Clips from individual interviews:
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Rev. David Good - The Pastor of
First Congregational Church of Old Lyme in Old Lyme,
Connecticut, and current board member of Koinonia Partners.
Rev. Good and his congregation helped pull Koinonia
Partners out of a serious financial and management crisis
that hit in the late 1990s. Rev. Good has a deep understanding
and appreciation of Koinonia's mission.
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Bobby Mathis
- A native of Americus and Sumter County, Georgia. Mr.
Mathis was deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Sumter
County during the 1960s. He considered Koinonia Farm a
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Lora Browne - One of the "kids"
who grew up at Koinonia Farm during the years of violence.
Ms. Browne was one of three high school students from Koinonia
temporarily banned from attending Americus High School because
of her parent's religious beliefs. She and the other Koinonia
students were continually harassed during their high school
years
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Dallas Lee - Author of The Cotton Patch
Evidence (1971) and a one-time resident of Koinonia, Mr.
Lee is a former journalist with the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
He vividly recalls the hatred felt by the local community
towards Koinonia. Mr. Lee currently works as an executive
speechwriter with Bank of America in Charlotte, NC.
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Millard Fuller -Founder of Habitat for
Humanity International and President of The Fuller Center
for Housing, Mr. Fuller and his wife Linda moved with their
family to Koinonia Farm in the late 1960s after giving away
their million-dollar fortune to charity. Their experiences
at Koinonia and their close relationship with Clarence Jordan
inspired the Fullers to start Habitat for Humanity. |
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