Lessons from Alabama

Lessons from Alabama May 2022 Zen Peacemakers’ Bearing Witness to Racism in America Retreat Four Posts with Four Photos By Ellen Krause-Grosman    #1: May 8, 2022 “What happened here in Alabama was a human rights issue not a civil rights issue. In this case the marginalized community was black.” Timarie, a local racial and […]

Reflections on Bearing Witness to Racism in America (2022 Retreat – Alabama)

This past week, I traveled with thirty-five other Zen Peacemakers to Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma, Alabama to bear witness to racism in America, to “see ourself as other, and other as ourself.” We stood on the same ground where Black people were shackled and sold. Where families were torn apart, divided up as property. Where children […]

Q&A Session for Bearing Witness to Racism in America Retreat 2022

It has long been our desire to create a bearing witness retreat around America’s racial history – as seen through the eyes of African Americans.  We began in 2021 but were limited to offering an online retreat, but we are now able to do something in person. This year we plan on walking the ground in […]

Volusia Remembers

 “The opposite of poverty is not wealth — it’s justice,”  – Bryan Stevenson    Volusia Remembers is a diverse local organization of volunteers committed to healing divisions within the community through acknowledging, understanding and confronting painful events in Volusia County’s history. Volusia Remembers’ mission is to remember, acknowledge, and reflect upon our history of racial […]