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  • June 2022

  • Sat 18

    Tribeca Film Festival – The Big Payback Documentary: Fight of Rookie Alderman, Robin Rue Simmons

    June 18, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
    Village East by Angelika 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY, United States

    For the first time in American history, a tax funded reparations bill for Blacks is passed in Evanston, IL. Funded by a tax on cannabis, the program is set to […]

  • Sun 19

    Apollo Theater – Color Farm Media Presents: ‘The Big Payback’

    June 19, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Apollo Theater 253 W 125th Street, New York, NY, United States

    WHAT: The issue of reparations has gained increased attention and movement over the last few years, with states, like California, and cities, like Evanston, IL, examining and passing policies that […]

  • Mon 20

    WTTW’s FIRSTHAND: Segregation – Evanston Reparations: Lessons in partnership with Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Evanston, and the Evanston Community Foundation

    June 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Join WTTW, Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Evanston, and the Evanston Community Foundation for a FIRSTHAND: Segregation screening and conversation in honor of the celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday. […]

  • August 2022

  • Mon 1

    Accra International Reparations & Racial Healing Summit

    August 1, 2022 @ 8:00 am - August 4, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

    At no other time in history has the demand for a global black identity been more apparent. Identifying how slavery, colonialism, and racism intersect and impact the lives of black […]

  • Thu 25

    Reparations Strategy Session: Creating a Political Strategy – Michael Blake, CEO of Atlas Group & Former Obama-Biden Administration

    August 25, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

    Reparations Strategy Session Creating a Political Strategy August 25, 2022 1:30 – 3:00PM EST Reparations Strategy Session aims to support and expand the work of local and municipal reparations activists. […]

  • September 2022

  • Thu 15

    Prosperity Conference

    September 15, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

    The Prosperity Summit is the premier national gathering for champions of racial economic equity. Hosted biannually, attendees come to the three-day gathering to network, learn, discover and inform new solutions, […]

  • Wed 21

    Prosperity Summit – Marching On: Reimagining Economic Justice for All

    September 21, 2022

    The Prosperity Summit is the premier national gathering for champions of racial economic equity. Hosted biannually, attendees come to the three-day gathering to network, learn, discover and inform new solutions, […]

  • Thu 29

    Local Reparations Strategy Session: HR-40 Update – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

    September 29, 2022 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

    Local Reparations Strategy Session HR-40 Update September 29, 2022 12:30 – 2:00PM CST Local Reparations Strategy Session aims to support and expand the work of local and municipal reparations activists. […]

  • Fri 30

    University of Cambridge – Envisioning Reparations: Historical and Comparative Approaches

    September 30, 2022

    In light of Cambridge’s exploration of its historical connections to colonialism and slavery, this conference proposes to bring together scholars of Africa and the African diaspora in order to generate […]

  • October 2022

  • Thu 6

    San Francisco Human Rights Commission – Pathway to Parity: Investing in Economic Rights for All

    October 6, 2022 - October 7, 2022

    Be part of the conversation with some of the nation’s most forward-thinking policy experts on transformational economic empowerment strategy and related impacts. Discussions will address youth employment development pipelines, reparations, […]

  • Thu 20

    Enterprise’s 40th Anniversary National Conference

    October 20, 2022 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
    Omni Shoreham Washington, DC, United States

    We’ve been breaking barriers and building communities to make a good home possible for the millions of families without one for the past 40 years. To celebrate, we’re bringing together […]

  • Sat 22

    Evanston Reparations Townhall

    October 22, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Second Baptist Church 1717 Benson Avenue, Evanston, IL, United States
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