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Restore History

Through research, education, and civic engagement, the Witness Stones Project, Inc. seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.

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Witness the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities.

Recent Article – June 3, 2020

Witness Stones and Hard History Workshop

Please join Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, of the ‘Teaching Hard History’ podcast, along with Dennis Culliton, Executive Director of the Witness Stones Project, for a virtual workshop/webinar; Witness Stones & Hard History. The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), is pleased to offer this program on:

Monday, August 3rd and Tuesday, August 4th from 10am-noon.

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Learning Activity Overview

Just as Norwich has its Boston Trowtrow, Hartford has its Cuff, and Madison has its Pompey, Guilford has Moses, an enslaved person who is remembered, if incompletely, in our local histories.  But how many more enslaved people contributed to Connecticut in the Colonial and Early American periods.  Who were they?  Where did they live? Did they die enslaved?  …

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“Only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.” – Drew Gilpin FaustHarvard’s twenty-eighth president…

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Witness Stones Project, Inc. – Become a Friend

Please become a member of the The Witness Stones Project. Your contributions will provide continued financial support for our efforts to restore the history and humanity of enslaved people while educating our youth in issues of justice, equality, and inclusion.

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Communities where the Witness Stones Project is being conducted:

West Hartford, Connecticut

Witness Stones West Hartford

Project Directors
Dr. Tracey Wilson, Elizabeth Devine, and Denise deMello

Madison, Connecticut

Student work and links to their work are coming soon…

Founded in 1955, The Country School is a coeducational, independent school serving students in PreSchool-Grade 8.

Greenwich, Connecticut

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Sacred Heart Greenwich is part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart schools in 28 countries.

Guilford, Connecticut

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Witness Stones Guilford is growing to better serve communities. Witness Stones Guilford and the Witness Stones Project, Inc. will now have their own websites.

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