Liberation Ventures
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Liberation Ventures is working to make reparations for Black Americans common sense and commonplace in our lifetime. liberationventures.org
The reparations movement is growing & it’s only going to get larger as we continue to build the infrastructure, organizing tactics, and narrative change that show how reparations are commonplace and common sense. Read more @therootdotcom.bsky.social 🔗 www.theroot.com/these-cities... #Reparations
Liberation Ventures + America, Who Hurt You? present a special matinee on Martha's Vineyard. 📍 Martha's Vineyard 🗓️ Aug 11 ✍️ Written & performed by Sarah Jones 🎬 Directed by Eric Ting 🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/awhymv #Reparations #CultureOfRepair
Today marks the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. At Liberation Ventures, we are building a culture of repair that requires us to protect the power of every vote, and repairing harm, for everyone, whenever it is caused. #VotingRightsAct #Reparations #repair
At LV, our core beliefs guide everything we do: 1. We are accountable to Black healing & thriving. There is no America without Black resilience; there is no repair without Black healing. 2. This journey requires a broad coalition. Racial repair benefits and includes all of us. #CultureOfRepair
"If an institution or city admits it was racist against Black folks in the past, then it’s not affirmative action for them to provide support to make up for that past wrong. That’s repair, and that is constitutional." Read more: rollingout.com/2026/08/01/j... #Reparations #Repair
Attorney Justin Hansford Fights for Reparations and Justice
Attorney Justin Hansford talks reparations, civil rights and the fight for justice in this Rolling Out interview.
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August grants round-up is here ✨ This month's grants are investing in artists, community developers, entrepreneurs, disability justice advocates, and individuals + non-profit organizations focused on community and justice centered work ⬇️ #GrantAlert #FundingOpportunities #CommunityPower
Sunny Hostin connects the dots on The View: efforts to disrupt how the Smithsonian preserves American history are an attempt to avoid what truth-telling demands — a core component of reparations. "Even after 250 years, there's so much repair that needs to be done…” 🎥 ABC/The View #reparations
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says New York City can’t ignore its role in the legacy of slavery. In an exclusive interview with The Root, Charles M. Blow asked whether Mamdani would support cash reparations if New York City’s reparations commission ultimately recommends them.
Last month, LV partnered with @npquarterly.bsky.social for a #WeekOfRepair to spotlight voices from across our movement as part of our work to envision a healed future for America’s 250th.
6 years ago LV launched to accelerate the movement for racial repair. Today we're growing our capacity to meet this moment, welcoming 5 new team members: Amy, George, Charlotte, Jocelyn, and Steve!
@indievariablez.bsky.social, VP of Narrative Change at LV joined the ‘Highly Visible & A Little Misunderstood’ podcast to discuss what reparations truly means, why the movement is broader than most people realize, & what a "culture of repair" means in everyday life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCog...
Beyond “Cut the Check” | Reparations & a Culture of Repair w/ Amity Paye
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A full-time job should be enough to live on—but for too many Americans, it isn’t. Former CEO Nicole Pesco speaks out on how the American Dream is failing working people.
Read her op-ed in @npquarterly.bsky.social (in partnership with @liberationventures.bsky.social): nonprofitquarterly.org/taxing-the-r...
Taxing the Rich Is Incomplete Without Repair | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
A thriving society requires both taxing concentrated wealth and repairing the harms of slavery.
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What happens after acknowledgement? Yesterday was Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Black women are typically paid 65 cents for every $1 paid to white men. Over a career, that's $1.1M+ lost. Equal pay closes today's gap. Reparations address the centuries of exclusion that created it. We need both.
50+ years after James Forman demanded reparations from Riverside Church, Black congregations nationwide are reviving the call through "Reparations Sunday" — sermons, teach-ins, and vigils reframing repair as a sacred obligation, not just a political one: wordinblack.com/2026/05/repa...
6 years ago, Asheville, NC approved reparations, focusing on housing & wealth. Despite political shifts, the RSAA continues the work. Reparations is a journey, and community persistence ensures healing moves forward. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. [Photo courtesy of Nathan Posner/Rex/Shutterstock]
Reparations extend far beyond financial compensation. “It’s not just about payment. It is about engaging in good faith with the descendants of enslaved people and addressing inequalities – to make a better future possible.” Read more: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... #Reparations
More than money: the logic of slavery reparations | Olivette Otele
It’s not just about payment. It is about engaging in good faith with the descendants of enslaved people and addressing inequalities – to make a better future possible
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For many descendants of enslaved Africans, an apology for the transatlantic slave trade isn’t justice. As #reparations demands grow, they argue that acknowledgment without real action does nothing to repair generations of harm, displacement, and exploitation. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
Ghana slavery apology: Why many descendants say words are not enough
Descendants of enslaved Africans say symbolic apologies cannot repair generations of loss and injustice.
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“We must build the political will & moral clarity to intentionally address past & continuing harms in the US—particularly the pervasive & insidious nature of anti-Black racial harm." - Aria Florant, CEO and Co-founder of LV for @npquarterly.bsky.social 🔗 nonprofitquarterly.org/building-a-c...
To truly honor American history during our 250th anniversary, we must reimagine a democracy rooted in reparations. #America250 #Reparations
As the country approaches its 250th anniversary, we’re challenging the idea that reparations are too complicated, too controversial, or too politically difficult to pursue.
A recent conversation with Rep. Summer Lee who asks an important question: what happens when communities lose faith that institutions can address harm? www.msn.com/en-us/news/i... #Reparations #Democracy
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The Black Church has never waited for permission to imagine a better world. That's why Liberation Ventures is joining the Voices of Repair campaign to highlight what it means to repair a nation still wrestling w/ its original sins. To repair is to continue their work. #voicesofrepair #weekofrepair
July grants round-up is here Funding for young changemakers, community artists, Black storytellers & literary arts nonprofits. Deadlines rolling through August . #GrantAlert #FundingOpportunities #CulturalWorkers #MovementBuilding #RacialJustice #Liberation #CommunityPower #Reparations
Alameda County Approves Reparations Action Plan www.reparations.now/alameda-coun... #Alameda #Reparations #RussellCity #California #ReparationsNow #BlackSky #TheBay
Alameda County Approves Reparations Action Plan - Reparations.now
Alameda County unanimously approved a 170-page reparations action plan for Black residents. Here are the 5 things you need to know.
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The Department of Justice is attempting to sabotage a reparations initiative that compensates victims of historic housing discrimination in Evanston, Illinois.
Reparations Efforts “Sweeping the Country” Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Program
The Department of Justice is attempting to sabotage a reparations initiative that compensates victims of historic housing discrimination in Evanston, Illinois. For decades, Black residents of Evanston...
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Justin Hansford, reparations activist and law professor at Howard University, interviewed at @democracynow.org makes it clear that “it is constitutional to pursue reparations in the United States,” — a movement that is only growing. Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukD...
Reparations Efforts “Sweeping the Country” Despite DOJ Attack on Evanston, IL Groundbreaking Program
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