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Laura Coates SiriusXM Interview
Reparations Roundtable
01:30:16

Reparations Roundtable

The conversation about reparations for American chattel slavery is increasingly noticeable, compelling and urgent to many people and institutions in our country. The ABA is part of the conversation, in that ABA policy supports a commission to study reparations. Notwithstanding the many challenges of getting started, and the "slippery slope" arguments that can easily derail a productive dialogue, the conversation is progressing and gaining momentum. We have a wealth of new ideas, new language and new ways of describing our society, all of which are fortifying the work of reparations advocates and changing hearts and minds on this topic. This panel brings together speakers who educate us about: 1. societal responses to gross human rights injustices around the world; 2. the US history of efforts to face, make amends and direct redress for chattel slavery; 3. a current-day example of a municipality or institution undertaking a reparations program; 4. an economic perspective; and 5. legal frameworks for reparations. We are not debating whether to have a reparations conversation. We are having it. We are studying reparations. This conversation is action, to educate, memorialize, make whole and prevent continuing and future harm. Panelists include: - Keeshea Turner Roberts – Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Clinic, Howard University School of Law - Nkechi Taifa – Founder and Principal, The Taifa Group, LLC; Member, National African American Reparations Commission; Founding Member, National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) - Anna Myriam Roccatello – Deputy Executive Director and Director of Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice - Barrett Holmes Pitner (Moderator) – Founder and Philosopher-In-Chief, The Sustainable Culture Lab; Lecturer at George Washington University; Contributor to The Daily Beast and the BBC
Reparations Town Hall on Martha's Vineyard!
02:11:33

Reparations Town Hall on Martha's Vineyard!

It's here! The full video to the historic Reparations Town Hall on Martha's Vineyard, July 30, 2024 in Oak Bluffs, MA! History-In-The-Making! Sit back, Check it out, Enjoy, Share! See Program Below: PROGRAM: MC: Nkechi Taifa, Executive Director, Reparation Education Project, Inc. Guest Speaker: Attorney Margaret Burham - Founder, Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project Northwestern University Law School Special Remarks: Kristi Orisabiyi Williams - Tulsa Activist & Massacre Descendant Toni Kaufffman - President, NAACP of Martha's Vineyard - Land Acknowledgement & Welcome to MV Distinguished Guest Witness Panel to Receive Town Hall Testimonies: Kathleen Anderson - co-chair New England N'COBRA Roach Brown - Crossroads Talk Show host Vanessa Hall Harper - Councilmember, Tulsa, OK Caroline Hunter - Martha's Vineyard Polar Bears Kristina Hook - Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribal Elder Zakiya Sankara Jabar - co-Founder, Racial Justice NOW! Deborah Jackson - Managing Director, Center for Law, Equity & Race, NE University Law School Jemadari Kamara - Africana Studies Professor, UMass Boston Toni M. Kauffman - President, NAACP of Martha's Vineyard Robin Imani Proudie - Executive Director, Descendants Saint Louis University Enslaved Town Hall Testimonials/Comments - Town Hall Audience Facilitators: Billi Wilkerson, Managing Director, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard Law School Aziza Robinson Goodnight - Founder, Repair America Collective Charles Ogletree Ceremonial Tribute Facilitation Makani Themba, Chief Strategist, Higher Ground Change Strategies Town Hall Organizing Committee: Nkechi Taifa, Rachelle Viki Browne, Billi Wilkerson, Aziza Robinson Goodnight, Robin Imani Proudie, Kathleen Anderson, Makani Themba, Renada Harris, Oforiwa Idawa. THANK YOU TO REPARATION EDUCATION PROJECT DONORS: Liberation Ventures Decolonizing Wealth Project Corporate Giveaways: Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream; LUSH Cosmetics On site videography: Ijahni Videography Editing and Producers - Baba Yao Enun, Nkechi Taifa Tribute Songs - REP does not own the copyright: Time for Reparations - Sounds of Blackness Reparations Hip Hop Anthem - ALAZ & First Repair Ella's Song - Sweet Honey in the Rock Thanks to Martha's Vineyard newspapers and facebook pages, Chowder Company/Loft, Polar Bears, Union Chapel, Residents of MV, those who traveled, and all seen and unseen guests! Hosted by: Reparation Education Project, Inc. www.ReparationEducationProject.org 7/30/2024
The Charles H Houston Memorial Lecture 2
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