April 1, 2023: Deadline for the Randolph Bracy Ocoee College Scholarship Program
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The Alliance for Truth and Justice is an all-volunteer group that was formed in 2015 and encompasses nearly 50 people of various backgrounds with a united interest to further race relations in our region—Orange County, Orlando, Florida.
Our membership includes individuals associated with varying institutions and organizations. We span a variety of areas of expertise as we actively work to make Central Florida a more racially just place to live and work.
Our membership includes individuals associated with varying institutions and organizations. We span a variety of areas of expertise as we actively work to make Central Florida a more racially just place to live and work.
ATJ Membership Roles
Rachel Allen, Director, Valencia College Peace and Justice Institute, Community education; partnership work
Brenda Alston, Orange County teacher (retired), Educator; Ocoee resident
Cathleen Armstead, Founder, Sunshine Nonprofit Solutions, Ocoee Massacre historian; former member of Democracy Forum
Kathleen Bell, University of Central Florida, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric (retired), Editor; bibliographer
Heather Bryson, Valencia College Professor of History, Educator; historian
Kristin Congdon, University of Central Florida Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Humanities (retired), ATJ founder and co-coordinator; author working on a book about the Ocoee Massacre; curator, Power, Myth, and Memory in Africana Art.
Kathleen Crown, Public School Administrator (retired), Educator; former Chair of the Ocoee Human Relations Board
Harry Coverston, Attorney (former), University of Central Florida and Valencia College Instructor of Philosophy, and Minister, St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, Educator; liaison to the interfaith community; researcher for Arthur Henry Lynching; note taker
Joy Dickinson, Orlando Sentinel columnist (retired), Central Florida historian; writer
Toya Flewellyn, Owner of EYESEEIMAGES, Documentary filmmaker; photographer; website contributor
Valada Flewellyn, Poet, Storyteller, Author, Website content creator, educator, performer; ATJ Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board liaison
Corey Grant, Green Vegan Media, Owner/Designer, ATJ website developer; ATJ Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board liaison
Ruth King, Blues Singer, Performer at ATJ events; ATJ songwriter
Connie Lester, University of Central Florida Associate Professor of History, RICHES Director, Historian, Ocoee Massacre exhibition coordinator, researcher
Fairolyn Livingston, Chief Historian, Hannibal Square Heritage Center, Public historian, educator, researcher; EJI scholarship co-coordinator
Bill Maxwell, Army Major (retired), Former Chair of the Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board; Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board coordinator for Ocoee Massacre sculpture
Zach Moldof, Owner, Director of Skate Bud, Community liaison; using skateboard parks to unite communities in disenfranchised areas
Rocky Robinson, Compact Coordinator, Jones High School (retired), EJI scholarship co-coordinator; community contacts
Penny Walker, Educator (retired); Baha’i Faith representative; Ocoee family descendants liaison; ATJ Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board liaison
Charley Williams, Former Chair, League of Women Voters of Orange County, ATJ co-coordinator, community contacts for marker placements and permissions; voting rights activist; researcher for Arthur Henry; art collector and lender to the exhibition Power, Myth, and Memory in Africana Art