John Buckner Soil Collection Program

Welcome

Geoff Ward, Reparative Justice Coalition of St. Louis
John Buckner Narrative

Lois Conley, Reparative Justice Coalition of St. Louis and The Griot Museum of Black History.
Description of John Buckner Lynching from EJI
Remarks

Blake Strode, ArchCity Defenders
Wesley Bell, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney
Dr. Sam Page, St. Louis County Executive
Closing Remarks

Michelle Smith, Reparative Justice Coalition of St. Louis and Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Poetry Reading

Tracy (T-Spirit) Stanton, Freedom Community Center
Soil Collection and Recessional

"Amazing Grace" led by
Joyce Jones, Director of the Office of Racial Harmony for the Archdiocese of St. Louis
Jeff Schulenberg, Sacred Heart Valley Park Peace & Justice Ministry
Patty McMullen-Hellwig, Sacred Heart Valley Park Peace & Justice Ministry

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found;

Was blind, but now I see.

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,

I have already come;

’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

And grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

Than when we’d first begun.

John Buckner Soil Collection

Welcome