Committees of the CPB
The Coming to the Table Committees serve as pods of interest that support the larger work of the Community Practice Board and the Coming to the Table program.
Goals, Values and Guidelines
Chair: Art Carter
Art@motherland.com
The Goals, Values, and Guidelines Committee is responsible for clarifying and recommending goals and objectives for the Community Practice Board (CPB). The committee is also tasked to recommend operating principles and values for the CPB and the Coming to the Table (CTTT) Community, consistent with the vision, mission and values already stated for the project. Once the committee’s work is done it will transform into the Sustainability Committee.
The Sustainability Committee, in consultation with Advisory Board and Organizing Office, is responsible for looking at long-term structural and financial sustainability for the CTTT community.
The Family Practice Committee
Chair: Susan Hutchison
sfhutch@earthlink.net
The Family Practice Committee supports people in:
- finding family connections to slavery,
- finding and connecting with linked descendants,
- and working towards repair.
This includes outreach, welcoming, mentoring, engaging and leading in reconciliation and repair, and genealogical support.
In addition the Family Practice Committee is responsible for working with the Organizing Office on Family Practice related “mini-grants,” small grants (up to $2000/pair of families) to support repair efforts of historically linked families. Our role is to develop criteria, review applications, and make recommendations for the mini-grants, then monitor and report on the implementation of those granted.
This committee collaborates with the Organizing Office on developing models, processes, events and programs in a family context.
The Community Practice Committee
Chair: Phoebe Kilby
Phoebe.kilby@emu.edu
The Community Practice Committee is dedicated to supporting activities within communities to acknowledge, understand and heal the persistent wounds of the institution of slavery and its aftermath. Communities may include geographic communities, such as a neighborhood, town or county, or an organizational/professional community, or even a group of unrelated people who have come together at an event, workshop or conference to address racial reconciliation. We offer and support conferences, workshops, trainings, sustained dialogues, education and improvement projects and other practices that focus on sharing history, making connections, healing wounds, and taking action.
The Communications Committee
Chair: Sha Jackson
Sha.jackson@emu.edu
The Communications Committee’s main goal and purpose is, with guidance from the CPB and OO, to make recommendations to the CPB and OO regarding how to build the CTTT Community and develop ways in which to practice CTTTs goals and initiatives within that community as well as a larger national community. The CC serves as a pod of interest that supports the communications mechanisms that in turn supports the larger work of CTTT and the CTTT-CPB and AB. Members of this group will be instrumental in making sure the site is functional and that the contents featured there are representative of the needs of our community members. They will also be responsible for identifying other communications needs for the CPB outside of the web site.
The Event Planning Committee
Note: this committee is ad hoc, formed around particular events
Current Chair: Amy Potter
pottera@emu.edu
The Event Planning Committee alongside the Organizing Office, plans content for specific CTTT sponsored events. This committee draws personnel from Family Practice and/or Community Practice committees as needed, depending on nature of event.
Youth Committee
Chair: Holly Fulton
Holly.fulton@comcast.net
The Youth Committee advises other committees on appealing to youth. This Committee provides information for youth to learn about “Coming to the Table”. We plan and carry out interactions to connect with youth that explore and process thoughts, ideas, feelings, needs, and actions related to the legacy of slavery, racism, and social justice. Encourage youth to build community, support their growth, and exchange ideas for systemic transformation.
