Stopping Stones Dedication for Lavinia and Francis Parker
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Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and Stopping Stones presented an in-person and virtual ceremony recognizing the lives of Lavinia Parker and her child, Francis, both enslaved from 1835-1841 in Burlington, Vermont. Stopping Stones is an historical reparations endeavor designed to help you and your organization eliminate institutional racism through 1) Research, 2) Recognition, and 3) Repair.
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