Since 2021, FirstRepair has gathered reparations practitioners in Evanston, Illinois, the first municipality to pass tax-funded legislation enabling local reparations. This three-day symposium is the signature event for the local reparations movement. Attendees also participate in a bus tour, a Town Hall Session, regional reports, live Toolkit sessions, and an awards dinner recognizing significant leaders and achievements of the past year. The Symposium fosters collaboration, facilitates discussions on best practices and tools,  towards crafting a sustainable model of local reparations. Our gathering includes over 30 sessions on topics including policy design, interfaith partnerships, communication and public sentiment, research, legal strategies, and allyship. In addition to workshops, the Symposium provides policy design assistance for local government bodies and institutions.
 
Attendees include local, state, national, and international reparations leaders and practitioners, mayors and other elected executives, City Council and other legislators, public and private lawyers, clergy and lay leaders, academics and researchers, racial justice leaders, elders and youth, artists and musicians, and more.

Early Rates until September 30
Registration closes November 16

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U.S. Reparations Movement

Interactive Map

The U.S. Reparations Movement has been active for centuries and is reaching new milestones.

This new interactive map tracks reparations initiatives and movement partners, demonstrating the scope, power, and success of the local reparations movement.

Organizations and campaigns included on the map are diverse across liable institutions, harm areas and more, but share a common goal of advancing reparations.

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Informing Local Reparations, Nationally

FirstRepair seeks a just society where Black people are liberated, thriving, and repaired through a robust and sustainable movement for state and local reparations. We work nationally to educate and equip leaders, stakeholders, and allies who are advancing local reparations policies that remedy historic and ongoing anti-Black practices.

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National Urban League’s feature of N’nanba (Robin Rue Simmons) and the work of other leaders and community organizers who are rallying around the local and national fight for reparations.
 
It is a fight to acknowledge, honor, and heal generations of people who endured bondage, suffering, and systemic racism. 
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