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I now know that this work is taking many forms, and I appreciate the diversity of thought. It's very easy to only see your work, but to know we're all working toward a common goal w/ different methods is helpful.

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Stories that have been erased or silenced.

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Here is our public toolkit we're using to promote the LA Black Experience Study. We're right now conducting a study to hear from 4,000 former and current residents. Please share widely in case you know anyone who might be interested.

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Black Experience LA Study Outreach Toolkit

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Mapping St. Paul

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City of Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission

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City of Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission

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Recognition of Diamond James and the need for strong communications

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About The Commission | Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department

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In June 2021, the City of Los Angeles established the Reparations Advisory Commission, a blue-ribbon task force composed of leading voices in activism, academia, law, and racial justice — which will advise the City on a future reparations pilot program for a group of Black residents. In 2023, they l…

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Illinois African Descent Citizens Reparations Commission

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Illinois African Descent Citizens Reparations Commission

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https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/10/illinois-commission-aims-research-reparations-educate-public-about-issue

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The state of Illinois' reparations commission, known as the African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission, is hard at work on a daunting mission.

The group is tasked with researching, holding hearings and reporting to the General Assembly on reparations for African-American descendants of slavery; educating the public about reparations; recommending how to preserve African American neighborhoods, including building a vocational Training center and ensuring proportional representation in all state contracts.

State Rep. Sonya Harper (D-Chicago) thinks the conversation about reparations for descendants has come a long way over the last 10 years. Many municipalities around the country have task forces and commissions looking into reparations.

California has issued a comprehensive report on righting the wrongs of the past. Now, the Illinois commission is taking a hard look at the California task forces's work.

"Currently the commission is already utilizing some of the framework set out by the California task force," said Marvin Slaughter, the commission's chair.

As for funding sources for reparations, "It's still too early to say," said Harper, especially since the commission has only just begun the work. "We're going to find money to fund reparations the same way that we do to fund everything else."

The reparations commission is trying to get the word out at some Juneteenth celebrations. Here are a few events that residents can find out more about the commission, which has eight vacant position s:

Chicago Defender Men of Excellence Award Ceremony - Friday, June 16, at Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center Drive, Tinley Park

"1619: The Journey of a People, The Musical" - Monday, June 19, at University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts , 915 E. 60th St., Chicago

Homewood-Flossmoor Juneteenth Festival - Saturday, June 17, at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, 999 Kedzie Ave., Flossmoor

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Illinois Commission Aims to Research Reparations, Educate Public About the Issue

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The state of Illinois' reparations commission, known as the African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission, is hard at work on a daunting mission.

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Undergraduate research project that started the momentum.

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Local: CA Petroleum and toxic waste from corporations in historically Black Communities.

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Local: CA Petroleum and toxic waste from corporations in historically Black Communities.

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Chicago owns the worst racial wealth gap according to Economist Raj Chetty

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Local: I am not sure this is utterly unique but St. Paul has run experiments with universal basic income and baby bonds;  also, one of the first cities I am aware of where a police chief ran a study on profiling on his own police force (Bill Finney)

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Local: I am not sure this is utterly unique but St. Paul has run experiments with universal basic income and baby bonds;  also, one of the first cities I am aware of where a police chief ran a study on profiling on his own police force (Bill Finney)

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Local: “Stop the Harm” third party examination of city and county policy areas - Have discriminatory outcomes ceased?

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Local: “Stop the Harm” third party examination of city and county policy areas - Have discriminatory outcomes ceased?

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Race massacres have happened all across the country, approximately 110 recorded instances. But Chicago and East St Louis were particularly heinous

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Disruption of burial sites happens anywhere

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Disruption of burial sites happens anywhere

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Disruption via infrastructure building happens anywhere

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Disruption via infrastructure building happens anywhere

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Apologies for all the harms (lynching, eminent domain) could happen anywhere and are often not heard.

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Continual need to re-educate on harms and the impacts

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The degree/impact of those harms is what differs

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What our rights are.
Descendant experience not openly discussed.
Looking to educators in Africana studies space to carry the narrative.
Importance of descendants in these spaces.
People who lead are those who decided to leave.
Divide in the descendant space

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Pushing away from "Talented Tenth" model

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Pushing away from "Talented Tenth" model

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Takes many voices, get the balance of voices for a common goal

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Everyone has an idea but the actual work takes a lot of compassion.

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Finding resources to further these conversations.

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Its hard work, stops and starts, deal with opportunities as they present themselves. May not live to see the society I want to see, but need to contribute to it as ancestors did.

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Need to communicate with each other

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Individual barriers
Need for allies

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Disparities in educational system. How can we make inroads to do reparative work in that system.

Significant education gap and racial wealth gaps. Control of budget and education funding.

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Ensure people (esp. elders) feel they have a say and they can be reached

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Make up for gaps in shared history in Black experience and find commonality

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This is important to me cause it has to do with repairing the harm that was  and continues to be done to my people. Socially politically and economically

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I am Marshall Stevenson from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and a member of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, seeking ways to learn and implement reconciliation for the approximately 44 terror lynchings that took place in the state.

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Check In: : Who are you and why is this conversation important to you?

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Check In: : Who are you and why is this conversation important to you?

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Jeremie English Reparations Commissioner.

This important to me because my culture represents a history reflects. why I am who I am and how I can better my culture's society.

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Speaking Out to Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy: OSU Divided Community Project

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Speaking Out to Strengthen the Guardrails of Democracy: OSU Divided Community Project

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Strengthening democracy requires a multi-pronged approach. The focus of this guide is on one prong – “speaking out” – as a strategy for strengthening democracy.

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Q1: What about your experience would you like everyone to know?

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Q1: What about your experience would you like everyone to know?

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Q2: What could have happened anywhere? What would have only been in your city? Why?

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Q2: What could have happened anywhere? What would have only been in your city? Why?

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We will be using this Padlet as a notetaking space for this conversation. You are welcome to add your own posts by clicking the + sign at the bottom corner. We invite you to add comments and reactions to other posts as well!

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Check Out: How are you different from this experience?

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Check Out: How are you different from this experience?