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November 5th (2018) marked a century after the horrific lynching of George Taylor. This anniversary has inspired a coalition of students, teachers, spiritual, and civic leaders to form the Wake County Truth & Reconciliation Committee. Out of that Committee came a community soil collection and the Citizen's Promise.
Citizen's Promise
Citizen's Promise
I pledge…
... To remember all those who have been victims of any injustice.
... To choose to create an opportunity for reconciliation in our community.
... To promise to no longer remain silent or passive in the face of White Supremacy, racial hatred, or any social injustice.
2018-Taylor-CRP-V7-PRINT-FINAL2.pdfPRINT COPY OF THE CITIZEN'S PROMISE
PRINT COPY OF THE CITIZEN'S PROMISE
Move cursor to the top right of the document and click on the arrow. Print the the promise and mail it (with your soil) to Exploris Middle School or Middle Creek High School.
ONLINE CITIZEN'S PROMISE
ONLINE CITIZEN'S PROMISE
Click on the Google Form or the link below.
https://tinyurl.com/RememberGeorgeTaylor
It is optional to mail or deliver your "soil" to one of our soil collection sites, Exploris Middle School or Middle Creek High School.
2018 Wake County's Truth, Reconciliation, and Remembrance Soil Collection.
#RememberGeorgeTaylor
October 30 - November 5 - Citizen's Promise and Soil Collection - Exploris and Middle Creek students will coordinate soil collections and enter handwritten "promises" into the Google form (database).
Saturday, Nov. 3 - Beth Meyer Synagogue Service began at 9:30am. "Remember George Taylor" Exploris educator, Shannon Hardy, will speak with Exploris students, Lev and Asher Cohen, and Lucas Bhar. (504 Newton Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615)
Saturday, Nov. 3 - Little House Museum and Gallery (201 N Main St, Rolesville, NC 27571) . Please join us between 10am and Noon this Saturday, November 3, 2018, as we observe the "100th Anniversary of the George Taylor Lynching of November 1918." The event included Middle Creek senior and graphic artist, Yancey Greer reading the Citizen's Promie, and presentation of Dough Gilliam's Memory Jar to Rolesville Historian, Terry Marcellin-Little.
Sunday, Nov. 4 - Raleigh Friends Meeting (Quakers) Worship 10:00 AM, 11:30 AM Sunday Nov. 5 adult education program "Truth and Reconciliation Project: 1918 George Taylor Lynching in Wake County". Public is invited to share, worship, and/or participate in the 11:30 program. (625 Tower St, Raleigh NC 27607)
Wednesday, November 7 (4pm) - Wake County Truth & Reconciliation Meeting in Justice Center lobby.
Wednesday, November 7 (5pm) - Students deliver soil to Wake County Commissioners at their regular meeting, and ask Wake County Commissioners to bring home the Wake County column home from Montgomery, Alabama.
Tuesday, November 13 (3pm) - Students will present their work and soil to the Wake County Historic Preservation Committee, and ask them to assist in bringing the Wake County column home from Montgomery, Alabama.
November 20 - Students report and ask for City of Raleigh support in bringing home the Wake County column. 1pm
Friday, December 7 - Students presented to Campbell Law School 8:30-9:30.
Thursday, December 13,14 - Montgomery, Alabama - Middle Creek and Exploris students went to EJI to deliver Wake County's soil in Montgomery, Alabama.
Friday, December 14 - Montgomery, Alabama- Exploris and Middle Creek students deliver soil jar to EJI
Thursday, December 13,14 - Montgomery, Alabama - Middle Creek and Exploris students went to EJI to deliver Wake County's soil in Montgomery, Alabama.
Community Remembrance Project
Community Remembrance Project
Soil collection from two dozen racial terror lynchings.
Wake County's
Wake County's
Hanging Column
Hanging Column
This column hangs in Montgomery, Alabama as a symbol of the 1918 lynching of George Taylor.
Wake County's
Wake County's
Column
Column
A second column waits to be brought home to Wake County from the Peace & Justice Memorial.
Downtown Soil Collection Site:
Downtown Soil Collection Site:
The Exploris School
Shannon Hardy, Teacher
401 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
shardy@exploris.org
Western Wake Soil Collection Site
Western Wake Soil Collection Site
Middle Creek High School
Matt Scialdone, Teacher
123 Middle Creek Park
Apex, NC 27539
mscialdone@wcpss.net
Eastern Wake Soil Collection Site:
Eastern Wake Soil Collection Site:
Knightdale High School
Ken Whisler, Teacher
100 Bryan Chalk Drive
Knightdale, NC 27545
kwhisler@wcpss.net
Join the Wake County Community Remembrance Project.... (August 2020)
Although our soil collection is completed, our students continue to seek new signers for the Citizen's Promise. There is also a broader community group working toward identifying a location for a historical marker in the Rolesville region, and working to bring home Wake County's steel monument for George Taylor.
Please Email Pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler if interested in joining the Wake County Community Remembrance Project. melissa@raleighmennonite.org
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