Dr. Jamal Bryant welcomes Reverend Dr. Robert Turner, NAARC Commissioner and Pastor of Empowerment Temple, Baltimore, MD, to the “Let’s Be Clear” Podcast. Together, they explore reparations, the intersection of…
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Teaching Artist Institute (TAI) Founder Kim Poole Meets with Vatican Officials to Advance Reparatory Justice, Land Repatriation, and Cultural Restitution. Rome, Italy – January 16, 2025 – In a groundbreaking…
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Springfield, IL, January 21, 2025 — In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, State Representative Sonya Harper of the Illinois General Assembly has introduced HB1227, to create the…
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“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a global story. By Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times —…
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New single features Young RJ (of Slum Village), Ras Kass, Nkechi Taifa, Kymrence Young, and BLIS Co-founder and Guest Rapper Trevor ‘Tricky Trev’ Smith. FirstRepair and the BLIS Collective are proud to announce…
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By Karen K. Ho, ARTNews — A recent poll found the majority of Britons, 53 percent, support a permanent exhibit at the British Museum about the transatlantic slave trade. New polling data…
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Evanston, IL — Robin Rue Simmons, Founder and Executive Director of FirstRepair announced today that more than 150 community stakeholders, reparations advocates, scholars, public interest lawyers, elected officials and representatives…
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By Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation — Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day,…
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Friday, October 11, 2024, 3:30PM PST, 5:30PM CST, 6:30PM EST — “Over 30 organizations participating with opening statements from movement elders”
The Reparation Education Project (REP) is proud to announce the public unveiling of its powerful new video, “Reparations: From Concept to Reality,” produced to elevate the discourse on reparations in the United…
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Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to get detailed updates on the California reparations movement, California…
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By Catarina Demony, Reuters — LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation club headed by Britain’s King Charles, said…