{"id":51495,"date":"2022-03-03T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=51495"},"modified":"2022-05-27T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T16:56:56","slug":"cousins-authors-return-to-harrisonburg-emu-where-their-journey-of-racial-reconciliation-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2022\/cousins-authors-return-to-harrisonburg-emu-where-their-journey-of-racial-reconciliation-began\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cousins\u2019 authors return to Harrisonburg, EMU where their journey of racial reconciliation began"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Betty Kilby Baldwin<\/strong> and Phoebe Kilby<\/strong> have told their remarkable story of reconciliation and reparation 37 times in seven months across the country, with features in The Baltimore Sun<\/em><\/a>, BBC News<\/a>, and a Netflix documentary<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the co-authors of \u201cCousins: Connected Through Slavery\u201d<\/a> (Walnut Street Books, 2021) visit Harrisonburg to share more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

草莓社区 is a special place to both women; it\u2019s where they met in a five-day class titled \u201cComing to the Table,\u201d during the 2007 Summer Peacebuilding Institute. Kilby holds a graduate certificate in conflict transformation and was the former first advancement director for CJP. Their connection continued through the development of the CTTT organization; its goal is to bring together descendants of slave owners and enslaved people to talk about racial reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their new book gives space for each woman to tell her story \u2014 Betty\u2019s experience as one of the first Black children to attend a desegregated school in Rappahannock County, Phoebe\u2019s desire to repair harms after a privileged life, the story of their meeting and ongoing work together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019ll talk about all of this and answer questions from the audience at two events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n