Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
The Approach 3
Re-membering 6
Chapter 2 Trauma Awareness and Resilience 8
Traumatic Response 10
Unresolved Trauma 10
Trauma Healing 12
Historic Trauma of Slavery 14
"Get Over It" 16
Epigenetics 18
Chapter 3 Restorative Justice 20
Restorative Justice 21
Restorative Justice and Systems 24
"The Witnesses" 28
Chapter 4 Uncovering History 31
Brown v. Board of Education 32
The GI Bill of Rights 34
Lynching 36
State, Local, and Personal History 37
"My Grandmother's Boxes" 39
Chapter 5 Making Connections 41
Connecting with Your Own Story 42
Sharing Our Stories and Listening to Others 44
"The Gordon" 46
Next Steps 47
Chapter 6 Circles, Touchstones, and Values 49
The Roots of Circles 50
The "Act" of Being in Circle 53
Essential Elements of the Circle 55
Circle Process (Including Touchstones and Values) 58
Chapter 7 Working Toward Healing 65
What Healing Looks Like 66
"Olga" 69
Multiple Interconnected Paths to Healing 71
Chapter 8 Taking Action 77
Continue to Educate Yourself 78
Engage Your Community 79
Engage in Truth-Telling 81
Support Reparations 84
Become a White Ally and Accomplice 86
"Nat Turner Killed My Family" 87
Chapter 9 Liberation and Transformation 90
The Point the Center, the Norm 90
A Message from Tom 94
A Message from Jodie 96
Liberation and Transformation 98
Recommended Reading 100
Notes 104
Acknowledgments 111
About the Authors 112
