California Reparations Task Force’s Push for Equity for African Americans – What’s Ahead?

Was Live Tue, Feb 28, 2023 | 2 pm PT

Guest Speakers:

• Secretary of State Shirley Weber
• Assemblymember Jones Sawyer, D-57th Assembly District and Reparations Task Force Member
• Attorney Don Tamaki, Reparations Task Force Member
• Moderator: Regina Brown Wilson, CBM

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Event Overview

California’s Reparations Task Force, the first statewide body to study and develop reparations proposals for African Americans, will issue its final recommendations by July 1. The Task Force could be historic, according to a special series produced by PBS station KQED, creating a reparations model the federal government could adapt for a nationwide package.

Speakers will address why the Task Force was formed in a state that claimed to be a free state, who is eligible to receive reparations, how the program could affect the state’s economy.

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