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  • August 2023

  • Wed 23

    How Should Societies Remember Their Sins?: A Zócalo Event Series, Supported by The Mellon Foundation

    August 23, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    The Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel did not believe in collective guilt. Instead, he asked for repair, and for holding the post-World War II generation of Germans responsible “not for the past, but for the way it remembers the past. And for what it does with the memory of the past.” Other societies and communities have […]

  • Wed 23

    Why Isn’t Remembering Enough to Repair?

    August 23, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    REGISTER HERE!

  • Thu 31

    Monthly Reparations Strategy Session – August 2023: Reverend Dr. Michael C. R. Nabors, Faith-Based Initiatives

    August 31, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR ZOOM REVEREND NABOR'S BIO Reverend Dr. Michael C. R. Nabors is senior pastor of the historic Second Baptist Church in Evanston, Illinois. The 139 year-old Church is one of the oldest African American congregations on the North Shore. Since arriving at Second Baptist, Dr. Nabors has sought to continue leading […]

  • September 2023

  • Sat 16

    2023 Early Professionals Summit

    September 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

    Saturday Keynote: Robin Rue Simmons of FirstRepair Robin Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated 5th Ward of Evanston, and laid the foundation for her life's work in 1998 when she became a residential real estate broker. Troubled by the wealth disparities and concentrated poverty she witnessed locally and saw in other […]

  • Wed 20

    Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference

    September 20, 2023 @ 9:00 am - September 24, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

    Join us at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for five days of premium programming and signature events including the Prayer Breakfast, National Town Hall, Phoenix Awards, and Black Party. GET DETAILS

  • Thu 28

    Monthly Reparations Strategy Session – September 2023: Linda Mann, Co-Founder of the African American Redress Network (AARN)

    September 28, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR ZOOM LINDA MANN'S BIO Focus areas: intersection of U.S. history, human rights, and reparations Linda Mann is the co-founder of the African American Redress Network (AARN), a collaboration between Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and Howard University, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. She is an associate […]

  • October 2023

  • Fri 6

    69th Annual Conference & Marketplace in Chicago

    October 6, 2023 @ 9:00 am - October 8, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

    The International Downtown Association and co-host, Chicago Loop Alliance, will present the 69th Annual Conference & Marketplace in Chicago, Illinois, on October 4-6, 2023. Over 1,000 inspired leaders shaping cities around the globe will convene and discuss emerging trends in place management and walk away with solutions to apply in their respective cities. Attendees will […]

  • Mon 16

    Speaking Engagement: The University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica

    October 16, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Thu 26

    Monthly Reparations Strategy Session – October 2023: Kamm Howard, Founder of Reparations United

    October 26, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR ZOOM KAMM HOWARD'S BIO Kamm Howard, MBA, is a national and internationally reparations activist. Former National Cochair of N’COBRA. While at N’COBRA 2006-2022, he assisted in forming the vision and developed, led and implemented many actions in reparations movement . In addition, Kamm is a Commissioner of the National African […]

  • Sat 28

    Making Connections Annual Summit

    October 28, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

      Making Connections Annual Summit is set to change the way we interact with and as BIPOC-led community-based organizations. Our vision is that you use the Making Connections (MC 5.0) platform and affiliates to access accurate community based organizational news, contact information for willing and eager sponsors, as well as resources for businesses of all […]

  • November 2023

  • Thu 2

    NAACP Beloit Chapter Freedom Fund Gala

    November 2, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

    PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

  • Sat 4

    YWomen Honoree: Robin Rue Simmons, FirstRepair’s Executive Director

    November 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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