Speaking

Reparations Panel featuring Nkechi Taifa, Jeffery Robinson, and Robin Rue Simmons at Boston College Rappaport Center, 9/9/21.

Nkechi Taifa speaks at Understanding Reparations: A Three Part Series", sponsored by the Union for Reform Judaism In partnership with Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills and Temple Sinai of Washington D.C

Japanese American activists from National Coalition for Redress Reparations (NCRR), Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Tsuru for Solidarity, and more join members from NCOBRA and NAARC to discuss the historical and collective impact, the precedent set, and the path forward to reparations for African Americans. To act, contact your representative in Congress and ask them to support H.R. 40 and S. 40: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/reparations-slavery-now #ReparationsNow #HR40 #SystemicEquality

The conversation about reparations for American chattel slavery is increasingly noticeable, compelling and urgent to many people and institutions in our country. The ABA is part of the conversation, in that ABA policy supports a commission to study reparations. Notwithstanding the many challenges of getting started, and the "slippery slope" arguments that can easily derail a productive dialogue, the conversation is progressing and gaining momentum. We have a wealth of new ideas, new language and new ways of describing our society, all of which are fortifying the work of reparations advocates and changing hearts and minds on this topic. This panel brings together speakers who educate us about: 1. societal responses to gross human rights injustices around the world; 2. the US history of efforts to face, make amends and direct redress for chattel slavery; 3. a current-day example of a municipality or institution undertaking a reparations program; 4. an economic perspective; and 5. legal frameworks for reparations. We are not debating whether to have a reparations conversation. We are having it. We are studying reparations. This conversation is action, to educate, memorialize, make whole and prevent continuing and future harm. Panelists include: - Keeshea Turner Roberts – Adjunct Professor and Supervising Attorney, Fair Housing Clinic, Howard University School of Law - Nkechi Taifa – Founder and Principal, The Taifa Group, LLC; Member, National African American Reparations Commission; Founding Member, National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) - Anna Myriam Roccatello – Deputy Executive Director and Director of Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice - Barrett Holmes Pitner (Moderator) – Founder and Philosopher-In-Chief, The Sustainable Culture Lab; Lecturer at George Washington University; Contributor to The Daily Beast and the BBC

Reparations was the focus of the 2018 Sparer Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Penn Law). This is a video is of Nkechi Taifa, Human Rights Lawyer and a commissioner of the National African Reparations Commission (NAARC), delivering the keynote address. This video has been edited to share on ibw21.org. The original footage was provided by of Penn Law. *** About the National African American Commission (NAARC): National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) is a group of distinguished professionals from across the country with outstanding accomplishments in the fields of law, medicine, journalism, academia, history, civil rights and social justice advocacy. Reparations is an issue whose time has come. But, we need your help to keep pushing! Website — https://ibw21.org/naarc Support NAARC — https://ibw21.org/initiatives/national-african-american-reparations-commission/naarc-donations/ #IBW21, #NAARC, #Reparations, #ReparationsNow *** About The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW, IBW21) The Institute of the Black World 21st Century is committed to building the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. to work for the social, political, economic and cultural upliftment, the development of the global Black community and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people. Website — https://ibw21.org Support IBW21 — https://ibw21.org/support #IBW21

January 30, 2020 — Attny. Nkechi Taifa, a NAARC commissioner, recently delivered a keynote address entitled "A Debt Unpaid" at the Howard University School of Law. Her reparations talk was hosted by Prof. Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard. Prof. Hansford is also a commissioner of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC). *** ABOUT #NAARC Established in April, 2015, the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) is a group of distinguished professionals from across the country with outstanding accomplishments in the fields of law, medicine, journalism, academia, history, civil rights and social justice advocacy. Read more here: https://ibw21.org/initiatives/national-african-american-reparations-commission/ Reparations is an issue whose time has come. But, we need your financial support to continue this winnable fight! - https://ibw21.org/support Also see: NAARC Rolls Out Preliminary 10 Point Reparations Plan - https://ibw21.org/initiative-posts/naarc-posts/naarc-rolls-out-preliminary-10-point-reparations-plan/ WEBSITE — https://ibw21.org/naarc DONATE/SUPPORT — https://ibw21.org/support FOLLOW IBW21 ON TWITTER — https://twitter.com/ReparationsComm FOLLOW IBW21 ON FACEBOOK — https://www.facebook.com/naarc/ *** ABOUT IBW21 Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW, IBW21) The Institute of the Black World 21st Century is committed to building the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. to work for the social, political, economic and cultural upliftment, the development of the global Black community and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people. WEBSITE — https://ibw21.org DONATE/SUPPORT — https://ibw21.org/support FOLLOW IBW21 ON TWITTER — https://twitter.com/IBW21st FOLLOW IBW21 ON FACEBOOK — https://www.facebook.com/InstituteOfTheBlackWorld *** #Reparations #ReparatoryJustice #NAARC