{"id":117293,"date":"2024-02-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//?post_type=article&#038;p=117293"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:40:56","slug":"local-illinois-north-carolina-reparations","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//social-justice/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//02/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//28/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//local-illinois-north-carolina-reparations","title":{"rendered":"Beyond 40 Acres and a Mule"},"content":{"rendered":"/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Residents of Evanston, Illinois, filed into the Evanston Township High School Auditorium for the reparations committee/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.chicagotribune.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//suburbs/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//evanston/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//ct-evr-reparations-direct-descendants-disbursement-rl-0118-20240116-zt2zvriuwzf3rdwx6l4qpiyf4m-story.html/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">regular meeting</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> on Jan. 11, 2024. People braved the cold winter weather to wait patiently through the meeting/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s public comments, musical performances, and education sessions for the announcement of the order in which the next set of residents would receive their reparations funds.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThis information will be available starting Tuesday or Wednesday of next week on the web page and also at <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.cityofevanston.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//how-to/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//311/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">311</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d announced Robin Rue Simmons, chair of the Evanston Reparations Committee. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cSo city staff will be available outside to tell you what your selection number is if you can/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019t see them on the screen./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>An Excel spreadsheet with unique identifiers for the 454 direct descendants eligible for the second round of housing reparations benefits was projected onto a wall, illuminating the dark space. A gleeful countdown and a click of the sort button prompted cheers and applause from the crowd. The document scrolled for several minutes while residents searched for their numbers on the list.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThe number [doesn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019t] matter,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Rue Simmons told the audience. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cWhat matters is the ranking. 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/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//noscript></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//figure></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//div>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Evanston is the first city in the United States to make financial reparations to its Black residents. Through its <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.cityofevanston.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//home/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//showpublisheddocument/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//62777/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//637516697599970000/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Restorative Housing Program</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, the city gives $25,000 to eligible residents for mortgage assistance, renovations, or a down payment on a home. A later city council vote added a direct cash payment.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Rue Simmons, a former Evanston alderwoman, learned of the local harm to the Black community during her tenure as an elected official. She concluded that the only acceptable legislative tool to advance justice for the Black community was reparations, and thereafter proposed a reparations program in 2019.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThere had been a legacy of slavery in our city,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Rue Simmons says. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cJim Crow-era laws, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.cityofevanston.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//home/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//showpublisheddocument/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//66693/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//637695646890030000/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">redlining types of local zoning laws, and other types of discriminating practices that were anti-Black</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> were keeping us racially separated and segregated./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Before Rue Simmons presented her motion, the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.cityofevanston.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//government/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//equity-empowerment/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//equity-and-empowerment-commission/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Equity and Empowerment Commission</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, whose members are approved by the city council, held public meetings starting in January 2018, where commission members explored what reparations were needed and wanted, who could be eligible, and how those reparations would be funded. Those conversations led to the Commission/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s first set of recommendations to the Evanston City Council to distribute reparations to Black residents. The council approved the final bill in March 2021.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cAt that time, we approved it with three priorities that were based on community engagement, and the first was housing. That/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s the area of redress that gets the most attention in Evanston,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Rue Simmons says. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cBut it also included economic development and educational initiatives./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d The bill also /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cestablished our reparations committee and seeded the fund with the first $10 million of our recreational cannabis sales tax,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d explains Rue Simmons.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Although the economic development and educational initiatives are still being programmed, Evanston has made strides in offering reparations for housing. Rue Simmons says the city has dispersed around $3 million in direct benefits to those prioritized as suffering direct harm/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2014Black people who were adults aged 18 and over between 1919 and 1969.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThere were 140 that fall in that category,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d says Rue Simmons, who is now the founder and executive director of <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//firstrepair.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">FirstRepair</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, a nonprofit focused on advancing local reparations in cities across the country. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThey were all about 70 years and older. We even had one recipient that celebrated his 100th birthday./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p><a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//m4bl.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//wp-content/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//uploads/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//2020/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//11/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//defining-reparations.pdf/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Reparations</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> have been part of an ongoing national conversation. The <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.fairfightinitiative.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparative-justice/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Fair Fight Initiative</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> explains that reparative justice means repairing the harm done to victims /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cfrom the terrors of slavery and colonization to the modern struggles against mass incarceration and institutionalized racism./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d A federal bill, <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.congress.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//bill/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//117th-congress/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//house-bill/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//40/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//text/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">H.R. 40</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, named after the 40 acres promised but never given to emancipated slaves, would create a national reparations commission. While the bill has stalled in Congress for more than 30 years, the Biden administration has offered <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.whitehouse.