Posts Tagged ‘reparations’
Providence Reparations recommends changes in law, new media, programs, funds, apologies…
Report follows four months of public meetings and community town halls to engage Providence residents in recommendations to advance reparations Mayor Jorge Elorza and the Providence City Council today received a detailed report from the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission outlining the Commission’s findings, including a series of recommendations to advance reparations, defined by the Commission…
Read MoreUpdated: Providence’s Truth-Telling, Reconciliation, Reparations Project – next steps
Updated, 2pm, 2-28-2022: “Here in Providence, we are leading the way on undertaking this difficult – but critical – work to acknowledge and address racial injustice that impacts our community,” said Mayor Jorge O. Elorza. “Today, I am proud to be alongside our partners and community members to share another milestone of this three-phase process,…
Read MoreSlavery and Justice – The second report of Brown University
Fifteen years ago the first report, Slavery and Justice, was released by Brown University, having been three years in the making. This month, 2021, Brown University releases its revised report. The new report supplements the existing one. It is required reading of all Freshman before entering university study. The committee’s charge The president’s charge to…
Read MoreProvidence Reparations announcement part of international agenda
A press conference was held yesterday in Providence as the city’s mayor, Mayor Jorge Elorza, announced a program intending Providence to be the first city to consider reparations for Black and Indigenous people. In fact, Providence’s efforts were just one of several happening in the US and internationally in the last few weeks. Elorza signed…
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