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…
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…
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…
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 2:00PM ET/11:00AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to get detailed updates on the California reparations movement, California reparations legislation, and…
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…
Join Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Wilson Global Communications, and the U.S. House Judiciary Committee for the “Reparations Now” discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Conference on September 13, as they pay…
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 Julianne Malveaux — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) didn’t lose many battles, but she succumbed to pancreatic cancer on July 19. She tackled the disease like she tackled so…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels We received the news a few weeks ago that the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee was diagnosed with the dread and…
By Sister Sankofa, The Montpelier Bridge — As we lean into the celebrations of freedom during this time of year, with Juneteenth and the 4th of July, I wanted to…
By Associated Press — California plans to spend up to $12m on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state’s efforts to atone for…