Traces of the Trade 2024 | St. Matthew’s, Austin
August 26 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
What: Traces of the Trade Documentary and Dialogue in Austin, TX
When: Monday, August 26, 2024 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church,1834 Mesa Dr, Austin, TX 78759
Parking located at 4121 Steck Ave
The Episcopal Health Foundation in partnership with St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Austin invites you to view the film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North and engage in dialogue facilitated by DeWolf descendant Dain Perry and wife Constance Perry.
Traces of the Trade tells the story of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, the DeWolfs of Rhode Island, the forefathers of Producer/Director Katrina Browne. The film follows Browne and nine fellow family members on a remarkable journey, which brings them face-to-face with the history and legacy of their New England family’s involvement in the slave trade in the 18th and early 19th centuries against the backdrop of Northern business, communities, and residents who condoned and benefited from slave trading. The film will be followed by facilitated discussion.
Racial discrimination and systemic racism have profound effects on the health and well-being not only of minority populations, but of our broader communities. EHF is uniquely positioned alongside the Diocese of Texas to partner with congregations to build bridges of health and wholeness into communities. Recognizing our Gospel call to seek and serve Christ in all persons, together we will listen, advise, and work to build healthy communities.
If you have questions about the event, please contact Eric Moen, Sr. Congregational Engagement Officer, at emoen@episcopalhealth.org
All Racial Reconciliation work at EHF is coordinated in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and TEC’s Becoming Beloved Community.
“Until we talk about the issue of race and racism and until we learn how it came about in this country and how it is affecting people today in such terribly negative ways, we’ll never succeed in overcoming racism…knowing our history is critical in how we move forward,” Dain Perry, facilitator.
“The more diverse the audience is the more we are truly listening to each other, not just with our ears, but with our hearts and our humanity in a non-threatening way. We can maybe begin to understand the challenges we all face and agree that we have work to do. But it’s through these conversations that we develop knowledge, that we begin to build trust and begin to build community so that together we can begin to break down the walls of racism,” Constance Perry, facilitator.
