Repair is built over time.
NYC’s CORE Commission is documenting harm and outlining pathways toward reparations.
Policy requires infrastructure to be viable and reckoning is the first step.
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Georgetown acknowledged its role in slavery in 2016. But repair requires more than acknowledgement. We advocate for the university to continue its progress by continuing to reckon with its past.
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In 1865, land was promised to formerly enslaved families. Instead it was returned to former enslavers
It reminds us of the broken DEI promises of 2020.
What do you think it will take to create lasting repair moving forward?
Repair means telling the full story.
The traces of harm in Tulsa live across generations.
What was taken and what was made impossible, still shapes the present.
What does it mean to tell stories that insist on repair?
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Viola Ford Fletcher carried the memory of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre for more than a century. With survivors now gone, the responsibility for justice remains. The passage of time does not erase harm.The question is whether the country will choose repair.
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Virginia forcibly sterilized thousands of people under its eugenics program. In 2015, the state began offering $25,000 payments to survivors. No payment can undo the harm, but this kind of redress helps people heal. Reparations policies already exist in the U.S. www.reuters.com/article/worl...
The 15th Amendment (1870) prohibited denying the right to vote based on race or previous condition of servitude. It was an attempt to stop a major form of racial harm. But stopping harm is only one step. Repair requires confronting the damage that came before—and after.
Reparations are often framed as a question of financial compensation, but repair has always been about more than that. It’s about addressing generations of stolen labor, stolen wealth, and systemic exclusion.
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What does it take to build a thriving multiracial democracy?
On June 13, leaders, thinkers, and change-makers will gather in Philadelphia for TED Democracy, a space to ponder that question and imagine what’s possible for our collective future.
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Grantmaking is how we resource the future we deserve.
This month’s roundup highlights opportunities supporting the people building a culture of repair.
From organizers and artists to nonprofit leaders and visionary thinkers:
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Step by step. Ancestor by ancestor. Record by record. The culture of repair doesn't come from institutions deciding to be good. It comes from descendants deciding not to let it go.
At first glance, it might seem like the U.S. is behind the rest of the world on this issue, but reparations advocacy is actually thriving in the U.S. Learn more on our website.
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Earlier this year, Liberation Ventures opened a request for proposals for narrative projects that will help the nation reckon with its history and imagine its future for the country’s 250th anniversary in July 2026.
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Meet the faces behind Liberation Ventures. These little babies are doing big things now! Our small but mighty team is accelerating the movement working towards reparations for slavery and its legacies in the U.S.
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Robin Proudie discovered her ancestors were enslaved by St. Louis University. Now she’s organizing with descendants to hold the institution accountable. Step by step efforts like this are building a national culture of repair. www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
Harm reports are an important first step in reparations policy. They help communities document and acknowledge historical harm.But repair requires more than research. The real work begins after the report is written.
Our research found 33% of the American public doesn’t believe slavery impacts the present. Stories like the Natchez film start to teach a new truth. www.natchezfilm.com
What do you think it takes for a community to move from myth to truth-telling? We cannot repair what hasn’t been exposed. #reparations #repair.
You can’t heal what hasn’t been revealed. The documentary Natchez explores how one Mississippi town grapples with the legacy of slavery beneath its tourism economy. Truth-telling is where repair begins. www.natchezfilm.com
Comprehensive reparations are all around us. Have you seen any of these at play in your community?
Reparations doesn’t mean 40 acres and a mule, it’s much more:
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We talk a lot about reparations, but what does that mean?
At the highest level, “reparations” are the process of the state making amends for harm. Learn more here: www.liberationventures.org/what-are-rep...
Building a culture of repair takes infrastructure. Our resource library supports policymakers, organizers, funders & journalists advancing reparations. Narrative + research + strategy = implementation. Explore here: www.liberationventures.org/news-and-res...
What histories are shaping your understanding of abolition and accountability?
Abolition wasn’t granted — it was fought for. New scholarship centers enslaved people’s resistance across the Atlantic world. That reframing matters. Reparations are unfinished justice. History shapes what feels possible.
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We're hiring a short-term Research Lead (contract) with expertise in clinical psychology, social psychology in alignment with LV’s Racial Repair Framework. Apply here: airtable.com/apposBicigbn...
A 2024 study found a majority of Maryland residents support reparations — the highest in the country. Public will is shifting. Faith leaders are calling for action. When data & moral clarity align, policy windows open. Read Herber Brown’s op-ed here: baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-faith-...
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