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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Middleham and St. Peter’s Big Conversation core planning committee:
Diane Davies (Chair of the committee), Hugh Davies, Dr. Nancy Briggs, John Wilson, and
Rev. David Deaderick, Rev. Sarah Akes-Cardwell, Rev. David Showers and Rev. Skip
Steiner. Without their vision and tenacity this project would not have been possible. And
heartfelt gratitude to Lauretta Grier from Concerned Black Women, Malcolm Funn from
NAACP and the Community Mediation Center of Calvert, who joined the steering
committee for the Big Conversation (VI and VII) on Dismantling Racism and Privilege in
Southern Maryland. And, of course, gratitude to the many partners who supported this
effort: All Saints Episcopal Church, Calvert County Public Schools, Calvert Library,
Calvert NAACP, St. Mary’s NAACP, Community Mediation Centers of Calvert and
St. Mary’s County, Concerned Black Women, Emmanuel SDA Church, Harriet Elizabeth
Brown Scholars and Patuxent Friends (Quaker) Meeting. And last, but far from least, the
many community members who brought their wisdom, insight and courage to these
important conversations.