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New Leadership Takes Helm at Former North Carolina Slave Plantation

Social justice retreat and conference center, Franklinton Center at Bricks, installs
Rev. Dr. Douglas Wooten as new executive director
May 4, 2024---- (Whitakers, North justice, and environmental stewardship.
Carolina) – The Franklinton Center at Bricks, The Center currently serves as a social
a beacon of liberation, proudly announces the justice conference and retreat center for
appointment of Rev. Dr. Douglas Wooten as its thousands of visitors annually in the
new executive director. The Center held an in- overnight guest quarters and banquet
vestiture ceremony on May 4 to officially begin halls. In addition, the 250 acres of land
the dawn of a new, transformative chapter for provides freshly grown produce for the
the Center under Rev. Dr. Wooten’s leadership. local community.
The ceremony was hosted by PBS North Caro-
lina Weekend Host Deborah Holt Noel. More Rev. Dr. Wooten joins the Center
than one hundred guests were in attendance in- from the Rocky Mountain Conference
cluding keynote speaker Honorable Judge of the United Church of Christ (UCC)
Michael R. Morgan, former North Carolina su- in Denver Colorado. His pastoral lead-
perior court judge. ership roles in Colorado, Indiana, Ha-
Nestled on hallowed grounds of a former waii, and North Carolina are comple-
slave plantation, the Franklinton Center at Bricks mented by a lifetime of advocacy work
stands as a monument to the African American in public safety and sustainable farming,
experience. Its educational empowerment for which position him as an ideal visionary
Black students traces back to 1871. Over the to further the Center’s mission of jus-
last 153 years, the land has housed the tice, equality, inclusivity, and healing.
Franklinton Christian College, the Joseph Rev. Dr. Wooten holds a doctorate in
Keasbey Brick Agricultural, Industrial, and Nor- ministry from the Chicago Theological
mal School, and the Brick Junior College, which Seminary with undergraduate and
were amongst the first accredited schools Exterior of Franklinton Center at Bricks land, an old planta- graduate degrees from Shaw University
opened for African Americans in the south fol- tion house still on the property, Rev. Dr. Douglas Wooten being in Raleigh, North Carolina.
lowing the end of the Civil War. sworn in and speaking at the podium; PBS Deborah Holt (braids

and pink suit); various board members and family; investiture cer- To learn more about the
The Center continues to honor its legacy Franklinton Center at Bricks, please visit
by championing initiatives that foster commu- emony pics https://franklintoncenteratbricks.org/
nity development, historic preservation, social

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