News and Features
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James Mars Day: A Student Chronicle of Real History
By Clarence Nurse in Intrepid Ed News on January 11, 2022 I wasn’t happy with my school experience in New York City. I wanted more. This class at the Salisbury School (CT) has not only given me more but has also exceeded my wildest expectations about how enjoyable meaningful learning can be. It is now…
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Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England with Dr. Jared Hardesty
The local initiative, Slavery in Guilford: Witness to History, will present a webinar with Dr. Jared Hardesty. Shortly after the first Europeans arrived in seventeenth-century New England, they began to import Africans and capture the area’s indigenous peoples as slaves. By the eve of the American Revolution, enslaved people comprised only about 4 percent of…
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The Witness Stones Project Receives CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant from CT Humanities
Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has awarded The Witness Stones Project a $7,800 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG). The grant will be used to diversify and enlarge the Project’s student audience. The Witness Stones Project was one of 624 organizations in Connecticut that was awarded…
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The Witness Stones Project Receives Connecticut Humanities “American Rescue Plan” COVID Relief Funding
Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has awarded the Witness Stones Project a $10,000 CTH SHARP Capacity Grant to support staff development that would allow the Project to broaden and diversity the student audience it serves. The Project provide research assistance, specialized curriculum, and professional teacher development…
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Witness Stones to Partner with Stonington Middle School
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 Stonington Middle School. The school in Stonington, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of…
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Grant to Fund Important Lesson at RHAM
By Traci Hastings, in The Chronicle Dec. 8—HEBRON — A grant from the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund is being used to build awareness of history and diversity at RHAM Middle School. In December, middle school students will begin a ” multidisciplinary exploration” through Witness Stones Inc., a nonprofit educational resource, funded through the grant.…
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Wilton Witness Stones Collaboration
Wilton Witness Stones is a collaboration of churches from Wilton, Norwalk, and Westport, Connecticut seeking to explore the history of slavery in colonial Connecticut and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities. Working with the Witness Stones Project, Inc., youth will gather with community leaders to learn and then compose…
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Witness Stones Project Presented by the Branford Historical Society
The Branford Historical Society welcomed the Witness Stones Project on November 10, 2021. We invite you to watch the lecture here:
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with Wooster School
The Witness Stones Project today announced a new affiliation with the Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut. The college-preparatory school will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history of slavery in Connecticut. Students will examine primary source documents, including property records, probate documents, and census data, in order…
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with Regional School District 4
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 Regional School District 4. The district will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of the history…