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SPRING 2025 NEWSLETTER |
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Key updates about our programs, events, and the RepGen team. Exciting things are coming. Stay tuned! |
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We are excited to release our 2024 Impact Report. This document outlines the work we’ve done, the outcomes we’ve measured, and our plans for the future. We are very proud of what we have accomplished so far and grateful for everyone who has supported us. |
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Reconstructing Judaism and Reparations Reconstructing Judaism, a branch Jewish faith community, has a mission to cultivate, provoke, and inspire a deeply rooted, boldly relevant, and co-created Judaism that provides individuals and communities with tools to lead lives of meaning and joy. Over the past year, congregations across the US have been engaged in exploring the intersection of faith, history, race, and reparations, including a special Shabbat focused on reparations. This initiative provided an opportunity to re-engage in the deep reckoning with racial harm and accountability that is at the heart of the Reconstructionist Reparations Resolution in January 2023. The goal of the Reparations Shabbat weekend was to facilitate both ongoing congregational study and action by identifying ways to join local reparations efforts. You can find some of the outputs over the year, including curriculum and sermon starters, at the Reconstructing Judaism website.
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Where Banks Don’t Lend - RepGen believes that homeownership is key to erasing the wealth gap between Black and white Americans, but the barrier to homeownership is still high for Black Americans. This report by WBEZ Chicago illustrates how home loans in Chicago disproportionately go to White homebuyers.
The Timeline: Black Homeownership - BET's The Timeline series breaks down the biggest issues shaping Black lives today by connecting the dots between history and the present. Their latest is a look at Black homeownership and the racial wealth gap under a government hostile to equity.
Black lawmakers renew push to assist California descendants of enslaved Americans - On Feb. 20, the California Legislative Black Caucus on a package of 15 bills for reparations for the descendants of African Americans who were enslaved in the United States. These proposals include preferences for public university admissions and financial assistance for first-time home buyers. Caucus members say this will be a multiyear effort to repair the generational harms and discrimination suffered by the descendants of the enslaved in California.
Racism Isn’t the Only Cause of the Racial Wealth Gap - An in-depth look at capitalism’s role in perpetuating racial inequality in The New Republic by Eric Herschthal, author of The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of Progress.
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Virtual House Meeting | April 24, 5-6:15 p.m. PT (8-9:15 p.m. ET)
During this engaging session, we’ll share insights into RepGen’s mission, our innovative approach to reparations, and the tangible steps we’re taking to build a more equitable future. You’ll also learn about our groundbreaking initiatives, like the HORT Program, and our vision for extending its reach to create even greater opportunities for those most impacted by systemic injustices. Whether you’re new to RepGen or a long-time supporter, this is your chance to connect with our community, ask questions, and explore how you can be a part of this transformative journey. Register here to attend. |
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Acts of Reparations Documentary
Acts of Reparations, a documentary film directed by Selina Lewis Davidson and Macky Alston, is making the rounds on the film festival circuit. The film “follows two friends as they explore what reparations means to them. Selina, who is Black, and Macky, who is white, have been friends and filmmaking partners for 25 years. Genealogy nerds, they travel south to reclaim and reckon with their roots.” There is also an option to host a screening for community groups. For more information visit https://www.actsofreparation.com.
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MISSION To be the generation of Americans who achieve federal reparations for slavery and for the unjust, systematic denial of constitutional rights of Black Americans well into the 21st century. |
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WE ARE BLACK LED High-level strategy and programming decisions are led by RepGen’s Black Founders and National Advisory Board Members (NAB). |
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WE ARE FOCUSED Our goal is federal reparations for Black Descendants of Enslaved Americans, but we're not waiting and modeling reparative programs now to highlight their effectiveness. |
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WE ARE TRUTH TELLERS Truth, Acknowledgement and Healing are reparative for all Americans and help secure our democracy. |
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Reparation Generation is a multi-racial, national non-profit focused on demonstrating reparations in action and advocating for federal reparations for Black Americans.
RepGen is an independent operating project of the umbrella organization Multiplier, a nationally recognized nonprofit with a growing portfolio of innovative initiatives that conserve and protect a sustainable and resilient world. Federal Tax ID 91-2166435
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