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Youth Summit for Empathy and Compassion

The Weakley County Reconciliation Project partnered with area churches and The Discovery Park of America to host this powerful event for local youth.

Designed for middle and high school students, the free summit brought together parents, youth, and congregations from across Weakley County for a day of connection, creativity, and conversation. The event featured interactive workshops, musical performances, a private gallery tour, and hands-on activities—all aimed at fostering empathy, kindness, and a deeper sense of community.

Attendees heard from local leaders, youth advocates, and artists who shared heartfelt messages about compassion, equality, and unity. A collaborative art project, opportunities to explore service-oriented initiatives, and a closing moment of prayer and reflection—led by youth from participating congregations—made for a meaningful and memorable day.

We are grateful to everyone who came out and supported this effort. As one attendee shared: “We are voices of equality, love, sympathy, and compassion. This is just the beginning.”

FOR BUS TRIP INFORMATION CLICK HERE

09/19/2024 History of the Weakley County Training School

This presentation offers a deep dive into the history of Weakley County Training School and its notable alumni. It highlights the plans for revitalizing the school’s property and provides information on how you can support this important community effort.

 

Please take a moment to read the first story in the above newsletter from THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING MEMPHIS. It’s a piece by Laura Kebede-Twumasi, a journalist who interviewed some of us and attended the Juneteenth event. Healing Wounds of America’s Racial Terror

 

Let’s Chat Local Community Lunch Conversation

SEPT 19th @ 6:00-7:30PM 

Mark your calendars for Thursday evening, September 19, 6-7:30 pm for our next WCRP Community Conversation, where we’ll get to learn about the history of the Weakley County Training School from school alumni and friends! Light refreshments will be served.

We hope you’ll be able to join us!

Let’s Chat Local Community Lunch Conversation

AUGUST 10th

WCRP had an engaging, respectful, and productive community conversation at our Let’s Chat lunch on, August 10th! Sitting around tables and guided by conversation starter cards focused on race at the individual, community, and state/national levels, we were all the “guest speakers” and active audience participants as we listened to and learned from each other over lunch.
Everyone agreed that the kind of conversation generated during our 2-hour gathering today is essential to fostering the truth necessary to move to real racial reconciliation and healing. And for national transformation, such conversations begin right here in our local communities. We hope to offer at least one more such “chat” this fall, before our break for the holiday season. We hope y’all will be able to join us in our future conversations–next year if not this fall!!