Mr. Philip Canady, Village Initiative Board member, participated in a community forum hosted by The Village Initiative on September 21, 2019, titled Integration: Then and Now. The forum marked the 50th anniversary of school integration in the WJCC School District. The multi-generational set of panelists - Ms. Edith "Cookie" Heard, Mrs. Sylvia Willis, Mrs. Janice Canaday, Mr. Philip Canady, and Ms. Xavia Carter - were asked to reflect on the experiences of integration and its continuing implications for future generations.