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Racial Myth & Memory II

A Wilmington Case Study

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Are you...

  • excited to connect with other curious minds in community?
  • a history buff? an architecture aficionado? an educator?
  • intrigued to learn more about intersections of race, power, politics, and culture in U.S. history?
  • eager to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the North Carolina coast–and the drive between the Triangle and New Hanover County?
  • happy to relax while others take care of all the logistical details?

Through site visits we'll explore several themes as a lens on the powerful weight of race in Wilmington--and in our country

  • the Gullah Geechee people and Poplar Grove Plantation and the Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design
  • the 1898 Wilmington massacre and the 1898 Monument and Memorial Park
  • contemporary issues and the Because It's Time sculpture on the campus of Uni-Wilmington

This Spring 2024 weekend experience is open to individuals within and beyond the CFS community, including educators in schools and colleges as well as Friends meeting members and other interested adults.

The trip is a natural optional companion to the Summer 2023 Beloved Community Journey and the Fall 2023 Racial Myth and Memory: A Charlottesville Case Study.

Be educated. Be challenged. Be inspired. By where we go, by what we learn, by whom we encounter--and by your fellow travelers.

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Until we reckon with history, we’re not going to be free. I think there’s something better waiting for us that we can’t get to until we talk honestly about our past. 

Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery; Author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption