Of likely interest to members of the list. Astonishingly, the College can’t afford to print this in hard copy!! hmmm….. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6/images/eabce13c-96c1-400c-aadf-eacc9c4849a7.png]<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=ab89300253&e=422e54b6e5> We are excited to share The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation Report of the First Eight Years <https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=6a587f7ee5&e=422e54b6e5> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6/images/ee174eff-69d8-4b53-9a7a-4a5ee797f50e.png]<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=045a92d7d8&e=422e54b6e5> In 2009, the William & Mary (W&M) Board of Visitors (BOV) passed a resolution acknowledging the institution’s role as a slaveholder and proponent of Jim Crow and established the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation. This report<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=a10d79fcf3&e=422e54b6e5> covers the work of the Project’s first eight years. It includes a recap of the programs and events sponsored by the Lemon Project, course development, and community engagement efforts. It also begins to come to grips with the complexities of the history of the African American experience at the College. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6/images/ae600897-a5ce-481b-a3bd-345a36d4987b.png]<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=d93476c42b&e=422e54b6e5> To coincide with the Report release, Director Jody Allen discussed the Report, along with the Project's impact & future, with W&M News<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=ceadd34dbe&e=422e54b6e5>. Here's the final question from the interview<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=419c2c74d6&e=422e54b6e5>: "Why is this work so important? When the Lemon Project was established by the BOV resolution in 2009, it was the second university funded project of its kind in the country. Ten years later, there is a full-fledged movement of colleges and universities coming to terms with the history of slavery and its legacies on their campuses. While W&M is on the vanguard of this movement, we are just beginning the long process of remembering, acknowledging, and bringing to the forefront the contributions and experiences of African Americans on this campus and in the community from 1693 to the present day. William & Mary benefited from the labor of enslaved people for more years than it hasn’t, so the work of healing and reconciliation toward a genuinely inclusive campus community will not happen overnight, but the institutionalization of the Lemon Project will take us a long way." View the report here<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=b56ce7714e&e=422e54b6e5> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6/images/5a1a7805-ae53-47c4-b99c-b37d1815f19e.png]<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=aa615e0f38&e=422e54b6e5> THANK YOU to 26 generous donors we are 28% funded with 7 days left! You can donate here<https://www.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25e0af64e9ea4bab2b3a9f3f6&id=c76b260863&e=422e54b6e5> to support the Lemon Project's new initiative. 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