Coming to the Table - Virginia Historic Triangle

08/09/2026

Memorials and acts of remembrance are critical to helping people heal and reconcile with American slavery, writes Laura D. Hill.

08/07/2026

🌟 BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT 2026 🌟

Join Real People Educating Others (RPEO) and the 757 Giveback Committee for a fun-filled community event as we help students start the school year strong!

📅 Saturday, August 22, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 4460 Longhill Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188

✨ FREE FAMILY EVENT! ✨

What to Expect:
🎒 School Supplies & Gifts
🍔 Free Food & Fun Games
🎵 Music & Entertainment
🎁 Giveaways & More

Let's come together to support our students and families while enjoying a day of learning, fun, and community spirit!

💙 Building Brighter Futures Together!

📞 Questions? Contact Reneldo Randall at 757-876-0155

🌐 www.rpeova.org
📧 [email protected]

07/22/2026

Healing through the Art of Poetry!

Discover how poets Kelvin Marshall, Mia X, and Salaam Green use verse as a powerful tool for grief, healing, and racial equity.

07/17/2026

“It’s going to take some while to recover from what has been done but it’s not impossible and, if we keep concerning ourselves with the words that Jefferson wrote, ‘all men are created equal’ – not just rich, land-owning white men – then we can get to a better place where this country can go through some healing and reconciliation."

Shannon Lanier, 6th great grandson of Thomas Jefferson

Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding

07/10/2026

Virginia Racial Healing Institute board members with Karen Gooden and Prinny Anderson, descendants of Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence, during the 5th annual Journey to Racial Healing Ceremony.

https://www.dailypress.com/2026/07/03/building-a-bigger-table-for-fulfilling-a-revolutionary-idea/?fbclid=IwY2xjawS9TVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFENWh2N3o5MUIwTGYwejd4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjJn1lgpL66DL3ZGOh8cZenjb0GdKY1cBFyhbHa0lwbpo7GXf5Hrke1anYGG_aem_33YjSJ9lMTboIc_wmwRzsw

By committing to truth-telling, relationship building and restoration today, we bridge the historic chasm between America’s founding words and its actual practices, writes Laura D. Hill.

05/25/2026

"In May 2025, François Bayrou, then the prime minister of France, fielded an unusual question from a member of Parliament: Why hadn’t France formally revoked the Code Noir, the notorious set of laws that had been used to enforce slavery in French colonies?... Now, a year later, a cross-party bill written by Max Mathiasin, a lawmaker from Guadeloupe, will come before the National Assembly on May 28 to formally annul the slave laws — 341 years after King Louis XIV signed them into existence. This is undoubtedly the right thing to do. But what the Code Noir, or Black Code, reveals about the architecture of France’s colonial slavery deserves far more attention than a symbolic vote."

Andrew S. Curran, author of “Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson.”

Three centuries late and not a moment too soon.

05/22/2026

The new Building A Bigger Table examines the intersection of Memorial Day and Black History!

Memorial Day now serves as a reminder to be open to learning a fuller story of our shared American history.

05/09/2026

"National celebrations are important because they provide a moment of reflection to consider and work toward the ideals our country was founded upon — equality, liberty and the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Laura Hill, Founder/Director
Coming to the Table - Historic Triangle

National celebrations offer a time to uncover and tell a fuller story of our history, to focus on our shared identity as Americans and to experience racial healing.

04/17/2026

The new Building A Bigger Table column focuses on Unity in the Community!

Now that the memorials are over, the real work of making structural changes to drive policies, economics and social systems to facilitate transformation in economically disadvantaged communities, writes Laura D. Hill.

04/17/2026

Coming to the Table - Virginia Historic Triangle is celebrating its 7th year Anniversary! Thank you for joining us on this journey.

Racial healing and reconciliation is a lifelong journey. We are all at different places on this journey, and it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. We are all working to expand our base of knowledge and resources by sharing information to:

1. Uncover and acknowledge America's racial history
2. Equip us to take intentional steps to cross racial lines
3. Strengthen us to stand for racial justice and healing
4. Educate us about making amends to "right" historical "wrongs"
5. Position us to dismantle systemic racism

Our goal is to work together to Take America Beyond the Legacy of Enslavement. We are glad you have joined us! For more information, please visit our website: https://www.comingtothetable-historictriangle.org/