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Lag in slavery reparations from US Jesuits irks descendants
By Deepa Bharath — August 16, 2022
(AP) – In a publicly released letter to the head of the U.S. branch of Jesuits, Jesuit leader Joseph Stewart expressed dissatisfaction with the progress made since last year's pledge to raise $100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order.
America’s original sin must be addressed, not ignored
By Bridget Moix — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — The tragedy of slavery can never be erased or undone, but it must be addressed and atoned for on a national level.
$175,000 in reparations grants given by Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
By Adelle M. Banks — May 27, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The legacy of 350-plus years of discrimination against persons of African descent have taken a toll on this nation,’ said Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton.
Lisa Sharon Harper’s ‘Fortune’ uncovers America’s racial roots in family stories
By Kathryn Post — February 3, 2022
(RNS) — Harper’s new book argues that truth-telling, reparations and forgiveness can repair what race broke in the world.
Princeton Theological Seminary removes name of slaveholder from chapel
By Kathryn Post — January 27, 2022
(RNS) — Princeton Theological Seminary’s board unanimously voted to dissociate the name of slaveholder and anti-abolitionist Samuel Miller from the school’s chapel.
The case for reparations has been made all the more clear by COVID-19
By Kelly Brown Douglas — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — Black Americans have been much more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to the wealth gap and various socioeconomic inequities that are the result of centuries of segregation, discrimination and slavery.
Why Reform Jewish leaders support H.R. 40, the federal reparations bill
By Deitra Reiser, Hannah Goldstein, and Sarah Bassin — July 28, 2021
(RNS) — If we wish to redeem the soul of America, our efforts at earnest truth-telling must result in equally serious attempts to provide redress for past and ongoing harms through reparations.
Reparations bill gains momentum as an interfaith cause
By Adelle M. Banks — July 23, 2021
(RNS) — ‘It is all about how can we repair the damage to those among us who have been hurt because of past practices,’ said an Evanston, Illinois, pastor.
Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation
By Renée Roden — July 9, 2021
(RNS) — Vickie White Nelson, 49, has deep roots in southern Maryland. Her ancestor, Regis Gough, was enslaved there on a plantation owned by Jesuits.
Why reparations are always about more than money
By Kerry Whigham — July 6, 2021
(The Conversation) — From Germany to Georgetown, the Global North has a lot to learn about reckoning successfully with past human rights wrongs.
Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ 100 years after massacre
By Peter Smith — May 31, 2021
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Six congregations gathered to mark the centennial of the massacre and to honor the persistence of the Black church tradition in Greenwood.
100 years later, Black church leaders seek reparations for Tulsa massacre
By Adelle M. Banks — May 19, 2021
(RNS) — An African Methodist Episcopal pastor and other Black people of faith say the time has come to repay as well as to remember.
Jesuits pledge $100 million for descendants of people their order enslaved
By Jack Jenkins — March 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The initiative also has a longer-term goal of raising $1 billion.
There was a time reparations were actually paid out – just not to formerly enslaved people
By Thomas Craemer — February 26, 2021
(The Conversation) — This time the benefits would go to the Black descendants of the enslaved, not to enslavers and their offspring.
From $500,000 to $785, Maryland Episcopal churches commit to reparations
By Adelle M. Banks — January 27, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We’ve identified a few key areas where we need to make particular amends and atone,’ said the rector about his church’s $100,000 commitment.
