Category: In The Media
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Witness Stones Affiliate Teacher Honored
In Zip06.com on August 28, 2024 With ties to Branford in her family history and a love of history and her community, Kaitlyn Goodwin is helping the Branford Historical Society (BHS) develop exciting new educational programs and create social media connections in the 21st century. Kaitlyn is a member of the Goss family, one of…
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Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery
We’re proud to be a part of the upcoming series from Connecticut Public, Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery. The series–featuring radio storytelling, in-depth videos, pictures, digital stories, podcast episodes and a television special–will premiere on March 18, 2024.
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A Dark Time in America: Former History Teacher Doesn’t Want to White Wash Slavery
By Steve Bigham in the Republican-American on February 15, 2024 WOODBURY – The founder of a statewide effort to restore the history and humanity of enslaved individuals in Connecticut was in town Thursday as part of the local public library’s three-part series in recognition of Black History Month. Dennis Culliton, a former eighth-grade history teacher,…
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Stonington Middle School Students Uncover Story of Enslaved Couple
By Carrie Czerwinski in The Day on January 3, 2024 Westerly ― Stonington Middle School students gathered at the United Theatre in Westerly on Tuesday morning to screen short films they made on two enslaved Stonington residents. The eighth-grade social studies students spent several weeks late last year researching Mintus and Rose Palmer, who married after…
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Bearing Witness at Wayside Cottage
By Todd Sliss in the Scarsdale Inquirer on April 6, 2023 History doesn’t change. What we learn about history does and how we view it over time certainly evolves. And while some people and groups are trying to bury history, others are trying to unearth it. The Junior League of Central Westchester (JLCW), a nonprofit educational women’s…
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Social Studies ConneCTion
Social studies leaders Steve Armstrong and Tony Roy connect with educators and advocates from across the state on their Social Studies ConneCTion podcast. Witness Stones Project founder and Executive Director joined them for a fascinating discussion on how school districts across Connecticut embark on a journey into our state’s dark past. Dennis’s work in the…
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Thank You for Support of Church Program
Letter from the Reverend Jan Gregory-Charpentier and Tony Jones to the Westerly Sun on March 13, 2023 On behalf of the entire Kingston Congregational Church and our Kingston Witness Stones Project task force, we want to offer a tremendous “thank you” for all of the efforts in helping to promote our Witness to History event…
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Clint Smith Discusses the Witness Stones Project
Atlantic writer and best-selling author Clint Smith joined Michel Martin to discuss his cover story on what America can learn from German efforts to memorialize the Holocaust. A group of teachers and students in Connecticut began the Witness Stones Project…. Ultimately it is those small, neighborhood-, community-, and city-based initiatives that make the most impact…
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Praise from Clint Smith
We are honored to have our work recognized by Clint Smith in The Atlantic. In an interview with Atlantic editor Isabel Fattal, the best-selling author of How the Word Is Passed said: There are examples of communities in the U.S. that are not waiting for the government to tell them that they should build a memorial or they…
