Starting A Local Reparations Initiative
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How to Implement Reparations in America
Here are a few ways to get started with local reparations in your city, town, or state:
Organize your neighborhood or a group of concerned residents.
Study and research historical racial inequities in your city, town, and state.
Meet with local elected officials and encourage supportive officials to consider a reparations initiative.
Partner with local politicians, activists, researchers, and scholars.
Contact local elected officials and advocate for a local commission, committee, or initiative on reparations in your city and town.
Convene community meetings to get feedback and recommendations and listen to the wants and needs of residents.
Push the city council to move forward with reparations legislation.
Reach out to other reparations initiatives taking place in other local governments for guidance and recommendations.
Connect with national reparations organizations for information and support.
Recommended groups to help you get started: FirstRepair.org, ReparationEducationProject.org, National African American Reparations Commission, and National Coalition Of Blacks for Reparations in America.