Reparations & Restorative Justice: Impacted Black Folk Speak Out

Reparations & Restorative Justice: Impacted Black Folk Speak Out

Date and Time

Jun 19, 2024 5:00 pm

Location

Anacostia

2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20020

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Come hear directly from Black individuals affected by systemic injustices, as they share their stories and perspectives on reparations.

Reparations & Restorative Justice: Impacted Blacks Speak Out

Come join us at Busboys and Poets in Anacostia on Juneteenth --6/19/2024-- at 5 pm for a powerful event where impacted individuals share their stories and perspectives on reparations and restorative justice. This in-person gathering aims to demand reparations for Black folks who were descendants of the enslaved as a right not a privilege. These folks were not only denied pay for their work during their enslavement but faced worst forms of oppression, lynched, brutalized, terrorized and raped long after that during segregation.

The powers that be need to understand the angst in poor Black neighborhoods might one day reach their palatial mansions in posh neighborhoods on waterfronts. To avoid that, they should start the process of reparations without delay.

Panelists

  • George Jones, Founder, Bread for the City
  • Corey Shaw Jr., Director, DC Legacy Project (Empower DC)
  • Detrice Belt, Barry Farm
  • Diane Smith Drake, Brown Grove VA
  • Ron Chase, Gum Springs VA

Moderator Journalist Lindiwe Vilakazi

Don't miss this opportunity to listen, learn, and engage with voices that need to be heard. Let's come together to support and uplift one another.

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Also join other separate but related events on the same day at different times:

Juneteenth: 159 Years Later, State of Black Lives. Speakers Rev. Willie F. Wilson & Prof. John Brittain; 11 am (Moderator Andy Shallal)


White Supremacy Today.
Speakers Anise Jenkins, Rev. Prof. Quardricos Driskell , Attorney Amos Jones & Journalist Sam P.K. Collins;1:00 pm (Moderator Brother Khan)

Public Autopsy of Anti-People Secure D.C. Law.

Speakers NeeNee Taylor, Dr. Rhonda L. Hamilton & Samantha Paige Davis; 3:00 pm (Moderator Kymone Freeman).

Any event you choose to attend, please tip your waiters generously.

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