SAY THE WORD: REPARATIONS
New Jersey was known as “the slave state of the North.”
As a result of that enduring legacy, Black people in New Jersey today face some of the worst racial disparities in America.
It is time to repair that enduring harm. It is time to say the word: REPARATIONS.
Join us to urge New Jersey to pass S386/A938 to establish a Reparations Task Force. This historic legislation will require New Jersey to study and take responsibility for its role in American slavery and to make policy recommendations to repair its enduring effects. Last year, California became the first state in the country to ever pass this kind of legislation.
With your advocacy, New Jersey will be the second.
Take Action at 400yearsNJ.org
Visit here to see diverse list of Say the Word supporter organizations and signatories to a letter to elected officials.
Read our OpEd here.
Find resources and background material here.
These Municipalities and Counties Have Said the Word: Reparations
Watch Us Say The Word in Newark on Juneteenth
Resources
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Watch Institute Staff Say the Word: REPARATIONS
