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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Historic resolution passes with overwhelming vote New York, September 3, 2024 — The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), America’s oldest Black Christian denomination, is now on record supporting the struggle…
By David Comissiong — On Monday 9th January 2023, a devastating blow was delivered to all those vested interests that would perversely seek to deny Africans and people of African…
In Jewish tradition, an apology is only part of the repentance process t’shuva. Germany continues to provide reparations to Holocaust survivors. By Bernie M. Farber, Toronto Star — On Dec….
Weary of waiting for the federal government to act on reparations for black Americans, churches and other faith groups have started their own programs. By Julia Duin, Newsweek — On…
It’s been 35 years since a papal visit to an Indigenous community in Canada. By Megan Williams, CBC — The last time a pope visited an Indigenous community in Canada was…
By Ken Camp, Baptist Standard — The Baptist World Alliance general council adopted resolutions that denounce racism as “a sin against humanity and God” and call for reparations for chattel…
By Debbie-Marie Brown, Evanston RoundTable — Evanston’s interfaith community was among the first groups in the city to speak out in favor of reparations and to offer tangible support. With…
H.R. 40 has more momentum than ever and people of faith must help encourage its passage. By Jason L. Miller, The Hill — Last summer, after the death of George…
July 13, 2021, 10AM ET — Join faith leaders from various traditions as they call on Congress to pass H.R.40, a bill to study the legacy of slavery, its ongoing…
From Germany to Georgetown, the Global North has a lot to learn about reckoning successfully with past human rights wrongs. By Kerry Whigham, The Conversation — Between 1904 and 1908,…
By The Associated Press — The faith community should guide the way on reparations for America’s history of slavery and racial discrimination and help the nation’s process of reconciliation and…
