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