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.
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
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
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