Our Mission and Work
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Mission
The Community Remembrance Project Harris County Georgia is committed to memorializing those whose lives were taken unjustly in terror lynchings in Harris County, Georgia with a historical marker and a contemplative park. In partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, we aim to educate the public about this and other racially unjust aspects of our history, inspiring truth and reconciliation regarding our difficult past.
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Our Work
1. We are working to create a historical marker and contemplative park in Hamilton in memory of those who were lynched as a lasting monument to truth and reconciliation regarding this difficult history.
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2. We co-sponsor a student essay writing contest in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative.
3. We engage the community through various events to educate and inform about the purpose of the project and both historical and current results of racial injustice.
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As a volunteer team of local and locally connected people and organizations these efforts are directed toward making Harris County a model of the way forward and a beacon HOPE for other communities with difficult pasts.
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Healing historical wounds to mitigate their impact in the present
Opportunities that come from building new relationships
Progress for all citizens as a result of new working relationships
Empowerment that comes from telling the truth to ourselves and one another
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