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What exactly is reparations? 🤔

Reparations is about more than the past; it’s about repairing harm that still shapes millions of lives today. From housing discrimination to wealth gaps and so much in between, the impact is ongoing.

Justice requires action, accountability, and repair.

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Hey Chicago!

The City of Chicago is gathering input to help inform their Reparations Study. We encourage you to complete the survey share your lived experiences, priorities, and perspectives. Once you complete the full survey, you will be entered into a sweepstakes with the chance to win a $100 gift card. Surveys will be accepted through May 31, 2026.

Survey link- http://bit.ly/ccrs2026

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Join us for another episode of Critical Conversations, insightful discussions that educate, empower, and inspire! Together, we address pressing issues and inspire positive change within our communities and beyond! Monday, May 18, 2026 • 6PM CT/7PM ET, we discuss Walking and Working for Reparations!

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Join us for REPARATIONS OF THE MIND: HEALING THROUGH ART, an evocative gallery evening featuring Amelia Rucker Thompson that explores personal restoration and the profound beauty of healing as a form of repair.

https://events.eventnoire.com/e/reparations-of-the-mind

For more information: https://njisj.org/videocontest/

Join the virtual information session on Tuesday, May 5th, where participants can learn more, get inspired, and ask questions.
    •    What: Information Session: Truth & Repair Youth Video Contest
    •    Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
    •    Time: 6pm - 7pm 
    •    Location: Zoom 
    •    Registration: https://www.mobilize.us/njinstituteforsocialjustice/event/935943/ (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilize.us%2Fnjinstituteforsocialjustice%2Fevent%2F935943%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cvictoria%40firstrepair.org%7Ca0d58a2dc5c64c1393f908dea79a23ca%7Ce64e8dbf3212412ab048681af51b2fe9%7C0%7C0%7C639132477663120011%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Jy1J8PIBzl11fHJ8GgATxTaqtRjdGSyhYdiOKvFsSEQ%3D&reserved=0)

We have exciting events coming up all month long!
Visit our website for details. Keep fighting the good fight!!

Join us today at the Evanston Library from 6:00 PM–7:30 PM for the book launch of Evanston Speaks.

Evanston Speaks Description:
What can the stories of community leaders reveal about the spirit and transformation of a city? Evanston Speaks: Oral Histories of Transformation and Triumph from Community Leaders in a Progressive City by Elliott Hurtig brings together powerful personal narratives that illuminate the evolving identity of Evanston, Illinois.

Through a series of candid interviews, Hurtig captures the voices of educators, activists, artists, business owners, and public officials whose lives have been deeply shaped by the city. Each story reflects the challenges, achievements, and shared commitments that have helped define Evanston as a progressive and engaged community. Together, these oral histories form a collective portrait of a city where leadership, collaboration, and civic participation drive social change.

Two of our FirstRepair staff members are featured in this book. We look forward to seeing you there!!!

Local and national figures in media, policy, history and economics will descend on Tulsa Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, at Langston University Tulsa.

Discussions and breakout sessions will focus on defining what reparations means and how to achieve it in a city that still bears the scars of the 1921 government-sanctioned massacre against Black residents of Historic Greenwood District.

First Repair tracks reparations movements across the country. It currently documents 164 organizations pursuing reparations in 28 states.

Read the full story. Link in bio. Follow @indepthwithdeon for updates.

Local and national figures in media, policy, history and economics will descend on Tulsa Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, at Langston University Tulsa.

Discussions and breakout sessions will focus on defining what reparations means and how to achieve it in a city that still bears the scars of the 1921 government-sanctioned massacre against Black residents of Historic Greenwood District.

First Repair tracks reparations movements across the country. It currently documents 164 organizations pursuing reparations in 28 states.

Read the full story. Link in bio. Follow @indepthwithdeon for updates.

Local and national figures in media, policy, history and economics will descend on Tulsa Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, at Langston University Tulsa.

Discussions and breakout sessions will focus on defining what reparations means and how to achieve it in a city that still bears the scars of the 1921 government-sanctioned massacre against Black residents of Historic Greenwood District.

First Repair tracks reparations movements across the country. It currently documents 164 organizations pursuing reparations in 28 states.

Read the full story. Link in bio. Follow @indepthwithdeon for updates.

Local and national figures in media, policy, history and economics will descend on Tulsa Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, at Langston University Tulsa.

Discussions and breakout sessions will focus on defining what reparations means and how to achieve it in a city that still bears the scars of the 1921 government-sanctioned massacre against Black residents of Historic Greenwood District.

First Repair tracks reparations movements across the country. It currently documents 164 organizations pursuing reparations in 28 states.

Read the full story. Link in bio. Follow @indepthwithdeon for updates.

Local and national figures in media, policy, history and economics will descend on Tulsa Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, at Langston University Tulsa.

Discussions and breakout sessions will focus on defining what reparations means and how to achieve it in a city that still bears the scars of the 1921 government-sanctioned massacre against Black residents of Historic Greenwood District.

First Repair tracks reparations movements across the country. It currently documents 164 organizations pursuing reparations in 28 states.

Read the full story. Link in bio. Follow @indepthwithdeon for updates.

Join us for our monthly Reparations Strategy Session with Dr. Jeffrey Trask this Thursday, April 23 at 12:30 pm CST!

Similar to housing, land ownership, education, employment, the criminal justice system, and other areas of injustice, healthcare has a history and present that calls for reparations. Whether individual legacies such as Henrietta Lacks or a history of horrific experimentation such as the Tuskegee study, healthcare has a marred past where Black people suffered with little to no compensation. Additionally, current statistics show significant disparities in nearly all health indicators - due to the past and ongoing issues regarding healthcare access, delivery, and quality. The session will end with a discussion with a vision for reparations in healthcare that is determined by Black people.

We have exciting events coming up all month long.
Visit our website for details. Keep fighting the good fight!!

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Tune in every Saturday for the latest news and thought in the local, national, and international reparations movement!