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Showing posts with label reparations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reparations. Show all posts
Friday, January 10, 2025

Sen. Cory Booker Reintroduces Legislation to Form Commission for Study of Reparation Proposals for African Americans

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U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) led colleagues in reintroducing  S.40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for Africa...
Thursday, November 07, 2024

OVER 30 REPARATIONS ORGANIZATIONS UNITE TO RELEASE STRATEGIC GUIDEBOOK, URGE FEDERAL COMMISSION ON REPARATIONS

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In a powerful and unified call to action, over 30 leading reparations organizations, including Reparations United, National Black Cultural...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

OVER 100 STUDENT AND YOUTH LEADERS ORGANIZE MAJOR COMPLETE REPRATIONS SUMMIT

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The National Reparations Institute along with 100 student and youth leaders will convene a National N’Daba (Great Gathering) Reparations S...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Congresswoman Cori Bush Introduces Legislation Urging Federal Reparations

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Washington D.C. (May 18, 2023)   — Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced a resolution that forcefully argues why the federal governme...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

National Reparations Organization Requests Designation for the Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States

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The National Assembly of American Slavery Descendants (NAASD) has formally requested that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) desi...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Sen. Cory Booker Reintroduces Legislation to Form Commission for Study of Reparation Proposals for African Americans

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U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced S.40, the Commission to Study and Develop Repa...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Academic Study Finds Reparations to Black Americans Would Narrow Racial Health Gap, Increase Life Expectancy

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Study published in JAMA Network Open presents research linking African Americans' poor health outcomes and shorter life expectancy...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

NAASD HOSTS REPARATIONS SUMMIT IN ATLANTA

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To commemorate the 1972 National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, the National Assembly of American Slavery Descendants (...
Friday, June 03, 2022

California Reparations Task Force Releases Interim Report Detailing Harms of Slavery and Systemic Discrimination on African Americans

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 As part of California’s historic Assembly Bill 3121 (AB 3121), the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for ...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

California task force votes to limit reparations to slave descendants

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California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Evanston Illinois: First US city to offer reparations for Black Americans

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The city of Evanston, which is north of Chicago, once one of the most segregated cities in America has become the first place to offer the...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Amalgamated Bank endorses HR 40 and reparations

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Amalgamated Bank, the largest union-owned bank in the U.S. released a statement on Wednesday announcing that it backs reparations for Blac...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee reintroduces Reparations Bill

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas recently reintroduced a bill that is the first step toward giving reparations to Black Americans...
Saturday, October 03, 2020

California to Study Reparations for Black Americans

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California will develop detailed proposals for granting reparations to Black Americans under a new law. The legislation, which was autho...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

U.S. Conference of Mayors expresses support for reparations

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Last month at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ (USCM) 88 th  Annual Meeting, the Conference’s Executive Committee unanimously passed a...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Illinois City To Use Cannabis Revenue For Reparations Fund For African-American Residents

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The City of Evanston, Illinois is taking on a controversial topic – reparations. Due to the efforts of 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue Sim...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Princeton seminary will pay $27M in slavery reparations

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Princeton Theological Seminary Board of Trustees unanimously endorsed the implementation of a multi-year action plan to repent for ...