Natchez Alderwoman Felicia Irving, left, and Natchez National Historical Park Superintendent Kathleen Bond, right, listen to Executive Director of Mission Mississippi Neddie Winters at a Mission Mississippi meeting at the Natchez Children’s Home Tuesday. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Winters holds up a program for the group’s annual Racial Reconciliation Celebration that is set for Sept. 26 at the Jackson Convention Center. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)

Winters speaks with Marc Doyle during the meeting. (Nicole Hester / The Natchez Democrat)