“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.
Set in Charleston, South Carolina, and based on the life of her great-grandfather Frank Dawson, Roxana Robinson’s use of published accounts, family journal entries and letters tells a compelling story of one man’s attempts to navigate the country’s new political, social and moral landscape.
In a news release, Clinton Church Restoration said the New York City-based firm, headed by architect Mario Gooden, "is one of the few African-American architectural firms in the country."
"We're leaving knowing we've done a fabulous job here. The children and parents have been a joy to work with."
-- Pat Navarino, Renaissance Arts Center co-owner
“I’m not racist. I’m friends with all races and all genders, to me the [Confederate] flag stands for the redneck way of life, though there is much more and it’s nothing to do with hate or racism.”
-- Ray Dumont
Hate crimes do not occur because one race hates another; they occur because one person or group does not know, and is unwilling to know, another person or group. Hatred and fear are what human beings turn to when they confront the unfamiliar.
