MEET THE COMMITTEE

Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee:

Benming “Benny” Zhang; Lawrence A. Gholson II; Katherine Barko-Alva; Laura D. Hill; Helen E. Casey-Rutland; Adam Canaday, vice chair; Robert A. Braxton, chair

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee includes:

Five Williamsburg City residents and two residents of James City County.

A lawyer, a pastor, a business entrepreneur, an educator, an engineer, a musician and interpreter, a writer and organizer.

Three descendants whose family lines reach more than 150 years into Williamsburg’s past.

One participant who can claim African, European, and local Indigenous ancestry.

Two community leaders who moved here from other areas in Maryland and Virginia.

A first-generation and a second-generation immigrant to the United States who have built professional lives in the Williamsburg area.

Leaders and members of multiple local organizations working for social and racial healing and justice, including many of those listed on pages 16 and 17.

A 50-year age span.

Two past members of City Council, a member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Friends of the Williamsburg Regional Library Foundation Board, and two military veterans.

Four former students or parents/grandparents of students in the Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.