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April Reparations Strategy Session featuring Alvin Tillery: Democracy, Politics, and Reparations
2024-04-25 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., is the founding Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy and Professor of political science at Northwestern University. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2001. Tillery is also a summa cum laude graduate of Morehouse College. His research focuses on building leadership capacity and designing equity within organizations. Tillery is a frequent commentator in the national media on diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. He is also the CEO of the 2040 Strategy Group, which provides assessments, trainings, and strategic advice to corporations, governments, and non-profits.
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May Reparations Strategy Session featuring Kristi Williams and Vanessa Hall-Harper: Self-Determination Now and the History of Black Wallstreet
2024-05-23 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
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2024 American Constitution Society Convention Panelist
2024-06-06 - 2024-06-08 | Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA, United States
Register at: https://www.acslaw.org/get-involved/acs-conventions/2024-acs-national-convention/

Enterprise Black Employee Network (EBEN) Juneteenth Celebration
2024-06-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Zoom Link:
https://enterprisecommunity.zoom.us/j/97977820185?pwd=[REDACTED]
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Juneteenth - Freedom Day
2024-06-11 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

FirstRepair Regional Reparations Retreat - Self Determination & Leadership
2024-06-13 - 2024-06-15 | Vernon AMC Church, 311 N. Greenwood, Tulsa, OK, United States

Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC - Juneteenth Screening: The Big Payback
2024-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Edlavitch Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC
Get more information:
https://www.edcjcc.org/jxj/show/juneteenth-screening-the-big-payback/

June Reparations Strategy Session featuring ALäZ: Black Music Amplifying Reparations
2024-06-27 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

Evanston 4th of July Parade Grand Marshal
2024-07-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston, Evanston, IL

Evanston 4th of July Parade
2024-07-04 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Evanston, Evanston, IL

Black 2 San Francisco Summer Fellows HBCU Satellite
2024-07-08 11:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-09 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | 101 Howard, 101 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States

FirstRepair Tabling @ LUSH
2024-07-12 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Old Orchard Mall, Skokie, IL, United States

East Strategy Session
2024-07-16 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

FirstRepair Mural Unveiling
2024-07-16 16:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | FirstRepair Office, 1900 Asbury ave, Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
The FirstRepair headquarters in Evanston, Illinois is now wrapped in a vibrant mural representing the reparations movement and the historic steps of the Evanston community. Join us for our mural unveiling!

Midwest Strategy Session
2024-07-23 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

National Reparations Strategy Session
2024-07-25 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

Reparations NOW podcast - Reflections on Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
2024-07-28 16:15 - 17:15 (America/Chicago)

Race-specific Reparations Session
2024-07-30 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)

August Reparations Strategy Session featuring Virginie Ladisch: Reparations in International Comparative Perspective
2024-08-22 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Virginie Ladisch is a senior expert in truth seeking and reparative justice at the International Center for Transitional Justice. She currently leads ICTJ’s work in the United Stated and its research and work on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS). She has provided technical support to transitional justice processes in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Liberia, The Gambia, Kenya, Nepal, Tunisia, and Uganda.  Virginie has expertise in convening and facilitating dialogues to advance justice, particularly with marginalized groups.
Prior to joining ICTJ, Virginie was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for independent research, during which she conducted fieldwork on truth commissions and reconciliation in South Africa and Guatemala.  Her work has been published in the International Journal of Transitional Justice, the Journal of Public and International Affairs, the Cyprus Review, and the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. Virginie Ladisch holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science from Haverford College.
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Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference
2024-09-11 08:00 - 2024-09-15 17:00 (America/Chicago)

Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference PANELIST Reparations Now: America's Historical Unpaid Debt to Descendants of Formerly Enslaved Africans
2024-09-13 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Walter E. Washington Convention Center room 206, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

September Reparations Strategy Session featuring Tonika Johnson and Amber Hendley: The Folded Map Project
2024-09-26 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

Discovering Catharine, Inspiring Action Guest Speaker: Elisa Walker
2024-10-08 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | 1702 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60201
Join us for a screening of the new film Discovering Catharine by Susan Hope Engel, which explores the life and legacy of Evanstonian Catharine Waugh McCulloch (1862 – 1945), an early female attorney, active Woman’s Club Member, and a fervent champion of women’s rights. Catharine’s extraordinary story will be used as a launching point for a post-film discussion with a multi-generational group of Evanston-based female activists and change-makers. Guest panelists include: Elisa Karen Walker: staff and board member at First Repair, Olivia Ohlson: Evanston Township High School senior and 2021 “Future of Evanston Award” winner, and more.

Robin Rue-Simmons Panelist - Loyola Chicago " Reckoning with History: Jesuit Slaveholding and the Present Work of Restorative Justice."
2024-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Information Commons 4th Floor, Lake Shore Campus Loyola University Chicago
Ms. Simmons’ panel is focused on the Praxis of Reconciliation. We would like to learn about Evanston and First Repair’s efforts in reconciling with its history.

October Reparations Strategy Session
2024-10-24 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

SAARC World of Repair
2024-10-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)

November Reparations Strategy Session featuring Richard Brookshire: The Black Veterans Project
2024-11-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Zoom

4th Annual Evanston Symposium for State and Local Reparations Leaders
2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06

FirstRepair | AARN | ICTJ: Local Reparations Strategy Session
2025-01-23 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
