Breaking Bread - Session Two: A Night with the Judge

Join AAR&RI and Judge Pauline Hankins to break bread, share stories, and reflect on reconciliation and Beloved Community.
About this Event

Breaking Bread - Session Two: A Night with the Judge

An Evening of Fellowship, Story, and Healing

We invite you to join the Anderson Area Remembrance & Reconciliation Initiative for a unique community gathering, a night of breaking bread together in the spirit of reconciliation, storytelling, and the Beloved Community. This evening will feature a powerful conversation with Judge Pauline Hankins of Brunswick County, North Carolina; a Juvenile Justice Judge who presides over Safe Babies Court, a program helping children and families heal from trauma. Her courtroom stands on the very land where her ancestors were once enslaved; an extraordinary story of redemption, justice, and grace.

This event is hosted by the Anderson Area Remembrance & Reconciliation Initiative (AAR&RI), a movement of concerned individuals in Anderson County with two primary purposes. One is to honor the memory of five documented victims of racial lynching in Anderson County in the period between 1894 and 1911 by participating in the Community Remembrance Project of the Equal Justice Initiative. The other is through dialogue, education, and fellowship to move our community toward reconciliation and elimination of racial disparities and the realization of “Beloved Community” as described by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.