THE COST OF INHERITANCE: AN AMERICA REFRAMED SPECIAL EXPLORES THE CURRENT-DAY PURSUIT OF REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS One-Hour Documentary Premieres January 8, 2024, at 10:00 pm ET on PBS and January 15, 2024, at 8:00 pm ET on WORLD. Pittsburgh, PA — November 2, 2023 — PBS, WQED, WORLD, and American Documentary announced that the new documentary The……
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Crafting Democratic Futures Biannual Convening: Fall 2023 Event Recap
CDF ConveningCDF ConveningCDF ConveningCDF ConveningCDF Convening Welcoming remarks by University of Michigan President Santa Ono and introductory remarks from CSS Director Earl Lewis were followed by a series of presentations from Crafting Democratic Futures (CDF) teams. Teams summarized their work on local reparations projects, introduced community partners, and reflected on their experiences as the initial……
Crafting Democratic Futures: University of Michigan
7/14/18 2018 Campus Aerial photos during summer: Central Campus, Ingalls Mall, Rackham, Burton Tower, North Quad Project Description The Crafting Democratic Futures project is a three year, grant-funded initiative housed in the U-M Center for Social Solutions. Over the course of the project’s duration, the Center for Social Solutions will partner with colleges and universities……
Crafting Democratic Futures: Connecticut College
Project Description For centuries, Black and White Americans, as well as other indigenous groups, have been living in the shadow of our country’s problematic history of slavery, racial segregation, and inequity. In an effort to educate and prepare our children, each generation passes along this burdensome tale of oppression, violence, and social inequality. Our collective……
Crafting Democratic Futures: Emory University
Project Description The Department of African American Studies faculties’ research expertise has led to extensive commitment to and contacts in the various communities in Atlanta. They are eager to work further with Black Atlantans to uncover the stories, the metrics, and the costs of slavery, Jim Crow, and non-post-racial America for African Americans in the……
CDF Newsletter: March 2022
Dear CDF teams, It is the third week of March and (perhaps) Spring has finally arrived! This month, we’re highlighting the work from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia: “Through a series of facilitated, collaborative discussions, Wesleyan College’s new Lane Center for Social and Racial Equity and our Community Partner, the Tubman Museum, are working with……
Crafting Democratic Futures: Wesleyan College
Photo courtesy of Shook Photos / Flickr Project Description Through a series of facilitated, collaborative discussions, Wesleyan College’s new Lane Center for Social and Racial Equity and our Community Partner, the Tubman Museum, are working with community members and regional leaders in the arts, business, government, and education to identify areas in need of racial……
MLive: A ‘look back’ and a ‘look forward’: Washtenaw County committee studying reparations
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – For eight months, an internal Washtenaw County committee composed of a cross-section of academics and community leaders has been quietly studying the long-term effects of one of America’s foundational evils, the institution of slavery. Washtenaw County Racial Equity Officer Alize Asberry Payne convened the Exploratory Committee on Reparations in June of……
CDF Newsletter: February 2022
Dear CDF teams, Happy February! It’s been a while since we last connected via newsletter. This month, we’re highlighting the work from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina: “The initial phase of [Spartanburg’s] community-campus partnership involves extensive information-gathering, focused on historic and ongoing harms against descendants of enslaved laborers in Spartanburg, South Carolina. These losses……
New Funding to Support Spelman College to Support Educational Initiatives Focused on Reparations
ATLANTA (February 25, 2021) While Congress continues to mull over the decades-old “Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (HB-40),” which has been introduced in legislative sessions since 1989, Spelman College students and faculty members are researching solutions to address the generational impact of the transatlantic slave trade. Through a collaboration……