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In recognition of National Reparations Action Day on Tuesday, November 12, 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,” 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.

In a companion article, Ward and coauthor Hannah Greene address how Black land theft 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 to build long-term prosperity. And we recognize the many foundations and organizations that have only just begun the work of reparations—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].