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//briefing-room/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//presidential-actions/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//2021/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//01/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//20/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">support</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> for federal efforts to confront inequity and structural racism.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>There was <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//outlook/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//2020/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//06/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//29/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparations-need-be-part-conversation-about-racial-justice/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">increased interest</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> in reparations for African Americans during the summer of 2020 in the midst of a historic racial justice uprising in the wake of George Floyd/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s murder. Further, the racialized impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and mass unemployment left many African Americans searching for some form of redress.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>However, as the federal government struggles to determine its role, local communities are taking action. Around a <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.bet.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//article/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//5cuxzi/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparations-list-cities-considering-compensation-black-residents/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">dozen cities</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> across the country are now considering reparations to repair the damage of institutional racism. Reparations advisory committees have explored cash payments, housing grants, and academic scholarships as means of harm repair.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"><strong>When the Drug War Ends</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>The state of Illinois passed the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.ilga.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//legislation/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//ilcs/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//ilcs3.asp?ChapterID=35&amp;ActID=3992/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> in 2019. It was called <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.illinois.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//press-release.20242.html/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">one of the most equity-centric policies</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> in the nation. It is also one of the first to incorporate reparations for the War on Drugs, which disproportionately targeted Black families and subjected them to mass incarceration, unequal education opportunities, unemployment, increased evictions, and housing displacement. The damage was long-term and <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.unodc.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//documents/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//ungass2016/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//Contributions/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//Civil/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//DrugPolicyAlliance/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//DPA_Fact_Sheet_Drug_War_Mass_Incarceration_and_Race_June2015.pdf/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">irreversible</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>In 2018, a group of formerly incarcerated people in Chicago founded <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.eatchicago.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//?gclid=CjwKCAiAzJOtBhALEiwAtwj8trlWXyUkQDuLB3R8peLLRdlsRZNyUzuH78bi1f0Gt_ARENOfkWc9cRoCmK4QAvD_BwE/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Equity and Transformation</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> (EAT) aimed at individuals like themselves, who were imprisoned for drug offenses during the 1990s.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>EAT has joined other local grassroots organizations in a campaign called /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThe Big Payback,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d aimed at ensuring that part of Illinois/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019 cannabis tax revenues are paid directly to survivors as cash payments. In 2020, EAT established the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//f4gi.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//pilot/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//chicago-future-fund/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Chicago Future Fund</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, an initiative described as /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201c[u]nconditional, recurring cash transfers [that] are supporting 30 post-incarcerated West Garfield Park residents to determine their own futures./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d The program is an example of what reparative justice specifically for post-incarcerated individuals could look like.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cWhat excites me most is this idea of restitution and the possibility that we can have an imprint on what that benchmark actually provides for our people,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d EAT Executive Director <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.yesmagazine.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//video/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparations-cant-wait/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Richard Wallace told 精东影业 in a 2023 interview</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cWhat I/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019m most interested in at this time is exploring rehabilitation and restitution and how we as people [who] have been invested in with social capital, etc. can give back to the community in ways that address those pillars./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Participants of Chicago Future Fund are required to be between the ages of 18 and 35 and earn less than $12,000 per year in order to receive $500 in monthly payments for 18 months. There are no work requirements or restrictions on how the money can be spent. The first round of payments began on November 15, 2021, and ended in April 2023.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>In its CFF Round 1 <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//acrobat.adobe.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//id/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//urn:aaid:sc:US:fdfd0ddd-439b-4787-9780-31d2a88e9b10/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">evaluation report</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, EAT framed the program by explaining that /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cSystem-impacted individuals confront significant, ongoing obstacles in their everyday lives, including exclusions from employment, housing, and education./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Further, /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201c[t]he tangle of obstacles they face can lead to extreme poverty and, too often, to additional periods of incarceration./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d EAT sees the Chicago Future Fund as /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201can intervention into these systemic inequalities and the vicious cycle of poverty and recidivism they produce./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Recipients of the funds participated in data collection to gauge how the guaranteed payments affected recidivism, physical and psychological well-being, and income volatility. EAT found increased housing stability and reduced police interactions. Recipients reported using the money to cover regular household expenses, groceries, child care, clothing, and school supplies. Many also reported sharing the stipend with partners, parents, or siblings.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cI think each pilot, each initiative, essentially adds to the narrative change around reparations. These efforts are part of the larger push for some of the federal policy changes, but that work has to be influenced by what/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s bubbling up across Black communities,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Wallace said in an <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.bridgespan.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//insights/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//philanthropys-role-in-reparations-and-racial-repair/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparations-movement-profiles-repair-and-redress-for-the-war-on-drugs-and-mass-incarceration#:~:text=Take%2C%20for%20example%2C%20Equity%20and,War%20on%20Drugs%20in%20Illinois./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">interview with the Bridgespan Group</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cWe can have a base of people that may be divided by state lines but collectively in agreement by the demands and the purpose of reparations./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"><strong>A Tangible First Step</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>In Asheville, North Carolina, Jim Crow ordinances, redlining, and urban renewal initiatives <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//specialcollections.buncombecounty.