- an update from the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission-
No. 20 - July 5, 2005
UBUNTU - "I am what I am because of who we all are." For a more complete definition, visit Wikipedia

Greetings,

While all this Public Hearings business is new to us, it's old hat to Lisa Magarrell, our consultant from the International Center for Transitional Justice. It was comforting and enlightening to have her visit last week to share some of her own and her organization's experience with TRCs.
  • Mark your calendars and set your VCRs: �TRC Talk� premieres tomorrow (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. on GCTV (Cable 8). The show, featuring an interview with Commission Co-Chair Cynthia Brown, will rebroadcast at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and next week.
  • This week's progress indicator: �Ubuntu Weekly� recipients now number more than 475.
  • Volunteer of the Week: Jonathan Jenkins, an intern from Vanderbilt University Law School, who spent hours upon hours in the Wilson Library at UNC-Chapel Hill poring over court documents from the three trials. Thanks, Jonathan!
Our Upcoming Events:
  • "What brought us to Nov. 3, 1979?", first Public Hearing, 2-9 p.m. Friday, July 15; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, Weaver Educational Center, 300 S. Spring St.
  • "What happened on and after Nov. 3, 1979?", second Public Hearing, 2-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Location TBA.
  • "What does the past have to do with the present and the future?", final Public Hearing, 2-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at UNCG.
Related Upcoming Events:
  • Truth & Reconciliation Movie & Discussion, "In My Country," 3 p.m. Sunday, July 10, Central Library, 219 N. Church St., free.
  • GTCRP Pre-Hearing Events:
    • Community Celebration, featuring Rev. Bongani Finca of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, July 14, New Light Baptist Church, 1105 Willow Road.
    • Prayer and Reflection Breakfast, 8-10 a.m. Friday, July 15, New Hope Baptist Church, 306 S. English St.
    • Silent March to Weaver Center, 1 p.m. Friday, July 15, (starting point TBA). Call 336-230-0001 or email [email protected] for more information.
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, War Memorial Auditorium, part of Guilford College's Bryan Series on "Spirit and Spirituality."
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