This panel will explore how a young Black man was falsely accused of murdering a white woman in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and sentenced to life in prison, where he spent 19 years behind bars before his tireless attorneys were able to prove his innocence.

Part true crime drama, part chronicle of a remarkable life cut short by systematic prejudice, Zerwick’s narrative powerfully illuminates the sustained catastrophe faced by an innocent person in prison and the difficulty all formerly incarcerated people face when they try to restart their lives.

This event features author Phoebe Zerwick and Mark Rabil in a conversation moderated by Dr. Mike Wakeford.

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Our lot has served as the gathering location to meet some of the needs of the community by hosting group sponsored distributions, community supply giveaways, food , drive-thru school supply giveaway and plate sale fundraisers.

“Putting the decision-making power for the products and services offered in the hands of local community to make sure our needs are provided for and ensuring the legacy of community and employee ownership in our area. Taking care of our own.” says, owner Korita Steverson. That’s the central idea for the listening session.

Light refreshments served.

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Meeting URL: https://tinyurl.com/WCMLCalvinRamsey

Meeting ID: 812 7868 8411
Password: 640973

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Monday, August 1
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Warren County Middle School multi-purpose room

All are invited. Masks optional.

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Together, they’ll discuss the ongoing impact of the trauma in their families’ lives, and offer their thoughts about the possibility of reckoning and repair.

PANELISTS:
JAMES ANDREWS
Family of Henry Andrews

REV. DR. MACEO FREEMAN
Family of Alfred Williams

OCTAVIO JONES
Family of Plummer Bullock

DIANA OWENS
Family of Plummer Bullock

SANDRA WILLIAMS
Family of James and Jerome Hunter; also Alfred Williams

MODERATOR:
TAMMY EVANS

The “Liberating Futures” series is a collaborative project of The 1921 Project, the Warren County Branch of the NAACP, the Warren County African American Historical Collective, UNC’s Descendants Project, and UNC’s Humanities for the Public Good Initiative.

This event is free and open to the public.

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The panel brings together a group of policy analysts, activists, attorneys, and farmers to reflect on the systems that have simultaneously connected Black farm families with the land and challenged their ability to own the fields in which they’ve labored for so many generations.

Panelists:
• Patrick Brown – Fourth generation Black farmer, using conservation and regenerative agricultural practices and promoting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs

• Phyllis Craig-Taylor – Professor of Law and former Dean of the NCCU School of Law; a member of the Heirs Property Retention Coalition, and a board member of Land Loss Prevention, Inc.

• Mary Sommerville – Minister, lifetime farmer, community activist, and North Carolina’s first Black female jailer

Moderator:
• Tracy McCurty – Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Black Belt Justice Center, a legal and advocacy nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and regeneration of African American farmlands and land-based livelihood

Free and open to the public

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Panel Moderator:
· Crystal Myrick – Founder, publisher, and editor of The Warrenist

Panelists:
· Eva Clayton – 5-term Congresswoman representing N.C.’s 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and head of the consulting firm, Eva Clayton Associates International
· Jennie Ann Johnson Franklin – Community historian, and longtime public school educator
· Valeria Lee – Former president of the Golden Leaf Foundation, former Program Officer of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and General Manager and Co-founder of the public radio station WVSP
· Lew Myers – Former Senior Executive of the Soul City Company, and Former Partner and Director of Business Development for the Freelon Group

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