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** Race + Power Weekly
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At NPQ, we believe that the media’s job is not to be silent when we can amplify underrepresented voices. In this time of uncertainty, we are embarking on a bold next chapter ([link removed]) , and are recommitted to continuing to raise our voices and others’. In that spirit, we offer you an opportunity to listen, learn, and act accordingly.

In recognition of National Reparations Action Day on Tuesday, November 12 ([link removed]) , today’s Race + Power newsletter explores reparations as a concept, an act, and a demand. We begin with “Where Is My Land?” a multimedia project made in collaboration with Kavon Ward, featuring her spoken-word poem, “Reparations.” Inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2014 article in the Atlantic, “The Case for Reparations,” ([link removed]) and drawing from Ward’s lived experiences as a Black American woman processing the heartbreak and outrage of Trayvon Martin’s murder, the poem is a moving call to address what has been stolen and what is owed.
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In a companion article, Ward and coauthor Hannah Greene address how Black land theft ([link removed]) nationwide has displaced more than a million US families—a key part of reparations requires actively restoring land to the heirs of the families affected. There are other critical pathways forward: We look to organizations committed to reparations beyond cash, investing instead in community ownership in Black-owned institutions ([link removed]) to build long-term prosperity. And we recognize the many foundations and organizations that have only just begun the work of reparations ([link removed]) —the reckoning, acknowledgment, accountability, and redress—which is valuable at any stage.

We ask: How might you contribute to the overdue call for reparations? How might you make amends for the wrongs of our past, present, and already set in motion to impact our future?

Please feel empowered to share your response with us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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A multimedia project featuring “Reparations,” a poem by Kavon Ward, originally performed live at the 2024 Grantmakers for Effective Organizations national conference. Read more... ([link removed])

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Where Is My Land? The Struggle for Black Land Recovery ([link removed])
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Black land theft nationwide has displaced more than a million US farming families. A key part of reparations requires actively working to restore land to the heirs of families affected. Read more... ([link removed])

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The American dream is a promise that has never extended to Black Americans and Indigenous peoples, who have systemically been denied opportunities through the United States government’s own decrees and legislation. Read more... ([link removed])

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