June 1, 2022 — Pre-Juneteenth virtual national rally convened and sponsored by the HR-40 Strategy Group. “Why We Can’t Wait: HR-40 On the Move” – Declaring Juneteenth Reparations and Racial Justice Day.
By Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium — The Race & Gender Equity Committee of Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA), a group of retirees known for their social justice…
By DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post — A coalition of dozens of human rights organizations and racial justice advocates sent a letter to the White House Wednesday, demanding that President…
By Kim Whiting, TheReporters.org — In Tulsa, Oklahoma, not even Martin Luther King gets south of the tracks. The north side of town encompasses the predominantly Black, low-income neighborhoods and MLK…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Senior National Correspondent — For several years Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has picked up the mantle to lead efforts to create a commission to study…
By Michele Miller — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four days later, Civil Rights Warrior and Congressman John Conyers Jr. took to the…
JAN 18, 2022 7:30 PM EST — Join us for a panel that will explore the history and progress of movements for racial justice in America as embodied in the…
By Michela Moscufo, NBC News — At a virtual town hall meeting in August, generations of Japanese American community organizers spoke alongside leaders from the Black reparations movement. Called “Reparations…
The Honorable John Conyers, who represented Detroit in Congress from 1965 until 2017, introduced HR 40 every congressional session from 1989. He worked to get cosponsors for the legislation for…
FirstRepair to Host Leaders from Across the Nation New York, NY — Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) announced today that the Commission will…
By Juana Summers, NPR — Seven months ago, a House committee advanced a bill to study reparations for slavery, after more than three decades of efforts to build support for the idea….