Let's Talk Reparations The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice and the YWCA-DE Racial and Social Justice Program are Collaborating on a 2-part discussion

About this event

Reparations are the act or process of making amends for a wrong. According to the United Nations: Adequate, effective and prompt reparation is intended to promote justice by redressing gross violations of international human rights law or serious violations of international humanitarian law.

Join us in this collaborative effort focusing on the harm resulting from slavery in the United States.

Part 1 (November 15): will include the pre-recorded program of the YWCA-DE entitled “Let’s Talk About Reparations,” moderated by Becca Cotto, YWCA-DE’s Director of Racial and Social Justice program and featuring Eugene Young, former Executive Director of the Metropolitan Urban League of Wilmington, Javonne Rich, ACLU, DE Policy and Advocacy Director, and Logan Herring, CEO of the WRK Group (a collective of three non-profits revitalizing the Riverside and Northeast Wilmington neighborhoods.

Part 2 (December 13): will include a live panel discussion of practical approaches to reparations and audience opportunities to share thoughts and ideas of this important issue.