The Learning Corps: Lessons from Charleston

Telos recently led a ReStory US trip to the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Through our ReStory program we are working together to repair our home by knowing, owning, and writing a more honest American story. This conversation with Dr. DeSean Dyson and Dr. Otis Pickett unpacks some of the unique history of Charleston, and lessons, insights, and stories that can help our work of ReStorying our own communities, regardless of where we live.

Our conversation touches on the history of Christian implication in injustice as well as Christian resistance to it, the importance of seeking out diverse historical narratives, and why history is critical to understanding the context today. With it, we can own our agency to act in imaginative and creative ways in pursuit of true and lasting peace.

Read and share the Principles and Practices of Peacemaking

Join the Telos Learning Corps

From DeSean and Otis:

40 Acres and a Lie

Purpose That Prevails (Dr. Otis' podcast)

Liberia, South Carolina

Voices of Black South Carolina

Black Charlestonians

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