Coming to the Table - Virginia Historic Triangle

10/10/2026

HomeLatest News Latest NewsLocal State approves historical marker for Amblers House By Craig Belcher October 6, 2026 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The Amblers House in James City County, built around 1852, will be the site of a new state historical marker. (Courtesy of Harry Washington) JAMES C...

10/06/2026

A new historical marker sponsored by the Virginia Racial Healing Institute shares a fuller story of the history of Amblers House, an antebellum home in James City County.

A ceremony for the marker at the Amblers House will likely be held in spring 2027.

09/22/2026

Virtual Meeting Tonight at 6:30 p.m.

Join us tonight for a special Coming to the Table meeting featuring Margaret Seiler, whose great-grandfather's Confederate statue was recently removed from Virginia's Capitol Square in Richmond. Find out how learning the truth about her family history was liberating.

Register & request Zoom link at: [email protected]

Crews could be seen working to remove three Confederate-linked statues from Virginia's Capitol Square on Friday morning after a state senator introduced legislation to remove them earlier this year.

09/05/2026

Our sister Coming to the Table chapter in North Fork (Long Island) New York fosters racial healing through quilting.

It doesn't take much for the threads of a community to begin to unravel, as the isolation of the pandemic proved so starkly five years ago. But it's easier than you might think to stitch them back together. This spring, the North Fork chapter of Coming to the Table, a national group of people puttin...

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.