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Reparations in Amherst - Revisited

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Thursday, February 29, 2024, 4:00 PM until 5:30 PM

Event Contact(s):

Carlie Tartakov

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Social and Cultural

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The African Heritage Reparation Assembly (AHRA) submitted its final report <https://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/68980/AHRA-FINAL-REPORT> to the Amherst Town Council in September 2023, following an extensive consultative process with Amherst residents. The report laid out recommendations including a funding plan, eligibility criteria, and truth and reconciliation initiatives. Please join members of the AHRA, Dr. Amilcar Shabazz and Michele Miller, and local and state reparations activist Kathleen Anderson for a discussion about the recommendations and what's next for the reparative justice movement locally and beyond. There will be a brief presentation, followed by a robust question and answer session. Questions can be submitted in advance or asked during the program.

Presenters are Michele Miller (Co-founder of Reparations for Amherst), Kathleen Anderson (Co-Chair of New England N'COBRA, National Coalition of Blacks for Reparation), and Dr. Amilcar Shabazz (Treasurer of National Council for Black Studies). They have been on the forefront of leading the fight for reparations for the descendants of enslaved African Americans living in Amherst, in Massachusetts and in other slave holding states in the USA.