News and Features
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Witness Stones Project Announces New Partnership with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Wilton
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. The congregation in Wilton, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their understanding…
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with School of the Holy Child to Recover the History of the Enslaved
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with School of the Holy Child. The college-preparatory school in Rye, New York, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to…
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Why Venture Smith’s Life Mattered
Witness Stones Project affiliate Witness to History: Slavery in Guilford presented this webinar on March 28, 2022, through the Guilford Free Library.
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Mansfield Middle School Students Participate in Witness Stones Project
By Melanie Savage in the Hartford Courant on March 25, 2022 MANSFIELD — Mansfield Middle School grade 8 students have completed their research on a man named Titus, an enslaved man born in Mansfield on February 17, 1743. Students’ research was inspired by the Witness Stones Project, an educational initiative that includes collaborative learning and…
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Witness Stones Project Receives Two Grants from CT Humanities
In the Guilford Courier on March 24, 2022 Connecticut Humanities, the statewide nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded the Witness Stones Project, Inc., a $7,800 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant and a $10,000 SHARP Capacity Grant. The mission of the Witness Stones Project (WSP) is to restore the history and honor…
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Shining a Light
The Greenwich Historical Society’s “Shining a Light” Lecture Series is dedicated to elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices in local history in order to highlight the stories, research and people who are dedicated to interpreting, restoring and preserving these histories. We invite you to watch Witness Stones Project Executive Director Dennis Culliton’s lecture here:
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Greenwich Historical Society to Host Lecture Series on Slavery, Race Issues in New England
By Robert Marchant in The Middletown Press on March 19, 2022 GREENWICH — “Shining a Light,” a three-part virtual lecture series, will return this month at the Greenwich Historical Society as it focuses on elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices of history. The first presentation on March 24 will put a spotlight on slavery in Greenwich…
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Witness Stones Project Students Petitioning to Rename Street in Blue Back Square
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on March 16, 2022 The only significance of the name of “New Street” in West Hartford is that it was a street newly-created about 15 years ago when Blue Back Square was built. Three members of the Mayor’s Youth Council – all students at West Hartford high schools –…