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//online-photo-exhibits/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//twilight-of-a-neighborhood-ashevilles-east-end-circa-1970/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">destroyed Black communities</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. The Housing Act of 1949 displaced millions of predominantly African American individuals and families between the 1950s and 1980s while clearing blighted neighborhoods. <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.stateofblackasheville.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//#intercom/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">The effects are still felt in the area today</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. In July 2020, the Asheville City Council passed a <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//drive.google.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//file/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//d/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//1WKialVISWzu72mhasyy9SslDbVGMSj5U/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//view/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">resolution</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> supporting a reparations commission to investigate how the city/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s discriminatory policies harmed its Black residents. A month later, Buncombe County, which encompasses Asheville, passed a similar <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.buncombecounty.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//common/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//Commissioners/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//20230207/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//CRC%20Immediate%20Recommendation%20resolution%20(final).pdf/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">resolution</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. The two initiatives have budgeted more than $5 million with the goal of creating generational wealth for Black residents harmed by income, health care, and educational disparities.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cI feel like this is an opportunity not to solve, because we/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019ve had the solutions for a while, but to actually get the solutions that we need implemented in order to reverse the disparate outcomes that are intentional,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d says <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.rjcavl.org/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Racial Justice Coalition</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> Executive Director Rob Thomas. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cWe have all the metrics. We have the data. We have the history. We know what was done. We know how it has impacted us and how it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s continuing to impact this. And we continue to say, /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2018Oh, this is too big to tackle/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019 and it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s not./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>The city and county have already begun work on immediate <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.asheville.com/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//news/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//01/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//carter-development-group-to-share-update-on-the-cease-the-harm-audit/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//#:~:text=Recommended%20by%20the%20Commission%20at,to%20the%20African%20American%20community./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">cease-to-harm actions</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>. Both have conducted internal audits in the five focus areas that include housing, economic development, health, education, and criminal justice. They also examined human resources, equity measures, and legal activities.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThis is about improving what we do and [ensuring] that we/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019re not harming Black people any longer /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2026 with the policies, practices, and procedures we have,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d says Brenda Mills, who recently retired from her position as Asheville Equity and Inclusion Director.&nbsp;</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>The Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Board of Commissioners appointed the members of the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//www.ashevillenc.gov/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//department/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//city-clerk/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//boards-and-commissions/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//reparations-commission/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//#:~:text=The%20Reparations%20Commission%20is%20empowered,public%20and%20private%20systemic%20racism./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Community Reparations Commission</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a> in March 2022. The commission has spent its time investigating property deeds, tax records, and historical documents to determine how the city damaged Black individuals and neighborhoods through racist policies. It is tasked with providing recommendations for reparative actions for the damage caused by public and private racism in criminal justice, education, economic development, health and wellness, and housing. Committees for each of the five focus areas have suggested repairs such as a community hub with economic resources and health and wellness centers. Mills says cash payments are also an option.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThose recommendations /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2026 have to be something that people read, know what it/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s called, and [know] what it is intended to do,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d Mills says. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201c[They have to know] what harm [the measure is] trying to correct or make amends for and where/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s the data to that /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2026 and then what kind of budget are we looking at./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<h2 class=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"wp-block-heading/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"><strong>Moving Forward</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//strong></wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//h2>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Experts agree that local reparations programs need to be detailed and specific in order to minimize legal challenges. Justin Hansford, executive director of the <a href=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293///wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" target=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"_blank/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/" rel=/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/"noreferrer noopener/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/">Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//a>, worked with Rue Simmons to craft the Evanston legislation. Hansford says legislation must be narrowly tailored to address specific harms.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cCommunities have to have a very detailed analysis of what happened in their community,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d explains Hansford. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cIt can/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019t just be [that] Black people are the victims of racism. They need to say the city government implemented these policies of racial terrorism against Black people and /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2026 here/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019s data to show how they specifically harmed us economically, criminal[ly] and educational[ly]./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>Local reparations work is laying the groundwork for a national movement for reparations. Rue Simmons says Evanston was the only city to pursue a reparations program in November 2019. Since then, many more have embarked on various reparations initiatives that are collectively building momentum for the federal government to pass H.R. 40.</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cSlavery was a complex institution, Jim Crow was a complex institution /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2026 They hit us intellectually, spiritually, economically, [and] educationally,/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d says Hansford. /wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201cThe harm that was done to us wasn/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019t simple so the repair won/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u2019t be simple./wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/u201d</wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293//p>/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n/wp-json/wp/v2/article/117293/n<p><em>This story was funded by a grant from <a 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