Festival
October 4, 5, and 6, 2007, shows start at 7pm
FD Hall Music Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
sponsored by Alternate Roots

The Twenty-Fourth Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Symposium Lecture Series
October 3, 4, and 5, 2007
Smith Robertson Museum and The Hamer Institute, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
sponsored by the Hamer Institute

Emmett Till Commemoration Ceremony
October 2, 2007, at 10:00 am
Sumner Courthouse, Sumner, MS
sponsored by the Emmett Till Memorial Commission

Reconciliation: A Personal Journey panel (links to PDF file)
September 27, 2007, at 5:30 pm
Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
sponsored by the Jackson Free Press

40th Anniversary of Beth Israel Temple Bombing
September 18, 2007, at 7:00 pm
The steps of the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson
sponsored by the Mississippi Coalition

OMazing Race
September 14-15, 2007
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
sponsored by the UM Alumni Association and Respect Mississippi

BSSA Conversation Circles
September 11, 2007, at 6:00 pm
Thad Cochran Center 218, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
sponsored by the Black Studies Students Association

Unveiling of Historic Marker/Panel Discussion
September 8, 2007, Grenada, MS, 1pm
Belle Flower M.B. Church, Corner of Pearl and Water Streets
sponsored by Belle Flower M.B. Church

Kickoff of The Year of Dialogue on Race
June 21, 2007, at 6:00 pm
The steps of the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson
sponsored by the Mississippi Coalition
Click here for WLBT’s news story on the event