Task Force on Reparations
The task force will help the Mayor and the City of Boston on healing racial inequities for descendants of slavery.
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About the Task Force
The commission was established through a 2022 City Council ordinance and appointed by Mayor Wu. The task force is made up of ten members, including two youth voices.
The Task Force on Reparations will focus on:
- Working with a research partner to release a study on the legacy of slavery in Boston and its impact on descendants today
- Engaging the community throughout the process to include input from lived experience
- Providing recommendations to the Mayor for reparative justice solutions for Black residents
Timeline
Phase 1
Working with research partners to study and document the City of Boston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies
Phase 2
Assessing the City’s actions to date to address continued impacts of enslavement
Phase 3
Recommendations for truth, reconciliation, and reparations addressing the City’s involvement with the transatlantic slave trade
Meetings and Events
Meetings and EventsMeeting Materials
Meet the task force members
task force members
Request for Proposals
The Task Force on Reparations is looking for a research partner to study the lasting impact of slavery in Boston.
Resources
ResourcesMeet the Team
Congressional Bill That Started It All
H.R.40 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The commission examines slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present. It also recommends appropriate remedies. The commission identifies:
- the role of the federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery
- forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and
- lingering negative effects of slavery on living African Americans and society.
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