News and Features
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Black American Slave James Mars’s Story in Virtual Program
The Litchfield County Times on March 25, 2021 SALISBURY — Noble Horizons will host “The Life and Times of James Mars: The Story of a Connecticut Slave,” a virtual presentation, on April 1 at 7:15 p,m. Registration for this free Zoom program is at noblehorizons.org. Salisbury history teacher Rhonan Mokriski and his students will discuss their…
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Curriculum Design and Memorials with Witness Stones
From the Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning Collective on March 22, 2021 The Witness Stones Project began in 2017 in Guilford, Connecticut with the placement of three small plaques commemorating the lives of Moses, Candace, and Phillis. The project was inspired by the Stolpersteine project, which works to place small stones inscribed with the names and…
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Witness Stones Project to Partner with RHAM High School in Hebron, Connecticut
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 RHAM High School. The school in Hebron, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of…
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Equity and Social Justice in Guilford
Guilford Superintendent of Schools Paul Freeman gave a talk on Equity and Social Justice in Guilford Public Schools at the Guilford Free Library on March 11, 2021. Freeman discussed recent efforts focused on the Board of Education’s adopted initiative to ”further develop a culture, and instructional practices, that foster equity and social justice in our…
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Historical Society to Honor the Humanity of Greenwich’s Enslaved Individuals through Collaboration with Witness Stones Project
By Greenwich Free Press on March 9, 2021. To shine a light on the history, humanity and contributions of enslaved individuals who resided in Greenwich as early as the 1600s, Greenwich Historical Society is partnering with the Witness Stones Project. Continue reading.
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Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut
Students in Rhonan Mokriski’s “Searching for Slavery in Northwest Connecticut” class at the Salisbury School are becoming public historians.
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The Library and Searching for Slavery
By James King, Library Director at Salisbury School, published by the Atlantic Black Box Project on March 5, 2021 James Mars didn’t complain of “many things,” but one thing troubled him his entire life: the lack of “opportunity to go to school as much as I should, for all the books I ever had in…
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Grace and Hope Teachers’ Talk
What messages does our society send to students at different ends of the socio-economic spectrum? What joys and challenges do teachers face as they try to meet the complex needs of today’s students? This panel discussion, hosted by Christ Church Greenwich, includes Kelly Bridges, a middle school history teacher at Sacred Heart Greenwich who shares…
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Talking About Preservation: Finding Slavery in Northwest Connecticut
Preservation Connecticut hosted Salisbury School history teacher Rhonan Mokriski and WSP’s Dennis Culliton to discuss a project-based learning course in public history focused on uncovering the lives of free and enslaved African American families in Northwest Connecticut. We invite you to watch here.
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Witness Stones West Hartford Offering Opportunity for Participation in Community History Project
By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.Com on February 22, 2021. Witness Stones West Hartford project directors Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine have worked with students and others in the community to share the previously untold history of some individuals who were once enslaved by residents of the West Division (now West Hartford), and a series of…