{"id":5258,"date":"2010-10-30T11:53:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2010-12-03T11:55:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:55:33","slug":"search-for-common-ground-to-honor-catalysts-for-healing-the-legacy-of-us-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/search-for-common-ground-to-honor-catalysts-for-healing-the-legacy-of-us-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Search for Common Ground’ to Honor Catalysts for Healing the Legacy of US Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Works, Shay Banks-Young and Julia Jefferson Westerinen are joining past award winners Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Ali in receiving the 2010 Common Ground Award.<\/p>\n
For over a decade Search for Common Grounds (SFCG) has been conferring this award to honor achievements in conflict resolution, negotiation, community building, and Peacebuilding.<\/p>\n
Works, Banks-Young and Westerinen will be recognized at 7:30 pm on Nov. 11 in the Grosvenor Auditorium of the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C., for their work in bridging racial divides by nurturing relationships among descendants of Thomas (Martha) Jefferson, and Sally Hemmings.<\/p>\n
Works and Banks-Young have done much of their collaborative work under the auspices of Coming to the Table<\/a>, a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> at 91短视频. Westeriner and Banks-Young have filled many auditoriums across the country sharing their stories and exploring how the legacy of slavery continues to have an impact on U.S. society.<\/p>\n For more information about this event please contact, Rachel Lyn Okun 202.777.2230 or\u00a0 cgawards@sfcg.org<\/a>. For more information about Coming to the Table, please contact Sha Jackson 540 432 4491 or\u00a0cttt@emu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David Works, Shay Banks-Young and Julia Jefferson Westerinen are joining past award winners Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Ali in receiving the 2010 Common Ground Award. For over a ... read more about ‘Search for Common Ground’ to Honor Catalysts for Healing the Legacy of US Slavery<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12503],"tags":[11248],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-5258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cjp","tag-david-works"],"yoast_head":"\n